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Chapter 12 & 13
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Geography
7th Grade
02/22/2010

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navigable
Definition
Water routes that are deep enough and wide enough to be used by ships
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loess
Definition
Fine, windblown soil that is good for farming
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medieval
Definition
Refers to the period from the collapse of the Roman Empire to about 1500
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NATO
Definition
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance of various European countries, the United States, and Canada
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impressionism
Definition
A form of art that developed in France in the late 1800s and early 1900s, artists tried to capture the rippling of light rather than an exact, realistic image
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Reformation
Definition
A movement in Europe to reform Christianity in the 1500s
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Holocaust
Definition
The mass murder of millions of Jews and other people by the Nazis in World War II
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chancellor
Definition
Germany’s head of government, or prime minister
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cosmopolitan
Definition
A city that has many foreign influences
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cantons
Definition
Political and administrative districts in Switzerland
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nationalism
Definition
The demand for self-rule and a strong feeling of loyalty to one’s nation
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fjords
Definition
Narrow, deep inlets of the sea set between high, rocky cliffs
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lochs
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Scottish lakes located in valleys carved by glaciers
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North Atlantic Drift
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A warm ocean current that brings mild temperatures and rain to parts of northern Europe
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textiles
Definition
Cloth products
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constitutional monarchy
Definition
a monarch—a king or queen—but a parliament makes the country’s laws.
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Glen
Definition
Scottish term for a valley
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famine
Definition
A great shortage of food
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bog
Definition
Soft ground that is soaked with water
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peat
Definition
Matter made from dead plants, usually mosses, dug from bogs and used for fuel
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neutral
Definition
Not taking a side in a dispute or conflict
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uninhabitable
Definition
Not capable of supporting human settlement
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geysers
Definition
Hot springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air
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