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History Vocabulary Words
Ms. Keegan
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History
10th Grade
09/10/2012

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adaptation
Definition
achange made to survive in an environment
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archipelago
Definition
a group or chain of islands
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circumnavigate
Definition
to travle around something such as a country or a continent
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climate
Definition
the average weather in a region
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cultural diffusion
Definition
the spreading of ideas through contact such as trade or war
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dam
Definition
structure built to hold water in place
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deforestation
Definition
the widespread destruction of the world's forests
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desertification
Definition
the process in which land slowly dries out until little or no vegetation exists becoming a desert
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environment
Definition
everything in nature (including people, plants and animals) that affects the develpoment in life
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ethnocetric
Definition
a belief in superiority of a certain ethnic group or race
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fertile crescent
Definition
land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf which has rich soil and crops to sustain a civilization
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irregular coastline
Definition
a coast with many harbors
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migration
Definition
mass movement of people from one area to another
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natural resources
Definition
materials found in nature such as coal, wood and oil and used in manufacturing
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regular coastline
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few or no natural harbors
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river
Definition
moving body of water that usually has a source in an area of high ground
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river delta
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the end of a river where rich deposits of silt build up providing good farm land
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river valley
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an area carved out by a river usually having fertile land and are sites for the earliest civilizations
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silt
Definition
material deposited by rivers
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