social studies vocab 12/2007
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- migration
- a movement from place to place
- monarch
- the ruler of a kingdom or empire, such as a king or queen
- alliance
- a mutual agreement and defend each other
- ethnic group
- a grou[ people who share the same ancestors, culture, language or religion
- peninsula
- land area nearly surrounded by water
- prarie
- an area of grassland
- tributary
- a river or stream that flows into a larger river
- repress
- to put down, keep from acting
- Industrial Revolution
- a period in European history during the early 1800's when products once made by hand in homes began to be made by machines
- humanism
- an approach to knowledge that focused on worldly rather than religious values
- heritage
- the customs and practices passed from one generation to the next
- Renaissance
- a period of European history that included a rebirth of interest in learning and art
- dialect
- a version of a language found only in a certain region
- colony
- a territory ruled by another nation
- empire
- a large collection of people and lands ruled by a single government
- steppe
- a mostly treeless plain; in Russia the steppes are grasslands of fertile soil suitable for farming
- permafrost
- soil that is permanently frozen
- dictator
- a leader who has absolute power, for example Joseph Stalin Russia
- polder
- a new piece of land reclaimed from the sea: in tbe Netherlands, land created by building dikes and draining water
- communism
- a theory of govenment in which property such as farms and factories is owned by the government for the benefit of all citizens; a political system that controls all aspects of citizens lives
- Cold War
- a time of tension Between the the United States and the former Soviet Union without actual war; it lasted 1945 to 1991
- plateau
- a large, raised area of mostly level land
- fossil fuel
- fuel developed from the remains of ancient plants andanimals; includes coal, oil, and natural gas
- fuedalism
- a kind of society in which people worked and sometimes fought for a local lord in the return for protection and the use of land
- tariff
- a fee or tax that a government charges for goods entering the country
- hydroelectric power
- the power generated by water driven turbines
- imperialism
- the control by one country of the political and economic life of another country or region
- tundra
- a treeless plain in artic areas with permanently frozen ground; during the breif season when the topsoil thaws, grasses and mosses grow
- democracy
- a type of government in which people rule themselves through elected representatives
- RESERVES
- The available supplies of something, such as oil or coal
- multicultural
- influenced by many cultural
- propaganda
- the spread of ideas desighed to promote a specific cause
- nationalism
- pride in one's country
- Civil War
- a war between groups within a country
- rain shadow
- an area on the sheltered side of a mountain that recieces little rainfall