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1
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The shift from human power to machine power

A

industrial revolution

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2
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The highest point of the mountain

A

summit

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3
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The constant flow of air from west to east in the temperate zones of the earth

A

prevailing westerlies

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4
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The common currency used by member nations of the European Union

A

euro

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5
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A rocky material containing a valuable minera

A

ore

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6
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broad treeless rolling land often poorly drained having patches of mouth and peat

A

Moore

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7
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an area of wet spongy ground

A

bog

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8
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a narrow valley

A

glen

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9
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sponge material containing waterlogged and the king mosses sometimes dried and used as fuel

A

Peat

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10
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a plant disease

A

blight

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11
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I style of art where painters try to catch visual impressions made by colors light and shadows

A

Impressionism

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12
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to bring a business under state control

A

recession

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13
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A system of government in which individual political units keep their sovereignty but give limited power to a central government

A

confederation

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14
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money paid for war damages

A

reparation

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15
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a sharp, widespread rise in prices

A

inflation

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16
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a soft, brownish black coal

A

lignite

17
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an embankment made of rock meant to hold back water

A

dike

18
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an area of low lying land that has been reclaimed from the sea

A

polder

19
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to transfer government power to smaller regions

A

decentralize

20
Q

a political division or state

A

canton

21
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the process whereby miners strip away the surface of the earth to lay bare mineral deposits

A

strip mining

22
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a farming technique that leaves land unplanned every few years in order to gather moisture

A

dry farming

23
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hot dry wind from Northern Africa

A

sirocco

24
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a central point of concentrated activity and influence

A

hub

25
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earthquakes and volcano eruptions

A

seismic activity

26
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the ground in an area sinks

A

subsidence

27
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revival at art, literature and learning

A

Renaissance

28
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long, narrow area that has dropped between two faults

A

graben

29
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aid to support permanent residents

A

inhabitable