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Geo Exam '13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plateau | Flat land at a higher elevation that a plain |
| dry farming | Farming meathod to leave the land unplanted every few years so that it can store moisture |
| colonies | Overseas territory or settlement tied to a "parent" country |
| constitional Monarchy | Government which a king or queen is the offical head of state but elceted officals run the government |
| Parlimentary Republic | Government which voters elect reps to law-making body, which choose a prime minister to head the government |
| Renaissance | Period of great achievement in art and learing that began in Italy in the 1300's and spread throughout Europe. French word for rebirth |
| Pope | Head of the Roman Catholice Church |
| Bog | Low swampy land that holds peet |
| navigable | Describes a body of water that is wide and deep enough for ships to pass |
| holocaust | systematic murder of more that 6 million European Jews by Hitler and his followers in World War ll |
| communist state | Government that has a string control over the economy and society as a whole |
| infrastructer | Transportation and communication networks on which the economy depends on |
| neutrallity | Refusing to take sides in disagreements or wars between countries |
| federal republic | Government divided between national and state powers |
| mulitlingual | More than one lanuge |
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