Cultural Geography Final
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Fertile | able to produce abundant crops |
| Ore | rocky material containing a valuable mineral |
| Tertiary economic activities | Service Industries, such as finance, insurance, and tourism. |
| moors | broad, treeless rolling plains |
| bogs | areas of wet, spongy ground |
| glen | a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains) |
| peat | a spongy material containing waterlogged mosses and plants |
| cultural divergence | deliberate efforts to keep the cultures separate |
| blight | a plant disease |
| mandate | referred to land to be governed by an outside power on behalf of the League of Nations until it was ready for independence. |
| Zionism | the movement for reestablishing an independent Jewish national state in the Middle East. |
| self-determination | the right to decide their own political future |
| potash | used in explosives and fertilizer |
| drip irrigation | preserves precious water resources by letting precise amounts of water drip onto plants from pipes. |
| Fertile Crescent | an arc of rich land |
| militia | a citizen army |
| anarchy | lawlessness |
| embargo | severe restriction on trade with other countries |
| desalination | the removal of salt (especially from sea water) |
| infrastructure | comprises a countries basic support facilities |
| falaj system | canals that carry water from mountains to villages |
| secular | it should be run without religious influence |
| shah | ruler |
| ayatollahs | conservative religious leaders |
| nationalism | pride in ones nation |
| nonviolent resistance | opposing an enemy or oppressor by any means other than violence |
| boycott | refuse to purchase or use |
| partition | divide into parts |
| reincarnation | belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death |
| caste system | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life (hierarchy) |
| charpoy | wooden bed frame with knotted string in a place of a matress |
| sari | brightly colored cloth that is draped over the body like a long dress |
| purdah | began among Muslims but is followed by Hindus as well. |
| joint family system | household includes uncles and other relatives |
| cottage industries | people make goods in their own homes |
| Hydroelectric power | power produced by the movement of water |
| irrigate | supply the land with water |
| embankment dam | a wall of soil and rock built to hold back water |
| buffer state | a country separating opposing powers |
| Malnutrition | a lack of food or unbalanced diet |
| deforestation | the removal of trees |
| fjords | flooded glacial valleys |
| geothermal energy | energy produced from the earths interior |
| mixed economies | combining different degrees of government regulation |
| nomad | a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons |
| trade surplus | when a country exports more than it imports |
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