Wagner SS Benchmark Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Democracy | a form of government where the ruling party is in the hands of the people. |
| peninsula | a body of land surrounded by water on three sides. |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land. |
| oligarchy | a form of government where the ruling power is in the hands of a few people. |
| Bill of Rights | a collective name for the first 10 amendments to the U.S. constitution. |
| latitude | imaginary lines that circle the globe and measure distances north and south of the equator. |
| longitude | imaginary lines extending from the Poles that measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian. |
| literacy rate | portion of a population that can read and write. |
| life expectancy | average period that a person is expected to live. |
| primary source document | an original document, speech, or evidence written from a firsthand account of the event and in the time period of occurance. |
| secondary source document | a second hand account of an event. |
| igloo | a dome-shaped Eskimo house, typically built from blocks of solid snow. |
| rural | in, relating to, or characteristic of countryside rather than town. |
| urban | in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town. |
| Old World | Europe, Aisa, and Africa, regarded collectively as the part of the world known before the discovery of the Americas. |
| New World | North and SOuth America regarded collectively in relation to Europe, esp. after the early voyages of European explorers. |
| barrier | an obsticle that prevents movement or access (trade barrier) |
| cultural diversity | also known as multiculturalism....is based on the idea that cultural identities should not be discarded or ignored but rather maintained and valued. |
| GDP | the value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given period. |
| renewable resources | resources taht can be replaced or replaced by earth's natural processes. (ex. soil, trees) |
| WWII | a war stared in the late 1930's with the invasion of Poland and other countries by Germany and the Nazi Party, led by Adolf Hitler. |
| Monarchy | a form of government where the ruling power is in the hands of a single person. Most are ruled by Kings, usually with the help of advisors. |
| Holocaust | the name given to the murdering of millionso f Jews, Gypsies, etc. by the Nazis during WWII. |
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