Basic geography M Flashcards
Madrassa
School, especially one that teaches the Islamic religion
Magma
Stream of soft, nearly molten rock
Magna Carta
Document that limited the English Kings power
Majlis
Iranian legislature
Majority
More than half
Malaria
Why threatening disease spread by mosquitoes and caused by parasites
Manorialism
In medieval Europe the economic relationship between the Lord and the peasants who works for him
Mantle
Thick, Rocky later around Earth’s core
Maori
The original inhabitants of New Zealand and the cook islands
Maritime
Having to do with navigation or shipping on the sea
Maritime climate
Climate that is year-round with mild winters cool
Summers
Market
Organized way for producers and consumers to trade goods and services
Market economy
Economy in which individual consumers and producers make all economic decisions
Marshall plan
An economic program initiated by the United States to help Europe recover from world war two
Mau Mau
Kenyan independence movement during the 1950s
Mechanized farming
Farming with machines
Meiji restoration
Time period when Japan’s Emperor Meiji was returned to power
Merchant
Trader
Messiah
A leader chosen by God who restored the Jewish nation and helped create God’s kingdom in the world
Microcredit
Small loan
Middle latitudes
Areas between the high and low latitudes; also known as temperate zone
Middle passage
Voyage across the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas that formed the middle leg of the triangular trade among Europe, American colonies, and Africa
Migration
Movement of people from one place to another
Military Junta
Committee of military leaders
Millet
Self-governing religious community in the Ottoman Empire
Millet
Self-governing religious community in the Ottoman Empire
