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1
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Low areas between mountains

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Passes

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2
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Wide rivers that are deep enough for ships

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Navigable

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3
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A dry wind in south France

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Mistral

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4
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Hot winds in Italy

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Siroccos

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5
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Independent territories within a country

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City-states

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6
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When all citizens share running the government

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Democracy

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7
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Where people choose their leaders

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Republic

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8
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An all powerful ruler

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Emperor

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9
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The leader of the Catholic Church

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Pope

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10
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The system where kings and nobles gave services to each. Other

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Feudalism

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11
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A country with people who share a culture

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Nation-state

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12
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Sweeping change

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Revolution

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13
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A system where the government controls all the goods

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Communism

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14
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Places where the government is the main provider of support

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Welfare states

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15
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When voters elect members of parliament and the leader of the party with the most elected officials becomes prime minister

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Parliamentary democracy

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16
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Plants that have decayed in water

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Peat

17
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How much a person works in an amount of time

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Productivity

18
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Narrow inlets of the sea

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Fjords

19
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Hot springs that shoot water

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Geysers

20
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Focusing on growing certain things in certain places

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Specialization

21
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Drained lands with rich soil

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Polders

22
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The refusal to take sides in wars

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Neutrality

23
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Self rule

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Autonomy

24
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Payments made by a government to support a group

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Subsidies

25
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A material used in fertilizer

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Potash

26
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Killing an entire ethnic group

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Ethnic cleansing

27
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The group formed by Polish workers to support peaceful change

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Solidarity

28
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The two events that caused the communists in Eastern Europe to leave

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Solidarity in Poland and the collapse of the Berlin Wall

29
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Where the government decides what is produced

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Command economy

30
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Where individuals decide what to produce

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Market economy

31
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The language of the Basque people

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Euskera

32
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Banks of soil to control the sea

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