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Adv. World Geo Final
Terms, People, and Religions
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Geography
9th Grade
12/18/2012
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Barack Obama
 Definition
United States
Term
Stephen Harper
 Definition
Canada
Term
Felipe Calderon
 Definition
Mexico
Term
Fidel Castro
 Definition
Cuba
Term
Raul Castro
 Definition
Cuba
Term
David Cameron
 Definition
England
Term
Angela Merkel
 Definition
Germany
Term
Benjamin Netanyahu
 Definition
Israel (Prime Minister)
Term
Shimon Peres
 Definition
Israel (President)
Term
Ayatollah Khomeini
 Definition
Iran
Term
Mahmud Ahmadinejad
 Definition
Iran
Term
Saddam Hussein
 Definition
Iraq
Term
Yassir Arafat
 Definition
Palestine
Term
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
 Definition
Liberia
Term
Charles Taylor
 Definition
Liberia
Term
Nelson Mandela
 Definition
South Africa
Term
Mohandas Gandhi
 Definition
India
Term
Kim Jong II
 Definition
North Korea
Term
Kim Jong Un
 Definition
North Korea
Term
Mao Ze Dong
 Definition
China
Term
Pol Pot
 Definition
Cambodia
Term
Dalai Lama
 Definition
Tibet
Term
Vladimir Putin
 Definition
Russia
Term
Osama bin Laden
 Definition
Saudi Arabia
Term
OPEC
 Definition
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Term
NAFTA
 Definition
North American Free Trade Agreement
Term
CAFTA
 Definition
Central American Free Trade Agreement
Term
EU
 Definition
European Union
Term
The Taliban
 Definition
A Muslim fundamentalist group in Afghanistan
Term
IRA
 Definition
Irish Republican Army
Term
The Basque
 Definition
Group in Spain
Term
PLO
 Definition
Palestine Liberation Organization
Term
AU
 Definition
African Union
Term
NATO
 Definition
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Term
peninsula
 Definition
Land surrounded by water on three sides
Term
isthmus
 Definition
Narrow strip of land, bordered by water on both sides, connecting two larger bodies of land
Term
enclave
 Definition
Country surrounded completely by other countries
Term
archipelago
 Definition
Group of islands
Term
delta
 Definition
The land that forms at the mouth of some rivers by soil that is dropped as the river slows and enters the sea
Term
strait
 Definition
A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
Term
tributary
 Definition
Rivers and streams that carry water to a major river
Term
canal
 Definition
Artificial waterways
Term
bay
 Definition
Body of water forming on indentation of the shorline
Term
cape
 Definition
A piece of land gutting into the sea or some other large body of water
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harbor
 Definition
A place for anchoring a ship
Term
channel
 Definition
The bed of a stream
Term
plain
 Definition
A flat piece of land
Term
abdicate
 Definition
To renounce a throne
Term
immigrant
 Definition
People who move into the country
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emigrant
 Definition
People who leave the country to live in other places
Term
secular
 Definition
Not pertaining to things that are religious
Term
latitude
 Definition
North/south from the equator
Term
longitude
 Definition
East/west from prime meridian
Term
Hispanola
 Definition
Island with the Dominican Republic and Haiti
Term
Zionism
 Definition
Belief that there should be a Jewish homeland
Term
theocracy
 Definition
God as a supreme civil ruler
Term
embargo
 Definition
Restriction on trade
Term
coniferous
 Definition
Pertaining to conifers
Term
guerilla
 Definition
Armed forces outside the regular army
Term
coup
 Definition
Sudden overthrow of a ruler or government, using force of threat of force
Term
inflation
 Definition
Rise in prices in relation to rise of value of money, loss of currency value
Term
tariff
 Definition
A list showing customs imposed by government on imports and exports
Term
Unitary
 Definition
One central government that runs through the nation
Term
monotheistic*
 Definition
Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism
Term
8 Noble Truths*
 Definition
Buddhism
Term
Wailing Wall*
 Definition
Judaism
Term
Yom Kippur*
 Definition
Judaism
Term
Family wise connected to Abraham*
 Definition
Judaism
Term
Combines Hinduism and Islam*
 Definition
Sikhism
Term
Mecca*
 Definition
Islam
Term
Chanukah*
 Definition
Judaism
Term
Hajj*
 Definition
Islam
Term
Brahman*
 Definition
Hindu
Term
Ramadan*
 Definition
Islam
Term
Medina*
 Definition
Islam
Term
prayer 5 times a day*
 Definition
Islam
Term
Koran*
 Definition
Islam
Term
Protestant Reformation*
 Definition
Christianity
Term
Allah*
 Definition
Islam
Term
Shiva*
 Definition
Hindu
Term
church*
 Definition
Christianity
Term
Torah*
 Definition
Judaism
Term
Jerusalem is a holy city*
 Definition
Islam, Christianity, Judaism
Term
Vishnu*
 Definition
Hindu
Term
synagogue*
 Definition
Judaism
Term
Muhammad*
 Definition
Islam
Term
Rabbi*
 Definition
Judaism
Term
mosque*
 Definition
Islam
Term
Karma*
 Definition
Buddhism, Hindu
Term
Bible*
 Definition
Christianity
Term
Rosh Hashanah*
 Definition
Judaism
Term
Israel*
 Definition
Islam, Judaism, Christianity
Term
Passover*
 Definition
Judaism
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