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| A hard, semi-translucent stone used in books |
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| In Arabic, the word means "struggle", often interpreted as a holy war. |
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| Fariness or reasonability, especially in the way people are treated or desisions are made. |
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| Any of the sacred enities worshiped in Shinto religion. A kami is a spirit that dwells in some aspect of nature and sometimes people. |
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| The result of a person's lifetime actions that were thought in Hinduism to determine that person's fate in the next life. |
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| A group of rebels who set up a pro-Chinese government on Cambodia. "Rouge" is a French word meaning'red'. They were notorious for crimes against their ownd people. Their death camps killed many people. Vietnamese troops ended Khmer Rouge power and occupied Cambodia until 1989. The Khmer Rouge movement ended in 1999. |
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| Fit to be eaten, according to Jewish dietary laws. |
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| The movement founded by Sun Yat-Sen in 1912 ri make China a more modern democratic republic. It is now a part of the Republic of China, located on the island of Taiwan. |
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| all human work used to make goods and services. |
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| A predecessor of the Unites Nations, aimed at securing international security. It was created after World War 1 in an effort to hold countries accountable and maintain peace, but the United States never joined. |
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| time away from work or school. |
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| Imaginary lines drawn on a map or globe running east and west and measuring distance north and south. |
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| Imaginary lines drawn on a map or glode running north and south and measuring distance east and west: also called meridians. |
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| After the troops of Chiang Kai-Sek defeated them, thousands of communists walked from southern China to hiding places in the northern provinces. |
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| A hard, colored varnish used on vessels, boxes, furniture, ceilings, and other wooden or metal objects. |
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| Lewis and Clark Expedition |
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| The group of men sent to explore and map the Louisiana Territory after it was acquired by the United States from France in 1803. It was lead by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. |
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