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European Geography Terms
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Geography
10th Grade
12/12/2007
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Archipelago
 Definition
chain of islands
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Bay
 Definition

body of water that makes indent in the shore
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Canal
 Definition
artificial waterway
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Cape

 Definition
piece of jutting land
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Channel
 Definition
a wide strait
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Delta
 Definition
deposit of rivers
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Desert
 Definition
dry, arid land area
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Fjord

 Definition
arm of sea bordered by land
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Gulf
 Definition
ocean area partially enclosed by land
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Harbor
 Definition
along shore, protection
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Hill
 Definition
elevation, smaller than a mountain
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Island
 Definition
land completely surrounded by water
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Isthmus
 Definition
connects 2 land masses
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Lagoon
 Definition
shallow water near sea
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Lake
 Definition
water with land all around
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Mountain
 Definition
elevation of more than 2000 feet.
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Mountain Range
 Definition
group of mountains
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Ocean
 Definition
salty water
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Peninsula
 Definition
land surrounded on three sides by water
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Plain
 Definition
flat land
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River
 Definition
flowing stream of water
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Sea
 Definition
isolated body of water
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Sound
 Definition
interior body of water
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Strait
 Definition
water between 2 land masses
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Valley
 Definition
lowland between mountains
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Volcano
 Definition
mountain formed around vent
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Nation (ethnic group)
 Definition
group of people with a common identity
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Nation-state
 Definition
a politically sovereign nation
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Nationalism
 Definition
a nation's desire to be sovereign( equal to other nations)
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Chauvinism
 Definition
feeling of superiority to other nations
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Imperialism
 Definition
one nation ruling other nations (empire)
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