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SS8
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13
Social Studies
8th Grade
06/09/2015

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Printing press
Definition
its pressed pictures and news headlines to paper public
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crop failure
Definition
When your crops fail to grow
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The Silk Road
Definition
A trade route that connected civilisations
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City-States
Definition
A city that has political independence and farmland surrounding it
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Hinterland
Definition
A piece of land around the city state
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Usury
Definition
The practice of lending money and charging the borrower interest
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Commerce
Definition
Buying goods than selling them for more
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unemployment
Definition
when you don't have a job
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The Crusades
Definition
Religious wars between Muslims and Christians
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immigrant
Definition
a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country
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arms
Definition
weapons and ammunition armaments
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Caliph
Definition
civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad.
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Mosque
Definition
a Muslim place of worship.
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