Physical Geography
Where part of the sea connects to the lower end of a river.
What is an estuary?
Under this system, kings gave land to nobles, and nobles in turn gave kings military service.
What is feudalism?
When the economy of a country depends more on services than it does on industry.
What is postindustrial?
An illegal seizure of power, usually by a country's military.
What is a coup?
This important document begins with a preamble.
What is the Constitution?
Strong winds that travel from west to east, and blow a constant stream of relatively warm air from the sea to the land.
What are Westerlies?
This term describes a period of transition between ancient and modern times.
What are the Middle Ages?
The most visited art museum in the whole world, located in Paris, France.
What is the Louvre?
The use of troops who know the local landscape so well that they are difficult for traditional armies to find.
What is guerrilla warfare?
The three branches of the federal government.
What are the legislative, judicial, and executive branches?
Trees such as fir, and pine trees that have cones and needle shaped leaves. They keep their leaves during the winter.
What are coniferous trees?
The government sponsored murder of 6 million Jews.
What is the holocaust?
A well-developed German superhighway system.
What is the autobahn?
A highly infectious disease introduced by the Europeans.
What is smallpox?
Traditions, that would help shape the nation's future. George Washington set many of these when he was President.
What is a precedent?
A wall or barrier used to hold back water.
What is a dike?
After WWII these two countries emerged as the two leading world powers.
What are the United States and the Soviet Union?
Europe's major religion.
What is Christianity?
An Incan counting system used for record keeping.
What is quipu?
The third President of the United States. He had served as vice President to John Adams.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Land reclaimed from the sea that is used for settlement and farming.
What is a polder?
An alliance between Germany, Japan, and Italy.
What are the Axis Powers?
To act or work with others.
What is to cooperate?
This Spanish adventurer landed in Peru with a small band of soldiers.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
The first formal Constitution of the new United States of America.
What is the Articles of Confederation?