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What is the definition of abdicate?
to give up or step down from power (p. 236)
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What word means to give up or step down from power?
abdicate (p. 236)
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What is the definition of abolition movement?
the campaign against slavery and the slave trade (p. 365)
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What word means the campaign against slavery and the slave trade?
abolition movement (p. 365)
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What is the definition of absentee landlord?
one who owns a large estate but does not live there (p. 367)
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What word means one who owns a large estate but does not live there?
absentee landlord (p. 367)
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What is the definition of absolute monarch?
ruler with complete authority over the government and lives of the people he or she governs (p.144)
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What word means ruler with complete authority over the government and lives of the people he or she governs?
absolute monarch (p. 144)
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What is the definition of abstract?
style of art composed of lines, colors, and shapes, sometimes with no recognizable subject matter at all (p. 527)
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What word means style of art composed of lines, colors, and shapes, sometimes with no recognizable subject matter at all?
abstract (p. 527)
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What is the definition of acid rain?
a form of pollution in which toxic chemicals in the air come back to earth in the form of rain, snow, or hail (p. 750)
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What word means a form of pollution in which toxic chemicals in the air come back to earth in the form of rain, snow, or hail?
acid rain (p. 750)
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What is the definition of acropolis?
highest and most fortified point within a Greek city-state (p. 16)
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What word means highest and most fortified point within a Greek city-state?
acropolis (p. 16)
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What is the definition of Afghanistan?
an Islamic country in Central Asia; invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979; later home to the radical Islamist Taliban and the terrorist al Qaeda (pp. 170, 757)
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What word means an Islamic country in Central Asia; invaded by the Soviet Union in 1797; later home to the radical Islamist Taliban ant the terrorist al Qaeda?
Afghanistan (pp. 170, 757)
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What is the definition of African National Congress (ANC)?
the main organization that opposed apartheid and pushed for majority rule in South Africa; later a political party (p. 687)
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What word means the main organization that opposed apartheid and pushed for majority rule in South Africa; later a political party?
African National Congress (ANC) (p. 687)
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What is the definition of agribusinesses?
giant commercial farms, often owned by multinational corporations (p. 722)
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What word means giant commercial farms, often owned by multinational corporations?
agribusinesses (p. 722)
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What is the definition of ahimsa?
Hindu belief in nonviolence and reverence for all life (p. 504)
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What word means Hindu belief in nonviolence and reverence for all life?
ahimsa (p. 504)
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What is the definition of aircraft carriers?
ships that accommodate the taking off and landing of airplanes, and transport aircraft (p. 578?
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What word means ships that accommodate the taking off and landing of airplanes, and transport aircraft ?
aircraft carriers (p. 578)
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What is the definition of al Qaeda?
a fundamentalist Islamic terrorist organization led by Saudi Arabian Osama bin Laden (p. 756)
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What word means a fundemenalist Islamic terrorist organization led by Saudi Arabian Osama bin Laden?
al Qaeda (p. 756)
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What is the definition of alliance?
formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defence (p. 111)
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What word means formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defence?
alliance (p. 111)
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What is the definition of Alsace and Lorraine?
provinces on the border of Germany and France, lost by France to Germany in 1871; regained by France after World War I (p. 456)
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