front 1 Adapt | back 1 to change a trait in order to survive |
front 2 Dike | back 2 a large barrier built to keep out water |
front 3 Estuary | back 3 an area where river currents and ocean tide meet |
front 4 Westerlies | back 4 strong winds that blow from west to east |
front 5 Deciduous | back 5 describing trees that shed their leaves in autumn |
front 6 Coniferous | back 6 describing evergreen trees that produce cones to hold seeds and have more needles instead of leaves |
front 7 Theory | back 7 an explanation of why of how something happens |
front 8 Smelting | back 8 the process of refining ore to create metal |
front 9 Feudalism | back 9 the political social system in which kings gave land to nobles in exchange for nobles promise to serve them, these nobles provided military service knights for the kings |
front 10 Pilgrimage | back 10 a journey to a sacred place |
front 11 Parliament | back 11 the national legislature of England (now United Kingdom) consisting of the House of Lords and the House of Commons |
front 12 Industrialized | back 12 describing a country in which manufacturing is a primary economic activity |
front 13 Holocaust | back 13 the mass killing of 6 million European Jews by Germany’s Nazi leaders during WW2 |
front 14 Regulate | back 14 to control something |
front 15 Postindustrial | back 15 describing an economy that is based on producing services rather manufacturing |