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St. Lawrence Seaway
North America’s most important deepwater ship route, connecting the great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean through the st. Lawrence river.
Glossary
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St. Lawrence Seaway Project
This seaway has a total length of 2,342 miles (3,796 km) between the Atlantic Ocean and its western terminus in Lake Superior. It allows major oceanic vessels to reach the Great Lakes, thus enabling ports as far inland as the west side of Lake Superior to serve as international ports. The seaway was completed in 1959, although Canada and the United States began to anticipate such a waterway project in the last years of the 19th century.
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St. Petersburg
The old capital of Russia, established by peter the great, moved it from Moscow because st. Petersburg provided direct access by sea to western Europe.
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Standard of living
Standard of living: the quality of life in a country, usually measured by income, possessions, and levels of health care and education.
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Staple crop or food
Staple crop or food: a crop that provides the main food of a region, such as rice, potatoes, or wheat.
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State
A political term describing an independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs.
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State farm
A type of collectivized state-owned agricultural unit in the former Soviet Union.
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Stateless nation
It is a nation of people who do not have a territory to occupy legally, like the Palestinians, Kurds, and Basques.
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Stateless society
People use lineages or families whose members are descended from a common ancestor to govern themselves.
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Steppe
Vast grass-covered plains that stretch from eastern Europe across central Asia.
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Stock exchange
Stock exchange: an international market for buying and selling the stocks or shares of a public company.
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Stolen generation
In Australia, what aboriginal people today call the 100,000 mixed-raced children were taken by the government and given to white families to promote assimilation.
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Storm surge
High water level brought by a cyclone that swamps low-lying areas.
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Strategic commodity
A resource is so important that nations will go to war to ensure its steady supply.