- 100-year flood (wun-HUN-drehd YEER FLUD)
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noun.
flood that has a one-percent chance of occurring any year.
- 13th Amendment thir-TEENTH uh-MEHND-mehnt
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noun.
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update to the U.S. Constitution making slavery illegal.
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- 14th amendment (for-TEENTH uh-MEHND-mehnt)
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noun.
update to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing all citizens equal protection and due process under the law.
- 15th amendment (FIHF-teenth uh-MEHND-mehnt)
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noun.
update to the U.S. Constitution that allows all citizens the right to vote.
- 1918 flu pandemic (NIN-teen AY-teen FLOO pan-DEHM-ihk)
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noun.
(1917-1920) infectious disease that killed between 50 million and 100 million people worldwide, with healthy young adults being the most vulnerable. Also called the Spanish flu.
- 19th amendment (NIN-teenth uh-MEHND-mehnt)
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noun.
update to the U.S. Constitution allowing women citizens the right to vote.
- 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami (2004 IHN-dee-un OH-shun SOO-nah-mee)
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noun.
(December 26, 2004) violent earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
- 2012 phenomenon (TWEHN-tee TWEHLV fuh-NAH-mih-nahn)
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noun.
set of varied beliefs that predict a catastrophic event occuring on December 21, 2012.
- 3-D (THREE DEE)
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adjective.
something appearing in three dimensions, giving the appearance of depth.
- 3-D map (THREE-DEE MAP)
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noun.
representation of spatial information using dimensions of depth, length, and width.