precipitation the different forms in which moisture is returned to the Earth from the atmosphere, most commonly in the form of rain, hail, sleet and snow prehistory the period before writing was invented presumption of innocence a person charged with a criminal offence should be treated as innocent, until evidence presented in court proves they are guilty prevailing wind the main direction from which the wind blows primary sources objects and documents that were created or written in the period of time that the historian is investigating primary wave also known as a P-wave; the first waves to hit an area during an earthquake, which cause a sudden jolt privatise to sell a government-owned provider of goods or services to private investors product development the creation of products with new or different characteristics that offer new or additional benefits to customers progressive tax system in theory, people who earn more money pay more income tax prosecute to take legal action against another person for a criminal offence pull factor favourable quality or attribute that attracts people to a particular location push factor unfavourable quality or attribute of a person’s current location that drives them to move elsewhere rain shadow the dry area on the leeward side of a mountain; forms where mountains block rain-bearing winds reading the formal presentation of a proposed law (Bill) to members of parliament reconstruction rebuilding or re-making: in archaeology, rebuilding an artefact using archaeological remains as a guide reeve a magistrate administering law in a village referendum the process of allowing the people to vote on an important issue that will result in a change to the Australian Constitution Reformation Era period when Protestant churches emerged refugee a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster regent a person appointed to rule a country if a monarch is too young or ill to do so regurgitate to vomit, or bring up the contents of the stomach or throat relative dating techniques methods used to assess whether something is older than something else (e.g. stratigraphy, fluorine dating) Renaissance period of major changes in art, science and learning republic a state in which the head of the government is not a ruler who inherits their position, as might a king, queen or emperor resource allocation relates to decisions about how scarce resources are distributed among producers, and which types of goods and services will be produced to satisfy wants and needs revenue refers to receipts, otherwise known as revenue, that occur when a business receives money; this is usually when a customer purchases something to come rift zone a large area of the Earth in which plates of the Earth’s crust are moving away from each other, forming an extensive system of fractures and faults right an entitlement to be treated in a particular way. A legal right is a right that can be enforced by law. river delta a landform created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. Can take three main shapes: fan shaped, arrow shaped and bird-foot shaped. robber barons feudal lords who used their castles to control trade routes and charged illegal tolls or robbed travellers ronin a wandering samurai who had no lord or master rudder broad wooden or metal piece at the end of a boat used for steering; on a longship, it was a broad oar attached to the tiller
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