canopic jars used to store the liver, lungs, intestines and stomach of the person being mummiýed cassowary a large þightless bird related to the emu with a bare head and neck castrated having had the testicles cut off casual an employee who works only when needed cataracts rapids, where the river’s surface is broken by rocks catchment the drainage basin of a river cause and consequence the concept that every historical event will have a cause, and every event or
action is likely to be the cause of subsequent effects or consequences census a survey to count population and gather statistics in Australia
change the process by which places, environments or spatial patterns alter over time. In Geography, change can be natural (like erosion or climate change) or human-made (like urban development or deforestation). chronology a record of past events in order of time, from Latin chronos meaning time and logos , meaning to work out civil war a war between rival factions within one state or country civilisations societies that have towns and features such as complex forms of government and religion climate change any change in climate over time, whether due to natural processes or human activities cloud seeding implanting clouds with substances to cause rain colonial relating to the time when Australia was a British colony, under the control of the British government committal hearing in very serious cases, the procedure held in a lower court to determine if enough evidence exists for the case to move to a higher court community a group of people who live and work together, they share similar values; a group of people living in a particular region concubines women who lived with the emperor in a relationship but were not married to him conscripted forced to become a soldier conservation to prevent waste or destruction constellations groups of stars constitution a set of rules that determines the structure of government and its law-making powers consumer a person or group who is the ýnal user of goods and services produced within an economy contemporary issues the diverse range of current events and issues that are facing society continuity and change the concept that while many changes occur over time, some things remain constant continuous resource a resource that is never used up by humans conurbation an extended urban area, usually made up of a town merging with the suburbs of a city convention an unwritten rule, not a law; an accepted way of doing something cooperative a farm, business or other organisation owned and run jointly by its members, who share the proýts or beneýts counsel for the accused a lawyer who represents the accused person Country the place where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples come from and where their ancestors lived; it includes the living environment and the landscape crevasses a deep crack in ice cruciýed to be killed by cruciýxion, an ancient form of execution in which the victim was tied or nailed to a pole or (as was Jesus) a cross and left to die slowly in agony cultural intolerance when individual differences are not accepted by others cyclones intense low-pressure systems producing sustained wind speeds in excess of 65 km/h; they develop over tropical waters where surface water temperature is at least 27 ° C Daoism a Chinese philosophy and spiritual tradition that teaches people to live in harmony with the Dao (theway) deities gods or goddesses delta low, triangular area where a river fans out as it nears the sea demand a need or want of consumers expressed by the spending of income
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