Semester Final Europe
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 CITY-STATE | a political unit made up of the city and its surrrounding lands; common in ancient Greece |
| ROMANCE LANGUAGE | Any of the languages that developed from the Roman language (Latin) such as Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, or Romanian. |
| CRUSADES | a series of military expeditions in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by Westrn European Christians to reclain control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims |
| RENAISSANCE | a period in Europe from the 14th through 16th centuries where there was a renewed interest in learning and the arts |
| REPUBLIC | A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting |
| AQUEDUCT | a Roman invention to carry water great distances |
| BUBONIC PLAGUE | an epidemic disease brought by trading ships to Europe; spread by fleas in the mid 1300s; killed about 1/4 to 1/3 of all Europeans in about 4 years time; aka the Black Death |
| NATIONALISM | the belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share land, culture, and history |
| FEUDALISM | a political system in Europe from the 9th to about the 15th centuries in which a kind allowed nobles the use of his land in exchange for their military service and their protection of the land |
| HOLOCAUST | the Nazi program on mass murdering of approximately 6 million European Jews and other minorities during WWII |
| BERLIN WALL | a barrier erected by East Germany in 1961 to keep East Germans from escaping Soviet control and repression |
| REFORMATION | a movement in Western Europe started by Martin Luther in 1517 to break away from the Catholic Church and start the Protestant churches |
| BENELUX | an economic union and collective name of the Western European countrires of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg |
| FRENCH REVOLUTION | when the people of France revolted against their king in 1789 and formed a republic |
| MAGNA CARTA | in 1215 an English document that gave more rights to the people of England as opposed to the king |
| EURODOLLAR | a common currency used by most of the members of the European Union |
| PARLIAMENT | a representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed and in which bother legislative and executive functions are combined; the U.K. has this system of government |
| CULTURAL CROSSROADS | a place where various cultural groups cross paths like in Eastern Europe |
| BALKANIZATION | the processs of breaking up a region into small, mutually hostile units like on the Balkan peninsula |
| SATELLITE NATION | nations dominated by another country like the countries of Eastern Europe after WWII being controlled by the U.S.S.R. |
| MARKET ECONOMY | a type of economic system in which the production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers; aka free enterprise |
| JUTLAND | peninsula Denmark is located on |
| IBERIAN | peninsula Spain and Portugal are located on |
| SCANDINAVIAN | peninsula Norway, Sweden, and Finland are located on |
| BALKAN | peninsula Greece is located on |
| APENNINE | peninsula Italy is located on; shaped like a boot |
| PENINSULA OF PENINSULAS | Europe |
| NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT | a warm ocean current that moderates the climate of Western Europe |
| PENINSULA | land surrounded by water on three sides |
| MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE | a climate that features mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers; major vacation area of Europe |
| NORTH SEA | area where large oil deposits were discovered in Europe |
| CHUNNEL | the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel |
| PEAT | partially decayed plant matter found in bogs; driedn & used as a duel source in Ireland |
| FJORD | U-shaped valley formed by a glacier; in Scandinavia |
| POLDER | land created by the Dutch (The Netherlands) by draining water from an area |
| UNITED KINGDOM | country in Northern Europe composed of England, Wales, Scotland, & Northern Ireland |
| BERLIN WALL | a wall built in 1961 separating East and West Berlin; meant to keep East Berliners from escaping to West Berlin |
| 2002 | year the EU started using the Eurodollar |
| EUROPEAN UNION | An organization of European nations whose members cooperate on economic, social, and political issues. |
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