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| fJord | steep v-shpaed valleys that connect to the sea and that filled with sea water after the glaciers melted |
| uplands | hills or very low mountains that may also contain mesas and high plateaus |
| meseta | the central plateau of Spain |
| Massif Central | the uplands of France, which account for about one sixth of French lands. |
| Deat | partially decayed lant matter found in bogs |
| mistral | cold, dry wind from the north |
| polder | land that is reclaimed by aiking and draining |
| seaworks | structures that are used to control the seas destructive impact on human life |
| Terpen | high earthen platforms und in Sea Waorks |
| Zuider Zee | a former inlet of North Sea in the Netherlands |
| city/state | political unit made of up of a city and it's surrounding lands |
| republic | people elect rep. to rule in their name |
| crusades | Launched by the Christians in 1096. Series of wars to take palestine from the Muslims |
| Renaissance | A time of renewed interest in learning and the arts that lasted from the 14th through 16th centuries: It began in the Italian city states and spread North to all of Europe. |
| aqueducts | structures that carried water for long distances, & muslims mosques, places of worship-Spain has these rich aqueducts |
| Benelux | countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg have their own culture-but influenced by Germany and France |
| Reformation | a period when many christians broke away from the Catholic church and started protestants churches |
| Feudalism | a political system prevailing in Europe From about the 9th to about the 15th centuries in which a king allowed nobles to use of his land in exchange for their military service and their protection of the land |
| Nationalism | the belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share land, culture, and history |
| Holocaust | a program of mass murder of European Jews & other minorities in 1945 Allies defeated Germany |
| Berlin Wall | in 1961, in 1989 anti-communist reforms swept Europe, in response to protests, east Germany opened the Berlin Wall |
| Nordic Countries | are Denmark, finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden |
| Parliament | is a representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed |
| Silicon Glen | section of Scotland between Glasgow and Edinburgh. It has many high tech companies which use Silicon compter chips |
| Euro | common currency |
| Cultural crossroads | a place where various cultures cross paths-many world powers have tried to control it. |
| Balkanization | refers tot he process of a region breaking up into small, mutually hostile units |
| satellite nations | E. Europe became a region of-nations dominated by another country |
| market economy | industries make the goods consumers want to buy |
| Folk art | is produced by rural people with traditional lifestyles instead of by professional artist some art is pottery, woodcarving, embroidered costumes |
| anti-semitism | discrimination agains Jewish people |
| Slobodan Milosevic | tried to increase Serbias power over the rest of Yugoslavia |
| South Slavs | 500's Slavic people migrated from Poland & Russia and settled in Balkan Peninsula |
| KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) | began to carry out attacks against Serbian officials. |
| Voijslav Kostunica | President wanted peace but ethnic loyalties still created tensions, war, poverty from war. |
| Cyanide | A deadly poison flowed into Tisza River in Hungary |
| European Environmental Agency | provides the EU with realiable information about the environment |
| Particulates | Very small particles of liquid or solid matter |
| smog | a brown haze that occurs when the gases release by burning fossil fuels react with sunlight to create 100's of harmful chemicals |
| ozone | A form of oxygen that causes health problems |
