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| Sirocco | A hot, dry wind from North Africa that blows across the Mediterranean to Europe |
| Mosaics | Pictures created from tiny pieces of colored stone |
| Coalition governments | Governments in which several political parties join together to run a country |
| Moors | Muslim North Africans |
| Cork | The bark stripped from a certain type of oak tree and often used as stoppers and insulation |
| Loess | Fine, windblown soil that is good for farming |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance of various European countries, the United States, and Canada |
| Impressionism | A form of art that developed in France in the late 1800s and early 1900s |
| Reformation | A movement in Europe to reform Christianity in the 1500s |
| Holocaust | The mass murder of millions of Jews and other people by the Nazis in World War II |
| Chancellor | Germany’s head of government, or prime minister |
| Cosmopolitan | Having many foreign influences |
| Cantons | Political and administrative districts in Switzerland |
| Fjords | Narrow, deep inlets of the sea set between high, rocky cliffs |
| North Atlantic Drift | A warm ocean current that brings mild temperatures and rain to parts of northern Europe |
| Constitutional Monarchy | A government with a monarch as head of state and a parliament or other legislature that makes the laws |
| Glen | A Scottish term for a valley |
| Bog | Soft ground that is soaked with water |
| Peat | Matter made from dead plants, usually mosses |
| Neutral | Not taking a side in a dispute or conflict |
| Oil Shale | Layered rock that yields oil when heated |
| Lignite | A soft form of coal |
| Amber | Fossilized tree sap |
| Roma | An ethnic group also known as gypsies who are descended from people who may have migrated from India to Europe long ago. |
| Lochs | Scottish lakes located in valleys carved by glaciers |
