| A | B |
|---|
| immigrant | a person who comes to a country to live their permanently |
| refugee | ons who flees his or her home for safety |
| Middle Ages | the period of European history from about AD 500 to about 1500 |
| feudalism | a government system which powerful lords gave land to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty |
| Reformation | religious movement (began in Germany in 1400) lead to Protestant churches |
| Enlightenment | 1700's movement that emphasized the importance of reason and questioned traditions and values |
| Industrial Revolution | rapid major change in the economy with the introduction of power-driven machinery |
| industrial capitalism | economic system; business leaders use profits to expand their companies |
| communism | society based on equality in which workers control industrial production |
| Cold War | power strudggle between the Soviet Union and US after World War II |
| European Union | its goal is to unite Europe so that goods, services and workers can move freely among member countries |
| welfare state | nation where government assumes responsibility for people's well-being (in health and education) |
| romanticism | artistic style emphasizing idividual emotions (1700s and early 1800s) |
| guest worker | foreigners who work on a temporary basis |
| Holocaust | mass killing of more than 6 million Jews |
| Crusades | brutish religious wars |
| realism | movement that depicted everyday life |
| reparations | payments for war damages |
| impressionist | painted outdoors to capture immediate experiences |
| city state | separate communities of the eary Greeks |
| Renaissance | Europe's period of artistic and intellectual achievement |
| Balkanization | division of a region into smaller regions |
| ethnic cleansing | expell or cleanse rival ethnic groups |
