| A | B |
| Southern Europe | has less rain because Alps block moist Atlantic winds |
| Steppes | do not receive heavy precipitation |
| Europe's people | cludtered in reions with fertile soil and inland waterways |
| Serbs | expelled rival ethnic groups from Kosovo |
| Renaissance | age of exploration and artistic achievement |
| Industrial Revolution | transformed Europe into a land of cities |
| Greeks | had city-states (independent, shared common language and culture) |
| feudalism | monarchs gve land to nobles for pledges of loyalty |
| European Union | currently unites Western Europe |
| Communism | Eastern European governments after WWII |
| Reformation | began in Germany |
| Britain and its allies | fought Germany in both World Wars |
| Enlightenment | emphasized reason and followed by revolutions (political and economic) |
| Cold War | between communism and free world (no weapons fired) |
| Germanic Angles, Saxons and Jutes | invaded Britain after Romans left |
| Martin Luther | led the Reformation |
| Northern Europe's languages | Indo European languages mostly |
| Protestantism | introduced during the Reformation to Europe |
| Germany | was divided into democratic and communist countries |
| French Revolution | overthrew the monarchy |