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Ch 12, 13, 14 Flashcards

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Uplands

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are hills or very low mountains that may contain mesas and high plateaus

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fjords

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steep U-shaped valleys that connect to the sea and that filled with seawater after the glaciers melted.

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Meseta

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the central plateau of Spain

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Mastiff Central

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the uplands of France, which account for about one-sixth of French lands

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Peat

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partially decayed plant matter found in bogs

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North Atlantic Drift

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a current of warm water from the tropics, flows near Europe’s west coast

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Mistral

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a cold, dry wind fro the north

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sirocco

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a hot steady south wind that blows from North Africa across the Med. Sea into Southern Europe

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polder

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land that is reclaimed by diking and draining

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seaworks

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structures that are used to control the sea’s destructive impact on human life.

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terpen

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high earthen platforms used in seaworks

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Zuider Zee

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former inlet of the North Sea in the Netherlands

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Ijesselmeer

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a freshwater lake separated from the North Sea by a dike and bordered by ploders

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13
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city-state

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is a political unit made up of a city and its surrounding areas

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republic

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a government in which citizens elect representatives to rule in their name

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Crusades

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a series of wars to take the Holy Land from the Muslims

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Renaissance

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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

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aqueducts

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structures that carried water for long distances

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Benelux

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the economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg

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Reformation

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a period when many Christians broke away from the Catholic Church and started the Protestant churches

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feudalism

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a political system in which powerful lords owned most of the land

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Nationalism

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the belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share land, culture, and history

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Holocaust

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a program of mass murder of two-thirds of European Jews and the murder of other minorities.

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Berlin Wall

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a wall erected by East Germany in 1961 to cut the capitol of Berlin in two, and later dismantled in 1989

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Nordic Countries

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Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

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parliament

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a representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed

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Silicon Glen

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the section of Scotland between Glasgow and Edinburgh, named for its high concentration of high-tech companies

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Euro

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a common currency proposed by the European Union for its member nations

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Cultural Crossroads

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a place where various cultures cross paths

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Balkanization

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the process of breaking up a region into small, mutually hostile units

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Satellite Nations

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nations dominated by another country

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Market Economy

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a type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers.

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folk art

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is produced by rural people with traditional lifestyles instead of by professional artists

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Anti-semitism

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discrimination against Jewish people

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Slobodan Milošević

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Serbian leader who tried to increase Serbia’s power over Yugoslavia

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South Slavs

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Slavic people who migrated from Poland and Russia and settled in the Balkan Peninsula.

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ethnic cleansing

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the policy of trying to eliminate an ethnic group through violence

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KLA(Kosovo Liberation Army)

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a group that fought against the Serbian attempts to control Kosovo in the 1990s

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Vojislav Kostunica

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Reform Yugoslavian leader

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Cyanide

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a deadly poison, flowed in the Tisza River in Hungary

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European Environmental Agency

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an agency that provide the European Union with reliable info. about the environment

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smog

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a brown haze that occurs when the gases released by burning fossil fuels are released and react with sunlight to create harmful chemicals

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ozone

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a form of gas that causes health problems

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particulates

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very small particles of liquid or solid

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