Europe Correction Flashcards
Division of a regions because war
Balkanization
A region of Russia that has unsuccessfully sought independence
Chechnya
An ideological battle between Western forces and USSR over issue of communism
Cold war
An economic system requiring state ownership of means of production, and calling for a classes society, with economic equity through sharing wealth
Communism
27 members countries seeking economic unification across Europe
Europe Union
A system of beliefs affecting political and economic policy
Ideology
Radioactive byproducts of producing this type of energy and weapons
Nuclear waste
Decaying vegetation that can be harvested, dried and used as fuel, mainly for warming homes across northern Europe
peat
Land regained from the sea in the Netherlands
Polder
A period of renewed interested in art and science beginning in Italy in the 1300s
Renaissance
Countries aligned with and under the influence of the soviet Union acted as a military buffer zone during the Cold war
Satellite Nation
Massive fishing ships used by Russia
SuperTrawler
The boreal forest in the subarctic regions of Russia
Taiga
A state that assumes primary responsibility for its citizens, as in the Nordic Model
Welfare state
An attempt to reserve the pattern of Balkanization. A country created to unite various ethnic groups in Eastern Europe
Yugoslavia