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A hill or very low mountain that may also contain mesas and high plateaus.

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Uplands

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A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes.

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Fjord

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The central plateau of Spain.

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Meseta

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The uplands of France, which account for about one-sixth of french islands.

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Massif Central

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Partially decayed plant matter found in bogs.

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Peat

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A current of warm water from the topics.

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North Atlantic Drift

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A cold, dry wind from the north.

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Mistral

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A hot, steady south wind that blows from North Africa across the Mediterranean Sea into Southern Europe, mostly in spring.

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Sirocco

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An earthen bank used to direct or prevent the passage of water.

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Dikes

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Land that is reclaimed from the sea or other body of water by diking or draining.

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Polder

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A structure used to control the seas destructive impact on human life.

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Sea work

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High earthen platforms used in seaworks.

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Terpen

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Former inlet of the Northern Sea in the Netherlands.

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Zuider Zee

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A fresh water lake separated from the North Sea by a dike and bordered by polders.

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Ijsselmeer

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An autonomous political unit made up of a city and it’s surrounding lands.

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City-State

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A government in which citizens elect representatives to rule on their behalf.

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Republic

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A series of wars launched by European Christians in 1096 to capture the holy land ( Palestine ) from Muslims.

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Crusades

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A time of renewed interest in learning and the arts that lasted from 14th through 16th centuries; it began in the Italian city states and spread north to all of Europe.

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Renaissance

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A structure that carries water over long distances.

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Aqueducts

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The economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

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Benelux

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A movement in Western Europe beginning in 1517, when many Christians broke away from the Catholic Church and started Protestant churches; this led to mutually hostility and religious wars that tore apart Europe.

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Reformation

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A political system prevailing in Europe from about the 9th to about the 15th centuries in which a king allowed nobles the use of his land in exchange for their military service and their protection of the land.

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Feudalism

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

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Nationalism

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The nazi program of mass murder of European Jews during world war 2.

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Holocaust

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A wall erected by East Germany in 1961 to cut the capital of Berlin in 2, and later dismantled in 1989.

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Berlin Wall

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Countries of Northern Europe, including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

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Nordic Countries

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A representative law making body whose members are elected or appointed in which legislative and executive functions are combined.

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Parliament

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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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Silicon Glen

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A common currency proposed by the European Union for its members nation.

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Euro

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A place where various cultures cross paths.

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Cultural Crossroads

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The process of breaking a region into small mutually, hostile units.

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Balkanization

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A nation dominated by another country.

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Satellite nation

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

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Command/Market economy

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Handmade items such as pottery, woodcarving, and traditional costumes, produced by rural people with traditional lifestyles, instead of by professional artists.

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Folk art

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Discrimination against Jewish people

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Anti-semitism

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A person who migrated from Poland or Russia and settled in the Balkan Peninsula around 500

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South Slav

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The policy of trying to eliminate an ethnic group.

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Ethnic cleansing

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A group that fought against Serbian attempts to control the region of Kosovo in the 1990’s.

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KLA ( Kosovo Liberation Army )

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Deadly poison

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Cyanide

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An agency that provides the European Union with reliable information about the environment.

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European Environmental Agency

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A very small particle of liquid or state of matter.

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Particulate

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A brown haze that occurs when the gas released by burning fossils react with Sunlight to create hundreds of harmful chemicals.

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Smog

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A form of oxygen that causes health problems

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Ozone

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