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what is a mistral
a cold dry wind
What are fjords
steep u shaped valleys
north Atlantic drift
a current of warm water
what is peat
partially decayed plant matter
dikes
earthen banks
sirocco
a hot steady south wind
bargraph
a visual way of showing quantities
seaworks
structures used to control the seas destruction
uplands
hills or very low mountains
polder
land reclaimed by diking
how many islands make up venice
120
what is the main water way of venice
grand canal
what was venice originally
a lagoon
what is the region north of the Arctic circle called
land of the midnight sun
y did people originally move too venice
protection fro predetors
the olimpic games started in what city
olimpya
what is the major mountain range in Europe
the alps
wha are the peninsulas of europe
balkan, Iberian, italian
what are Europe’s major rivers
rhine and danube
what caused hitler to cut his moose
gas mask wouldn’t seal
what did hitler want to be
artist
known as allies
britian france russia
what aare central powers
Austria Hungary, germany, ottoman
how does George patton revolutionize war
straped a gun to a car
what is the area between the trench known as
no mansland
what is he secret weapon Germany sent to russia
vladamiri lennon
what country did germany propse to fund to invade the usa
mexico
what country did the allies recruit to help turn tide in war
usa
what new techo did patton plan to revolutionize
tank
city state
a poltical unit made up of a city and its serounding area
feudalism
a politcal system were th landlords own most land
reformation
when christians broke apart from the catholic church
satellight nation
nations dominated by another country
nationalism
the belief that people should be loyal to there region
crusaders
a series of wars to take back holy land
parliment
a representative law making body
renaissance
a time period
euro
european currency
what Greek city developed first democracy
athens
what language is not infuleinced by latin
german
what is the period between the fall of th roman empire and the renaissance
middle ages
what started in 1517
reformation
what is romes official religion
christianity
what are the benelux country
Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
whos is not a famous german
jean-jacques rousseau
what are the nordic countries
norway, sweden, finland, denmark, iceland
who iss known for aternoon tea
british
who develops the smorgasbord
sweden
whos known for saunas
finland
wat is religion crossing pathes
cultral crossroads
wat is anti semitism discriminating
judism
what helped put end to the reniassance
bubonic plague
who hosted the peace negotiation
france
what school did arthour and mcpatton go to
westpoint
in wat year did the 2 sides decide to seize fire
1918
who was not present at the peace negotiation
germany
what country at the end felt ignored
japan
what palace did the negociation take place
versailles
benito is a group known as what
black shirts
what group did hitler end up joining
the german communist parrrty
what didi the group eventually been called
the national socialist party
