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Western Europe Flashcards

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What countries are a part of Western Europe

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Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands and Switzerland,

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What are the two Dominant countries

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France and Germany

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What are the Beneleux countries of Belgium

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Netherlands and Luxembourg.

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What countries have French culture

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French and Monaco

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What countries have German culture

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Germany and Austria

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What countries have Swiss culture

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Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg (little influenced by Germany and France).

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Roman’s conquer

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Roman conquered the Celtics (France) but never fully conquered the German.

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What is the reformation

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A period where Christians broke away from the Roman Catholic church and started protestant churches.

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How did the reformation happen?

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During the renaissance, religious movements happened. This caused people to doubt the government and even catholic churches. After Martin Luther King stated 95 statements that criticized catholic churches, reformation began.

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Religions Today

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France- mostly Catholics
Netherlands and Switzerland- half catholic half protestants.
Germany- Protestants North, Catholics south.

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What are the middle ages

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Period between Rome’s downfall and the renaissance where nation-states were formed

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What is nation-state

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An independent nation of people with common culture

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feudamlism

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Powerful people having all the lands.

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nationalism

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People should be nation to their nations- people who they share history, land, and culture with.

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Evolve from feudalism to nationalism

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National Kings evolved more power than feudal lords, causing every nation to want it’s own country. Leading to nation-states.

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The French revolution

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French kings held absolute power and used it only for themselves. So the French rebelled and made France a republic.

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Napolean Bonparte

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He ceased power in France and made himself emperor. He got greedy and tried to take over Europe but got defeated.

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Western Europe Nation-states relationships

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After Napolean Europe’s nation-states started getting in wars often. It was always between France and Austria or France or Germany.

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European Colonies

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After the second wave of nationalism in the 1800s nation-states in western Europe experienced industrial growth. So they started having colonies in other countries to gain raw materials. The western Europe nation-states saw themselves as rivals.

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World war 1

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France against Germany, Austria, and other allied countries

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World War 2

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Germany got mad and started World War 2 led by Hitler and the Nazis who started the holocaust. Germany.

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After Germany’s defeat

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It was split into two parts:
1- West Germany was allied with non-communist Europe and the United states.
2- East Germany was allied with the communist soviet union.

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Berlin-wall

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Seperated Germany in two

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Modern Germany

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Anti-communist reforms swept Europe, so eastern Europe opened the Berlin-wall and the two Germanies re joined to be a Democracy.

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Modern France and Germany

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They recently tried to end their problems which caused a new war between them.

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Agriculture

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1- France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Switzerland are major producers of dairy and livestock.
2- France is the biggest producer in western Europe of Grapes, vegetables, and wheat.

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manufacture

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Because western Europe is rich in coal and iron ore. France, Germany, and the Netherlands are the highest manufacturing countries in Europe.

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Economic conflicts in Germany

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When the two Germanies reunited there was conflict, west Germany had higher standards of living and Eastern Germany had lower standards and outdated industries.

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Recent Europe conflicts

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Germany and Austria had alot of immigration workers, when the economy couldn’t take it they started protesting racism.

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