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vocab. S/S Europe
social studies vocab. europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mediterranean Sea | an inland sea that borders Europe, southwest Asia and Africa |
| Pennisula | a body of land surrounded by water on three sides |
| Plain | a large flat area of land that usually does not have many trees |
| City-State | a central together city and it's surrounded villages, which together follow the sames laws, have one form of government, and share languages, religious beliefs, and ways of life |
| Polis | the central city of a City-State |
| Government | the people and groups within a society that have the athority to make laws, to make sure they are carried out, and to settle disagreements about them |
| Colonies | supplied raw materials that the ruling countries needed to produce goods in their factories back home |
| Scientific revolution | a period of great scientific change and dicovery during the 16th and 17th centuries |
| Industrial revolution | a period of change beginning in the late 18th century, during which goods began tobe manufactured by power-driven machines |
| Labor Force | a pool of available wokers |
| Capitalism | an economic system in which the factories and businesses that make and sell goods are privately owned and the decision about what goods to pruduce |
| Alliance | an agreement amoung people or nation to unite for a common cause and to help any alliance member that is to attack |
| Austria-Hungary | in the 1900's a dual monarchy in which the Hapsburg emperor ruled both Austria and Hungary |
| Colonialism | a system by which a country maintains colonies outside it's borders |
| Imperialism | the practice of one country's controllig the government and economy of another country or territory |
| Patriotism | love in ones country |
| Nationlism | strong pride inones naton or ethnic group (patriotism on steroids) |
| World War I | a war fought from 1914 to 1918 between allies (Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Italy and the United States) and central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Turkey and Bolgaria.) |
| Socialism | an economic system in which business and industries are owned collectively or by the government |
| Communism | an economic and political, system in which property i owned collectively and labor is organized in a way that is supposed to benefit all people |
| Fascism | a political philoshy that promotes a strong, cantral government controlled by the military and led by a powerful dictator |
| Military Dictatorship | a government ruled by a person in the military |
| Propaganda | material designed to spread certain beliefs |
| Holocaust | the organized killing of European Jews and other by the Nazis during World War II |
| World War II | a war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis power(Germany, Italy and Japan) an the allies (the United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union and thr United States). |
| NATO | the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a denfence alliance formed in 1949, with the coutries of wesrtern Europe, Canada, and the United States agreeing to defend onr another if attacked |
| European Union | an economic and political grouping of countries of western Europe |
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