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Europe 14-16
Hayden-Chapter 14-16 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Sequent Occupance | Settlement by successive groups each creating a distinct cultural landscape |
Famine | A widespread shortage of food |
Constitutional Monarchy | Type of government with a king or queen as head of state and a parliment as the legislative branch |
Nationalized | Organizations or businesses are owned and operated by the government |
Primate City | City that ranks first and dominates a country in terms of population and economy |
European Union | Group of European countries committed to close cooperation in finance, trade, political and social issues |
Cosmopolitan | Having many foreign influences |
Geysers | Hot springs that shoot water into the air |
Socialism | A system in which the government owns and controls the means of producing goods |
Balance of Power | Condition when alliances or countries have such equal levels of strength that war is prevented |
Alliances | Agreements between countries to support one another against enemies |
Confederation | A group of states joined together for a common purpose |
Cantons | Largely self-governing states within a country such as Switzerland |
Neutral | Characterized by not taking sides in conflicts |
Multilingual | Able to speak 2 or more languages |
Exclave | An area separated from the rest of a country by the territory of another country |
Ghetto | Section of a city where a minority group is forced to live |
Complementary Region | A region created by the combination of 2 areas with different strengths that benefit each other |
Autonomy | Self-government |
Cork | Bark that is stripped from the trunks of cork oaks |
Microstates | Very small countries, like Andorra, Monaco, and San Marino |
City-states | Self-governing cities and their surrounding areas, as in ancient Greece |
Enclave | Areas that are completely surrounded by another region |