Word | Definitions |
Market Economy | A move in which industry makes the goods consumers want to buy |
Nordic countries | Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway. History of using sea and conquest |
Feudalism | Political system in Europe from about 9th to 15 centuries in which a king allowed nobles (lords) the use of his land in exchange for their military service and their protection of the land. |
Crusades | A series of wars in 1096 by the European Christians to take the Holy land from the Muslims |
Danube | Is the longest river in Europe, it flows from southwest Germany, across southeast Europe and into the Black Sea |
Market Economy | A move in which industry makes the goods consumers want to buy |
Nordic countries | Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway. History of using sea and conquest |
Feudalism | Political system in Europe from about 9th to 15 centuries in which a king allowed nobles (lords) the use of his land in exchange for their military service and their protection of the land. |
Crusades | A series of wars in 1096 by the European Christians to take the Holy land from the Muslims |
Danube | Is the longest river in Europe, it flows from southwest Germany, across southeast Europe and into the Black Sea |
Terpen | High earthen platforms used in sea works |
Dikes | Earthen banks uses to direct or prevent the passage of water |
Ethnic cleansing | The policy of trying to eliminate and ethnic group through violence |
Parliament | A representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed |
Nationalism | The belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share land, culture and history |
Renaissance | A time of renewed interest in learning and the arts that lasted from the 14th through the 16th centuries |
City-state | A political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands |
Zuider Zee | Former inlet of the North Sea, in the Netherlands |
Ijsselmeer | A freshwater lake separated from the North Sea by a dike and bordered by Polders |
Fjords | A long narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes |
Ozone | A chemical created when burning fossil fuels react with sunlight, a form of oxygen |
Balkan | A peninsula, in southeastern Europe |
Polder | Land that is reclaimed from the sea or other body of water by diking and drainage |
Peat | Partially decayed plant matter found in bogs, can be used for fuel |