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Geography 9wks test

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Local form of a language used in a particular place or by a certain group   dialect  
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person who must leave his or her home and flee somewhere else   refugee  
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artistic style portraying everyday life   realism  
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social and political movement developed by marx an lenin favored the rev. to est. a classless society in which workers control indutrial production   communism  
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group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language   language family  
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independent community of a city and surrounding lands   city-state  
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nation in which the gov. assumes responsibility for peoples welfare   welfare- state  
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the power struggle between the soviet union and the united states   cold war  
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artistic style that developed in europe in 1800s that tried to show the natural appearance of objects with dabs or stokes of color   impressionism  
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series of religous wars in which european christians tried to retake palestine from muslim rule   crusades  
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religious movement that began in germany in the 1400s, leading to the est. of protestant churches   reformation  
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system of gov. in which powerful lords gave land to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty   feudilism  
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mass killings of 6 million european jews by germanys nazi leaders during world war2   holocaust  
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artistic style emphasizing individual emotions that developed in europe as a reaction of industrialization   romanticism  
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having elements that come from more than one culture   multicultural  
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300 year period of renewed intrest in classical learning and the arts   renaissance  
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water formed by melting snow ice   meltwater  
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household goods, shoes, and clothing that individuals buy   consumer goods  
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a tax on imports or exports   tariff  
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precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids, especially sulfuric acid and nitric acid, damages building ect..   acid rain  
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manufacture of machinery and equipment needed for factories or mines   heavy industry  
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raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm   mixed farming  
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manufacturing aimed at making consumer goods rather tha heavy machinery such as textiles or food processing   light industry  
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organization in which farmers share in growing and selling farm products   farm cooperative  
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wet or dry airborne acids that fall on the earth   acid desposition  
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the uses of natural substances to enrich the soil and grow crops rather than chemical fertilizers and pesticides   organic farming  
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person actively concerned with the equality and protection of the enviroment   enviromentalist  
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state owned farm managed by gov. officials   state farm  
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studies plants and animal life   bioligist  
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a large state owned farm on which farmers recieved wages plus a share of products and profits   collective farms  
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the official religion of the roman empire was   christianity  
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the etruscans built an empire based on?   trade  
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east and west germany were united in   1941  
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conflict in northern ireland has been brought about by   bitterness between protestant and catholics  
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switzerland offical languages are   german, french, italian  
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european union was formed in 1958   an economic unit that formed a single market for its 6 member nation  
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french revolution of 1789   est. a republic in france  
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muslims contributed to the culture of europe by   expanding the use of mathematics, medicine , astronomy  
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roman catholic church influenced western europe by   introducing roman gov. and justice to the germanic people there  
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the reformation had the effect of   diminishing the power of the roman catholic church  
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the industrial revolution brought about   the growth of a prosperous middle class  
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the move toward communism was fueld by   poor social conditions  
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the english parliament passed a bill of rights that was designed to   limit the power of the monarch  
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most northern europeans speak   germanic languages  
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most europes christians are   roman catholic  
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what countrys would you find the flemings and nnj765hbv `   ```belgium  
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english dutch, norwegian and swedish are all examples of which language family   germanic languages  
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bastille day is celebrated in   france  
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the peninsula that form italy   apennine peninsula`  
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spains dry central plain   meseta  
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drained areas in the netherlands, once covered by the sea   polder  
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lang, narrow inlets formed by glaciers during the ice age   fjords  
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soil that if often permanently frozen below the surface   permafrost  
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strong northerly wind from the alps   mistral  
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kind of vegetables matter found in western europe burned as fuel in homes   peat  
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hot winds from the deserts of libya that blow towards mediterranean coast   siroccos  
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dry winds that blow down the mountains sometimes causing avalanches   foen  
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ocean current that warms northern europe. keeps norways harbor ice free   north atlantic drift  
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shrubs or short trees formed by hot , dry mediterranean summers   chaparral  
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large landmass that include europe and asia   eurasia  
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a mass of ice, snow, and rock sliding down a mountain side   avalanche  
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northern peninsula that makes up most of denmark   jutland peninsula  
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area in europe that has a lot of oil and gas exploration   northsea  
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countries that make up the scandinavian peninsula   Sweden, norway  
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countries that make up the iberian peninsula   spain, portugal  
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country makes up most of the balkan peninsula   Greece  
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Rivers in Europe   po, rhine, thames, elbe, danube, seine  
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mountain ranges in europe   alps, appenines, balkans, carpatheins  
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what country is known as the emerald isle   ireland  
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where is the black forest?   germany  
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what is the name of the part of the U.k that is on the same island as ireland   northern ireland  
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another province of the u.k.   wells, scotland  
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this island nation in europe is known for its hot springs, thermal activity, and geysers   iceland  
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