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Chapter 15 Terms
Europe and Russia: Shaped by History
| Key Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliance | An agreement to protect another country |
| Cold War | A time of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union without actual war |
| Communism | A theory of government that says that farms and factories should be owned by all people |
| Czar | The title of a Russian King |
| Democracy | A government in which people rule themselves |
| Empire | A collection of lands ruled by a single government |
| Feudalism | A society in which people worked for a local lord in return for use of land |
| Humanism | An approach to knowledge focused on this world |
| Industrial Revolution | A period of Europe when products began to be made in factories |
| Middle Class | A group between the very rich and the very poor |
| Nationalism | Pride in one's country |
| Pax Romana | Roman peace |
| Policy | Methods and plans a government uses to do its work |
| Renaissance | A period of European history that included a rebirth of interest in learning and art |
| Revolution | A far-reaching change |
| Scientific Revolution | A change in the way knowledge was gathered |
| Textile | Cloth product |
| Westernization | The process of becoming more like the west |