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unit 5 Europe
social studies
Term | Definition |
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entrepreneur | `a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money |
peninsula | a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides |
terrace farming | a flat area created on the side of a hill and used especially for growing crops |
middle ages | time period in European history from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. |
`feudal system | `way of life in Europe during the Middle ages, when land was owned by the king or lords |
ethnic enclave | a general area marked by a high concentration of one racial group of people.Example : "little Italy" |
Islam | Holy book is called the quaran .A popular holiday would be Ramadan.An important person to this religion is Muhammad |
judaism | Belief in one god.Holiday would include Rosh Hashanah. The holy Book is called Torah. |
Hinduism | A religion of India that emphasizes freedom from the material world through purification of desires and elimination of personal identity. A belief in reincarnation. |
Christianity | Belief in one God. Holiday would include Christmas and Easter. The Holy Book is called the Bible. This religion mentions disciples, who are followers of Christ. |
Muslim | a person who is a follower of Islam |
Leonardo de Vinci | Italian artist, sculptor, architect and engineer |
Vincent Van Gogh | Dutch artist who lived during the 19th |
Mona Lisa | most famous portrait of Leonardo de Vinci |
European Unoin | group of European countries that operate or act as one economic unit and using a common currency |
displacement | to remove or force out and away |
Iron curtain | an imaginary wall which separated East and West European ideologies |
Cold War | a conflict or dispute between two groups that does not involve actual fighting |
Magna Carta | first document imposed upon a king of England by a group of his subjects in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their rights |
Enlightenment | to give knowledge or understand to; get rid of ignorance or false beliefs. |
GDP | the total value of the goods and services produced by the people of a nation during a year |
literacy rate | number of people who cannot read or write |
life expectancy | the average number of years that a person can expect to live |
United Kingdom | area of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Parliament | English form of government who are responsible for making the laws |