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World Culture
Europe
Question | Answer |
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Polder | Reclaimed land kept dry by windmills. |
Glaciation | The process whereby glaciers form and spread. |
Fjord | Long steep sided glacial valley, now filled by seawater. |
Guest workers | Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in another country. To help economic growth. |
Greek-city-state | Separate communities linked by Greek language and culture. |
Industrial Revolution | Replacing human labor with machines. |
Balkanization | Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other. |
Ethnic Cleansing | Wiping out an Ethnic group (trying to) the Serb leaders tried to expel or kill their rival ethnic leaders. |
Spanish Moors | Muslim group that controlled Spain for over 700yrs. |
Crusades | Brutal religious wars. |
Enlightenment | A movement to value reason. |
Feudalism | A system in which Monarchs or lords gave land to nobles in return for loyalty. |
European Union | To unite Europe so that goods, services and workers can move freely among member countries. |
Reformation | Religious movement. Lessened Roman Catholics. Introduced Protestant. |
Renaissance | Period of Artistic and Intellectual achievement, 1300's. |
Reparations | Payments for damages. |
Communism | Workers controlled production. |
Iberian Peninsula | Spain and Portugual. |
Berlin Wall | Fall of the Soviet Union. |
Internal Migration | Moved to cities in their countries. |
External Migration | Moved out of their country due to famine, or poor economy. |
Vatican City | Smallest independent state. 1000people |
Common religions | Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Some Muslims, and Islam. |
Slav Ethnic Group | Mostly in the East( Ukrainians, Russians, and Belarusians.), but were some in N, W, and S. |
Cold War | A power struggle between the Soviet. Controlled communists world and Non-communist world. |
Ukraine | The largest and most populous nation in Eastern Europe. 47.1 Million. |
Aging population and Decreasing Birthrate problems? | Not enough employees, no on to take care of the elderly, no one to pay taxes, not enough babies being born for like anything. |