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European Geography
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Believing in and/or worshipping a single deity (i.e., one God) | Monotheistic |
| Writing system developed by the Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe, incorporating Greek characters as well as unique Slavic symbols (e.g., А Б В Г Д Е Ж) | Cyrillic Alphabet |
| Languages deriving from the early Germanic peoples of Northern and Central Europe | Germanic Languages |
| Writing system developed by the Romans and commonly used by many Romance and Germanic languages today (e.g., A B C D E F G) | Roman Alphabet |
| Languages deriving from Latin, which was spoken during the Roman Empire | Romance Languages |
| Languages deriving from the early Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe | Slavic Languages |
| Land that is suitable for farming | Arable |
| The average annual weather conditions in a given location | Climate |
| Permanently frozen soil | Permafrost |
| An industrialized area of a city or town | Urban |
| The countryside or any location that is outside of an urban area | Rural |
| The resettling of irradiated particles released into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion | Fallout |
| Located in northern Ukraine, site of the worst nuclear disaster in human history | Chernobyl |
| An atmospheric phenomenon whereby vehicle exhaust and factory smoke combine with fog. Term was first used in London | Smog |
| Toxic rain which results when noxious gases are released into the atmosphere and mix with water molecules | Acid Rain |
| Self-governing | Sovereign |
| The most practiced religion in Europe today | Christianity |
| The oldest of the three religions, but it is the least practiced in Europe today | Judaism |
| Not the largest religion in Europe, but it is one of the fastest growing faiths on the continent | Islam |
| The holy book for Judaism | Torah |
| The holy book for Islam | Quran |
| The holy book for Christianity | Bible |
| The father of all three monotheistic faiths | Abraham |
| Very small particles in objects emit energy or smaller particles. The energy that is produced can result in cancer, serious environmental damage, or helpful technologies. | Radioactive |
| The action or state of making or being made impure by polluting or poisoning | Contamination |
| To take or seize someone's property without permission | Confiscate |
| A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms | Fossil Fuels |
| Involving more than one country | International |
| Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories | Industry |
| Energy that moves from one place to another in a form that can be described as waves or particles | Radiation |
| The draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc. | Runoff |
| The number of people living in each unit of area (such as a square mile) | Population Density |
| The area where the ocean or sea meets land | Coastline |
| A climate that is not too hot nor is it too cold. Temperatures remain relatively steady and constant | Mild/Temperate |
| The condition of having or being composed of differing elements : variety | Diversity |
| The male head of a family or tribe | Patriarch |
| Religious place of worship for Muslims (Islam) | Mosque |
| Religious place of worship for Christians (Christianity) | Church |
| Religious place of worship for Jews (Judaism) | Synagogue |
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