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Europe 1
section 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Europe | second smallest continent |
| Pyrenees | form the western border of Europe; extends from France to Russia |
| France | has natural borders of the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the English Channel |
| Germany | shares an international border with more countries than any other nation in Europe |
| Ukraine | one of the largest countries in Europe; mostly plateaus and fertile plains |
| Romance languages | languages that developed from Latin, such as Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Slavic languages | Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian; generally use a different alphabet |
| Three largest religions of Europe | Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
| Monotheism | belief in only one god |
| Judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews. |
| Christianity | has historically been the most dominant religion in Europe |
| Islam | Dominant religion in the Middle East |
| Torah | First five books of the Hebrew Bible |
| New Testament | The second part of the Christian Bible, containing descriptions of the life and teachings of Jesus and of his early followers |
| Quran | the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina |