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WG Unit 8 Vocab
Europe
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CAPITALISM | economic system of privately owned businesses |
| CHERNOZEM | black arable soil |
| COMMUNISM | economic system of government owned and controlled businesses |
| DEMOCRACY | government of, by and for the people |
| EURASIA | vernacular for single continent in Northern Atlantic Ocean |
| EU (EUROPEAN UNION) | economic and political organization uniting Europe |
| FJORD | deep, narrow sea inlet near high rocky cliffs |
| FRESCOES | water based murals painted during the Italian Renaissance |
| INDUSTRIALIZATION | wide spread use of machinery for mass production |
| INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION | massive growth of European industry using mechanization |
| NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT | warm ocean current that brings a moderate climate |
| NATO (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION) | Post WWII military alliance against communism |
| POLDER | land reclaimed from the sea along the lowlands of Northern Europe |
| PREVAILING WINDS | winds flowing in one direction generally west to east |
| STRAIT | narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water |