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Stack #4591252
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Peninsula | a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water. |
| Uplands | an area of high or hilly land. |
| Polder | A generally fertile tract of flat, low-lying land |
| Bay | A bay is a body of water partially surrounded by land |
| Fjord | a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, |
| Canal | an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation. |
| Waterway | natural rivers and artificial channels that facilitate navigation, representing the surface flow of water through drainage |
| Ecosystem | a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in a particular area |
| Marine Reserve | a highly protected type of MPA where removing or destroying natural or cultural resources is prohibited |
| Democracy | a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. |
| City-State | an independent city — and sometimes its surrounding land — which has its own government, completely separate from nearby countries |
| Golden Age | a time period in which there was cultural progress, peace, prosperity, and happiness, |
| Philosopher | a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields |
| Plebeian | one of the common people, esp one of the Roman plebs |
| Aqueduct | a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away |
| Feudal System | a peasant or worker known as a vassal received a piece of land in return for serving a lord or king, especially during times of war |
| Navigation | the process or activity of accurately ascertaining one's position and planning and following a route. |
| Natural Rights | those that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular culture or government, and so are universal, fundamental and inalienable |
| Nationalism | identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations. |
| Guillotine | a device used to behead people convicted of crimes |
| Reparations | the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. |
| Factory System | a new way of organizing labour made necessary by the development of machines which were too large to house in a worker's cottage |
| Republic | a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. |
| Navigable | (of a waterway or sea) able to be sailed on by ships or boats. |
| Radical | (especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough. |
| Rhine river | . a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea |
| Alps | a mountain range in S central Europe, extending over |
| Danube river | an Old European river name derived from the Celtic 'Danu' or 'Don' (both Celtic gods), which itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European |
| Acropolis | a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill. |
| Reformation | the action or process of reforming an institution or practice. |
| Renaissance | a period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom |
| Industrial Revolution | the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. |
| Enlightenment | a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers |
| ohn Locke | pioneered the ideas of natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution |
| Reign of Terror | a period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular the period of the Terror during the French Revolution. |
| Great Depression | a long and severe recession in an economy or market. |
| treaty of varcelices | formally ending World War One |
| cold war | a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare. |
| iron curtian | the imaginary line dividing Europe between Soviet influence and Western influence |
| Berlin wall | designed to prevent people from escaping to the West from East Berlin. |
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