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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| City-state | A political unit made up of a city in its surrounding lands |
| Republic | Government in which citizens elect representatives to rule on their behalf |
| byzantine empire | The eastern Roman Empire |
| Crusades | Series of wars launched by European Christians in 1096 To capture the Holy Land from the Muslims |
| Renaissance | A time of renewed interest in learning and in the art that began in Italy 14th through 16th centuries |
| Romance languages | Languages that evolve from Latin, the language of Rome (Portuguese, Spanish and Italian) |
| Aqueducts | Structures that carry water over long distances |
| Black Death | Bubonic plague |
| Sociology | The study of society |
| benelux | Economic union of Belgium the Netherlands, and Luxembourg |
| Reformation | Movement in Western Europe 1517 when many Christians broke away from the Catholic Church and started protestant churches |
| feudalism | Political system in Europe 9th through the 15th centuries in which a king allowed nobles the use of his land in exchange for their military service and their protection of the land |
| nationalism | The belief That People should be loyal to their nation |
| Holocaust | the nazi program Of mass murder of European Jews during World War Two by Hitler |
| Berlin Wall | a wall erected by East Germany in 1961 to cut the capital of Berlin in two , later dismantled in 1989 |
| Tgv | One of world's largest passage trains owned by France |
| Flanders | A region divided between French, the Netherlands, and Belgium |
| Nordic countries | Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden |
| Parliament | I representative Lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed and in which legislative and executive functions are combined |
| Silicon Glen | The section of Scotland between Glasgow and Edinburgh Named for it high concentration of high tech companies |
| euro | A common Currency proposed by the European Union for its member nations |
| Rugby | A form of football played in Europe |
| Cricket | Played with a ball, bat, wickets |
| Cultural crossroads | Place where various cultures cross paths |
| balkanization | Process of breaking up a region into small mutually hostile units |
| Satellite nations | Nation dominated by another country |
| mark an economy | Type of economy system in which production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers |
| Folk art | Handmade items such as pottery, Wood carvings And traditional costumes, produced by rural people with traditional lifestyles, instead of by professional artist |
| Anti -semitism | Discrimination against Jewish people |
| Romany | gypsy people who are scattered across Eastern Europe |
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