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Europe
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fjord | long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea |
| Scandinavian Peninsula | Norway, Sweden, Finland |
| tundra | only supports shallow-rooted plants |
| permafrost | permanently frozen ground |
| language family | languages with a common base |
| Romance languages | Latin root from Ancient Rome |
| Germanic languages | the root of English |
| public transportation | trains, buses, subways |
| Iberian Peninsula | Spain, Portugal, Andorra |
| Balkan Peninsula | includes Greece, Serbia, Turkey |
| mechanized farming | commercial farms covering many acres |
| UN | United Nations |
| Cold War | time of conflict between U.S. and Soviet Union |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| alliance | agreement between countries |
| EU | European Union |
| United Kingdom | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
| tourism | brings income to local businesses |
| service industry | customer gets a service not a product |
| privatization | business owned by a private person |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| Holland | familiar name for Netherlands |
| Dutch | people of Netherlands |
| Switzerland | history of neutrality |
| neutral country | does not take sides in war |