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Europe

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Polder   Reclaimed land kept dry by windmills.  
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Glaciation   The process whereby glaciers form and spread.  
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Fjord   Long steep sided glacial valley, now filled by seawater.  
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Guest workers   Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in another country. To help economic growth.  
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Greek-city-state   Separate communities linked by Greek language and culture.  
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Industrial Revolution   Replacing human labor with machines.  
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Balkanization   Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other.  
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Ethnic Cleansing   Wiping out an Ethnic group (trying to) the Serb leaders tried to expel or kill their rival ethnic leaders.  
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Spanish Moors   Muslim group that controlled Spain for over 700yrs.  
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Crusades   Brutal religious wars.  
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Enlightenment   A movement to value reason.  
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Feudalism   A system in which Monarchs or lords gave land to nobles in return for loyalty.  
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European Union   To unite Europe so that goods, services and workers can move freely among member countries.  
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Reformation   Religious movement. Lessened Roman Catholics. Introduced Protestant.  
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Renaissance   Period of Artistic and Intellectual achievement, 1300's.  
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Reparations   Payments for damages.  
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Communism   Workers controlled production.  
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Iberian Peninsula   Spain and Portugual.  
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Berlin Wall   Fall of the Soviet Union.  
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Internal Migration   Moved to cities in their countries.  
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External Migration   Moved out of their country due to famine, or poor economy.  
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Vatican City   Smallest independent state. 1000people  
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Common religions   Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Some Muslims, and Islam.  
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Slav Ethnic Group   Mostly in the East( Ukrainians, Russians, and Belarusians.), but were some in N, W, and S.  
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Cold War   A power struggle between the Soviet. Controlled communists world and Non-communist world.  
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Ukraine   The largest and most populous nation in Eastern Europe. 47.1 Million.  
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Aging population and Decreasing Birthrate problems?   Not enough employees, no on to take care of the elderly, no one to pay taxes, not enough babies being born for like anything.  
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