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WCHS Geog. & History A - Europe Words

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Market Economy   A move in which industry makes the goods consumers want to buy  
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Nordic countries   Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway. History of using sea and conquest  
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Feudalism   Political system in Europe from about 9th to 15 centuries in which a king allowed nobles (lords) the use of his land in exchange for their military service and their protection of the land.  
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Crusades   A series of wars in 1096 by the European Christians to take the Holy land from the Muslims  
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Danube   Is the longest river in Europe, it flows from southwest Germany, across southeast Europe and into the Black Sea  
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Market Economy   A move in which industry makes the goods consumers want to buy  
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Nordic countries   Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway. History of using sea and conquest  
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Feudalism   Political system in Europe from about 9th to 15 centuries in which a king allowed nobles (lords) the use of his land in exchange for their military service and their protection of the land.  
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Crusades   A series of wars in 1096 by the European Christians to take the Holy land from the Muslims  
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Danube   Is the longest river in Europe, it flows from southwest Germany, across southeast Europe and into the Black Sea  
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Terpen   High earthen platforms used in sea works  
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Dikes   Earthen banks uses to direct or prevent the passage of water  
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Ethnic cleansing   The policy of trying to eliminate and ethnic group through violence  
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Parliament   A representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed  
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Nationalism   The belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share land, culture and history  
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Renaissance   A time of renewed interest in learning and the arts that lasted from the 14th through the 16th centuries  
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City-state   A political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands  
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Zuider Zee   Former inlet of the North Sea, in the Netherlands  
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Ijsselmeer   A freshwater lake separated from the North Sea by a dike and bordered by Polders  
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Fjords   A long narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes  
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Ozone   A chemical created when burning fossil fuels react with sunlight, a form of oxygen  
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Balkan   A peninsula, in southeastern Europe  
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Polder   Land that is reclaimed from the sea or other body of water by diking and drainage  
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Peat   Partially decayed plant matter found in bogs, can be used for fuel  
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