C13: Human Geography of Europe: Mediterranean, Western, Northern, & Eastern
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- An autonomous political unit made up of a city & its surrounding lands.
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What is a City-State?
p.289 - A government in which citizens elect representatives to rule in their behalf.
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What is a Republic?
p. 290 - A series of wars launched by European Christians in A.D.1096 to capture the Holy Land (Palestine) from Muslims. ( A Holy War)
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What are the Crusades?
p. 291 - A time of renewed interest in learning and the arts (14th through 16th C.); began in city-states and spread to all of Europe.
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What was the Renaissance?
p. 291 - A structure that carries water over a long distance.
- What is an Aqueduct? p.292
- The economic union of Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
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What is the Benelux?
p. 296 - A movement in western Europe beginning in 1517, when many Christians broke away from the Catholic Church and started Protestant Churches; this led to mutual hostility & religious wars that tore apart Europe.
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What is the Reformation?
p. 297 - A political system prevailing in Europe from 9th to 15th Centuries in which a King allowed Nobles to use his land in exchange for their military service and protection of lands.
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What is Feudalism?
p. 297. - The belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share the land, culture, & history.
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What is Nationalism?
p.297 - The Nazi program of mass murder of European Jews during W.W. II
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What is the Holocaust?
p. 298. - A wall erected by East Germany in 1945 to prevent free western Europeans from entering East Berlin occupied by Soviet Union.
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What is the Berlin Wall?
p. 299. - Countries of Northern Europe including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, & Sweden.
- What are the Nordic Countries? p. 302
- A representative, law-making body whose members are elected or appointed and in which legislative & executive functions are combined
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What is Parliament?
p. 303 - The section of Scotland between Glasgow & Edinburgh named for its high concentration of high-tech companies.Makes 32%of Europe's PCs & 51% of ntbk. computers.
- What is Silicon Glen? p. 305
- A common currency proposed by the European Union for its members.
- What is the Euro? p.305
- A place where various cultures cross paths.
- What is a Cultural Crossroads? p. 310
- The process of breaking up a region into small mutually hostile units.
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What is Balkanization?
p. 311 - A nation dominated by another country.
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What is a Satellite Nation?
p. 312. - An economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers.
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What is a Market Economy?
p.313 - Handmade items such as pottery, wood carving and traditional costumes produced by rural people w/ traditional lifestyles.
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What is Folkart?
p. 315 - Discrimination against Jewish peoples
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What is Anti-Semitism?
p.315