world geography Chapter 12
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- what 2 countries are connected by the chunnel?
- england and france
- what is europes largest city and what is its population?
- London . 8 million
- define dialect
- local forms of languages
- hat is the worlds smallest country..how many ppl does it have and how many square miles is it?
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Vatican City
1000
2 - define language family
- group of related languages that developed from an earlier language
- the ___ ___ was a power strugle between the US and the soviet union
- cold war
- what group of ppl are credited w\ building rome?
- etruscans
- In what year did the Berlin wall fall?
- 1989
- Two major factors that determine population density
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physical geography
climate - What European country has the highest population and what is it?
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Germany
8 million - Define crusades
- Series of religious wars to win Palestine back from Muslims
- three main branches of the Indo-European language family and 2 examples of ecah
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Balto-Slavic: Polish, Bulgarian
Germanic: English, German, Dutch
Romance: Italian, Spanish - Who introduced Christianity into Europe and when?
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Romans
380 a.d. - define Refugee
- People who flee to a foreign country for safety
- What country is an example of most of its people being of the same culture, language, religion, etc.
- Sweden
- Define holocaust
- mass killing of 6 million jews in WWII
- When was the peak of the Roman Empire
- between 27 BC and 180 AD
- When was the peak of the Greek empire?
- 400s and 300s BC
- Who influenced the writers and painters of the Renaissance the most?
- Roman and Greek Culture
- When did the Industrial Revolution take place?
- 1750 - 1900
- What was the result of the Industrial Revolution?
- turned Europe from an Agricultural to an Industrial country
- Who established the first democratic form of government?
- Greeks
- What are the postage stamp countries?
- Tiny countries in Europe
- Define communism
- Economic and political system designed to establish a classless society where workers would control industiral production
- What is ethnic cleansing
- residents considered enemies were driven from their homes or killed
- Where Jews in Europe located?
- most European countries
- Define feudalism
- powerful lords who gave land to nobels in return for people's loyalty
- _____ lessened the power of the Catholic Church and led to Protestantism
- Reformation
- What is realism art?
- art that portrayed life as it really was
- What was the Forbidden Zone?
- 856 mile barrier constructed to divide east germany and west germany with fences and minefields, and it was heavily guarded
- List the official languages of Switzerland
- German, French, Italian
- Why was the Berlin Wall built?
- To divide West Berlin and East Berlin and keep people from fleeing to East Germany from West Germany
- the _________ first started exploration looking for trade routes to india
- Portugese