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United kingdom
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a country with a smaller population that dominated mainly one or two ethnic groups
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Ireland
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An island in the British Isles that lies west of Great Britain, divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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Iceland
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A country in the north Atlantic Ocean.
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Norway
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A country in northwestern Europe.
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Sweden
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a country in northern Europe, on the Scandinavian peninsula.
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Finland
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A country in northern Europe
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Denmark
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A country in northwestern Europe
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immigrant
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communities mostly from South Asia and the West Indies
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refugees
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A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
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feudalism
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a system which monarchs or lords gave land to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
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reformation
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A 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant church
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enlightenment
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a movement to value reason and question tradition
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Industrial revolution
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transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machine
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communism
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a philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
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cold war
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a power struggle between the soviet- controlled communist world and the non-communist world
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European union
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their goal is to unite europe with goods services and workers can move freely amoung member countries
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welfare states
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health-care programs funded by the govt.
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romanticism
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focused on emotions stirring historical events and the struggle of individuals
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France
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A country in western Europe.
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Netherlands
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A country in western Europe
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Belgium
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A country in western Europe. French name Belgique, Flemish name België.
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Switzerland
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A country in central Europe
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Crusades
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a series of brutal religious wars- to win Palestine the birthplace of Christianity from Muslim rule
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reparations
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payment for damages
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Holocaust
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the mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews.
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Luxembourg
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belguim france italy and netherlands and west germany grew closer together economic and politically
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realism
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which focused on accurately depicting the details of everyday life became prominent in the 1800s.
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impressionists
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a group of french painters
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italy
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mostly itailain people live there
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spain
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a country of many different inhabitants, includes the lberians a prehistoric people identifies where spain is located
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andorra
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home of the catalans speakers of the roman language catalan
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greece
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A country in southeastern Europe
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portugal
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a long coastline at the western edge of europe
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vatican city
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located within utalys capital city of romw and home of the roman catholic church.
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city states
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seperate communities which were linked by greek lanuage and culture
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Renaissance
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was europes period of of artistic and intellectual acheiment that began in the 1300s in italy
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Serbia
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A republic in the Balkans; pop. 9,660,000; official language, Serbian; capital, Belgrade
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montenegro
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A mountainous, landlocked republic in the Balkans; pop. 632,000; capital, Podgorica
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bosnia
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A region in the Balkans that forms the larger, northern part of Bosnia–Herzegovina.
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herzegovina
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A region in the Balkans that forms the southern part of Bosnia–Herzegovina.
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croatia
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A country in southeastern Europe
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slovenia
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A country in southeastern Europe.
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macedonia
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An ancient country in southeastern Europe, north of Greece.
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Czech republic
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A country in central Europe
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poland
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A country in central Europe.
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hungary
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A country in central Europe.
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slovakia
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A country in central Europe.
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ukraine
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A country in central Europe.
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lativia
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A country in central Europe.
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estonia
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A country in central Europe.
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Estonia
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A country in eastern Europe
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Lithuania
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A country in eastern Europe
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Bulgaria
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A country in southeastern Europe
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Belarus
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A country in eastern Europe
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romania
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A country in southeastern Europe.
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Balkanization
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divide a territory into small, hostile states.
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