Geography-Ch 15- Europe And Russia

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policy


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 1

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methods and plans governments use to do their work

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empire


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 1

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a large collection of people and lands ruled by a single government

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Pax Romana


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 1

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Roman peace; a 200-year period of peace that began when Augusts, the first emperor of Rome took power

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feudalism


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 1

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a kind of society in which people worked and sometimes fought for a local lord in return for protection and the use of land

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Middle Ages


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 1

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the period of European history between ancient and modern times

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serf


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 1

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a person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times. He did not own land and depended on the lord for protection

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monarch


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 2

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a system of authoritarian government headed by a monarch-usually a king or a queen

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middle class


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 2

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a group of people that included traders, merchants, and others who were economically between the poor and the very rich

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Renaissance


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 2

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a period of European history that included a rebirth of interest in learning and art, peaking in the 1500's

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humanism


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 2

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an approach to knowledge that focused on worldly rather that religious values

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revolution


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 2

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a political movement in which people overthrow the existing government and set up another

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Parliament


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 2

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a group of elected officials in Great Britian who help govern by deciding about taxes and other laws

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Scientific Revolution


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 2

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a movement that took place during the 1600's and 1700's when Scientists began to base their study of the world on observable facts rather than on beliefs.

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Industrial Revolution


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 3

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the change from making goods by hand to making them by machine

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textiles


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 3

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cloth products

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imperialism


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 3

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the control by one country of the political and economic life of another country or region

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nationalism


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 3

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a feeling of pride in one's own homeland; a group's identity as members of a nation

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alliance


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 3

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a mutual agreement between countries to protect and defend each other.

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westernization


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 4

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the process of becoming more like Western Europe and North America.

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czar


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 4

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title of Russian emperor's before the formation of the Soviet Union

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Duma


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 4

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a Russian congress established by Czar Nicholas whose members were elected by the people.

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Communism


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 4

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a theory of government in which property such as farms and factories is owned by the government for the benefit of all citizens.

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dictator


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 4

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a ruler of a country who has complete power.

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Cold War


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Unit 4, Chapter 15, Section 4

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a period of great tension between the United States and the former Soviet Union, which lasted for more than 40 years after World War II.