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18 Cards in this Set
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What was the Cold War and when did it take place?
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power struggles between the Soviet Union and non-communist countries of the world (1945-1989)
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What is the European Union?
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country in western Europe that forms an economic unit
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What part of Europe is predominantly Roman Catholic?
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Southern
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When did the Industrial Revolution take place and what did it accomplish?
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1750-1900; transformed Europe from an agricultural society to an industrial society
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mass killing of 6 million Jews in WWII
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Holocaust
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powerful lords who gave land to nobles in return for the people's loyalty
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feudalism
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Name two ancient civilizations that influenced the growth of Europe?
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Ancient Greece and Rome
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300 year period of learning and arts
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Renaissance
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What are the Romance languages?
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Italian, Spanish, and French
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economic and political system designed to establish a classless society where workers would control industrial production
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communism
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groups of related languages that developed from an earlier language
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language family
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a series of religious wars to win Palestine back from the Muslims
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crusades
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lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church
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reformation
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language, religion, arts
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culture traits
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local forms of languages
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dialects
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people who flee to a foreign country for safety
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refugees
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portrayed life as it really was
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realism
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expel or kill rival ethnic groups
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ethnic cleansing
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