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What countries were part of Benelux?
Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
What was romes official religion
Christianity
What name did the Vikings go by
Norsemen
Who conquered England in 1066 and what language did they speak
William the conquerer of Normandi- French
A place where various cultures cross paths
Cultural crossroads
Refers to the process of a reigon breaking up into small- mutually hostile units
Balkanization
Where industries make the goods consumers want to buy
Market economy
Is proceed by Normal people with traditional lifestyles instead of professional artists
Folk art
Criminalization against Jewish people
Anti-semi ism
A representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed
Parliament
In the 1990s the section of Scotland between Glasgow and Edinburgh became known as this because it had so many high-tech computers which use silicon computer chips
Silicon glen
Currency of Europe
Euro
A period when many Christians broke away from the Catholic Church and started Protestant churches
Reformation
During the centuries after Rome fell, this gradually developed in Europe
Fuedalism
The belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whine they share lane, culture, and history
Nationalism
A program of mass murder of two-thirds of Europe, Jews, and the murder of other minorities
Holocaust
The capital city of Berlin located in eastern Germany was divided by this wall
Berlin Wall
A political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands
City-state
A government in which citizens elect representatives to rule in their name
Republic
A political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands
City-state
A series of wars to take the holy land from the Muslims
Crusades
Structures that carries water long distances
Aqueducts
What city state developed the first democracy and what type of government is a democracy
Athens- democratic
What are three languages that evolved from Latin
Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian
