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Title: Ch. 13

Description: Europe vocab

Total Flash Cards: 10

Created: 04/22/2010 08:58:04

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Term
mainland
Definition
a region or country's main landmass
Term
mosaics
Definition
pictures created from tiny pieces of colored stone
Term
sirocco
Definition
a hot, dry wind from North Africa that blows across the mediterranean to Europe
Term
Pope
Definition
The bishop of Rome and the head of the Roman Catholic church
Term
city-states
Definition
self-governing cities, such as those of ancient Greece
Term
Renaissance
Definition
French word meaning "rebirth" and referring to a new era of learning that began in Europe in the 1300s
Term
coalition governments
Definition
governments in which several political parties join together to run a country
Term
moors
Definition
muslim North Africans
Term
dialect
Definition
a variation of a language
Term
cork
Definition
the bark stripped from certain types of oak tree and often used as stoppers and unsulation