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Central Western Europe
Chapter 16
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History
7th Grade
01/24/2011

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capital of france
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paris
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what river flows threw paris
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Siene river
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french revolution was _____________?
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1789
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dialect
Definition
variations of a language that are unique to a region or community
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Philosopher
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one who studies life and thought
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impressionism
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the school of art sought to capture fleeting visual impressions made by color, light, and shadows
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President of france
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Nicholas Sarkozy
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recession
Definition
extended decline in business activty
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berlin wall ______-________
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1961- 1989
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germany's capital
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berlin
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Germany is what kind of confederation and what kind of union
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single confederation, loose political union
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communism
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the system of government in which government controls the means of production, determining what goods will be made, how they will be made, how much workers will be paid, how much items will cost
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inflation
Definition
sharply rising prices
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what happened in 1930's
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Adolf Hitler and his nazi party came to power
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holocaust
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the execution of 6 million jews in nazi concentration camps during WW2
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what rivers flow threw germany
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Rhine and Elbe Rivers
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Munich
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germany's cultural center
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capital of belgium
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brussels
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capital of netherlands
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amsterdam
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capital of luxembourg
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luxembourg
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dikes
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embarkments of earth and rock to hold back water
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polder
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an area of low lying land that has been reclaimed from thesea
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55% speak
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flemish
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flemish is a dialect of what ?
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Dutch
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switzerland's capital
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bern
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neutral
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not taken sides in conflicts between other nations
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switzerland has high quality
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choclates
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switzerland has fin
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swiss jewelers
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decentralize
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transfer of power to smaller laguage
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austria's capital
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vienna
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