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Ch. 13
Europe vocab
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Geography
7th Grade
04/22/2010

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