Europe Vocabulary

oan international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members

• European Union

• Microstate

the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation

• Communism

• Industrial Revolution

The view that the government should own and control major industries using the dollars earned to provide benefits to citizens

• Socialism

• Imperialism

the mass murder of Jewish people under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945

• Euro

• Holocaust

Cold War term used to describe the dividing line between western Europe and the Soviet controlled regions

• Iron Curtain

• Renaissance

the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel

• NATO

• Chunnel

A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea/A piece of low-lying land reclaimed from a sea or river, protected by dikes.

• Dike/Polder

• NATO

rebirth: the revival of learning and culture in Europe following the Middle Ages

• EU

• Renaissance

the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union

• The Euro

• NATO

a policy of extending rule over foreign countries

• Socialism

• Imperialism