Fine, yellowish-brown topsoil with particles of silt & clay

Social and political movement created by Karl Marx that favored a classless society

Hot wind from the Sahara Desert that blows across Northern Africa, across the Mediterranean Sea and lands on Europe’s Mediterranean coast.

A 1,000-year time period after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire that is marked by wars, diseases, and feudalism.

Artistic style that showed the natural appearance with abstract strokes of color

After the medieval period, the renewed interests in classical learning and the arts.

Nations in which the government assumes major responsibility for people’s welfare in areas such as health and education.

Mass killings of European Jews by Nazis during WWII

An international organization of European countries formed after WWII to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members

Warm, dry winds that blow from the leeward side of mountains

The low-lying lands mostly found in the Netherlands that has seawater drained out to create new farmland

In medieval Europe, system of government & social hierarchy in which lords gave land to nobles in exchange for loyalty.

Artistic movement that strove for detailed realistic and factual descriptions

A barrier to contain from the sea; prevent flooding

Strong very intense northernly winds from the Alps that hit Southern France that can last from 1 day to a week.

A series of holy wars between Christians and Muslim during the Middle Ages.

In the Soviet Union, a large-government owned farm was created by taking away people’s small farms in which people were forced to work.

18^th century movement that advocated the use of reason in ideas of social institutions

The act of massivly removing or killing one ethnic/religious group by another.