Chapter 11 Vocabulary Northwestern Europe

Large bank of earth and stone that holds back water

A dry wind that blows from the leeward sides of mountains, sometimes melting snow and causing avalanches

Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new land

An economic system in which business leaders use profits to expand their companies

The granting of self-rule to local and regional authorities.

The power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II

The idea that society should be based on public ownership and communal control of property

Industry engaged in agriculture on a large scale, sometimes including the manufacture and distribution of farm supplies

A strong northerly wind from the Alps that can bring cold air to southern France

Fine, yellowish, brownish topsoil made up of particles of silt and clay, carried and deposited by the wind

A large mass of ice, snow, and rock that slides down a mountainside

The mass murder of 6 million Jews by Germany's Nazi regime during World War II

A foreign laborer living and working temporarily in another country.

A method for managing pollution in which a limit is placed on emissions and businesses or countries can buy and sell

Wet or dry airborne acids that fall to the ground.

An amendment to the international treaty on climate change designed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases

Beginning in the 1700's, the rapid, major change in the economy with the introduction of power-driven machinery.