a new interest in the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome beginning in the late 1400's

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

vegetable matter found in swamps that is dried and used for fuel

transformed manufacturing in Europe with the change from human labor to machines from 1750-1900

a movement to value reason and question tradition beginning in the early 1700's

peninsula that includes mainland Denmark and a small part of Germany

a form of energy conservation that captures heat energy from within Earth

an amendment to the international treaty on climate change designed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by specific countries

a religious reform movement that began in Germany in the 1500's by Martin Luther

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

an economic system in which owners use profits to expand their companies

low-lying areas from which seawater has been drained to create new land

peninsula includes mainland Sweden, mainland Norway, and part of Finland

commercial center where goods are received and reshipped

a state that assumes primary responsibility for the social welfare of its citizens

the mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews, as well as other groups

wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground

a strong north wind from the alps

a long, steep-sided glacial valley now filled by seawater

act of unloading, transferring, or distributing part or all of a shipment

a non-indigenous or non-native species that threatens ecosystems, habitats, or other spices

a spring that throws forth intermittent jets of heated water and steam

a fire, rich, wind-borne sediment left by glaciers

a process by which glaciers form and spread

the practice and business of recreational travel based on concern for the environment

series of religious wars agents Islamic states of the eastern Mediterranean

large banks of earth and stone, to hold back the wate

a period of European history (793-1050) when raiding parties in powerful warships roamed the coastal waters of Europe

descendants of nomadic peoples who lived in northern Scandinavian for thousands of years