NW. Europe

3. Wet or dry airborne acids that fall to the ground
4. a tall, jagged mountain range that runs along the southern part of the region.
5. Name of the Empire that greatly influenced this region
8. a series of religious wars against Islamic states of Eastern Mediterranean
9. Country where the Industrial Revolution started
12. to place or keep by itself
13. the mass murder of 6 million Jews, gypsies, the disabled, etc. during WWII.
15. an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe.
17. low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new land
18. treaty on climate change designed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted by specific countries.

1. Physical feature in Northwestern Europe that is an important area for farming.
2. (Name for the revolution) the rapid, major change in the economy with the introduction of power-driven machinery.
4. large scale corporate farming meant to meet the increasing demand for food
5. French word meaning "rebirth"
6. A foreign laborer living and working temporarily in another country
7. Fine, yellowish, brownish topsoil made up of particles of silt and clay, carried and deposited by the wind
10. Treaty that ended WWI and caused more problems for Germany
11. the destructive masses of snow and ice that slide down mountainsides.
14. banks of earth or stone meant to hold back water
16. dry winter winds that can cause avalanches