Europe: The Economy/People and their Environment pp. 324-334

The manufacturing of machinery and industrial equipment.

Heavy Industry

The manufacturing of high-end electronics and specialty tools.

Light Industry

Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests.

Genetically Modified Food (GMO)

A document signed in the city of Maastricht, Netherlands that created the European Union.

Maastricht Treaty

A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture.

Dry Farming

Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground; it harms not only the natural environment but also historic buildings, statues, bridges, and stained glass windows.

Acid Deposition

People concerned with the quality of the environment.

Environmentalist

An overall increase in world’s average temperature; a warmer climate will melt polar ice caps and mountain glaciers, causing ocean levels to rise and submerge coastal areas.

Global Warming