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World Cultures Europe
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1. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Acid Deposition
European Union
Northern European Plain
Ethnic Cleansing
2. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Dry Farming
Genetically Modified Foods
Holocaust
Permafrost
3. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Siroccos
Northern European Plain
Welfare States
Polders
4. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Dry Farming
Cold War
Genetically Modified Foods
Brussels
5. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Guest Workers
Paris
Global Warming
European Union
6. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Permafrost
Heavy Industry
Light Industry
Reformation
7. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Timberline
Heavy Industry
Genetically Modified Foods
Fjords
8. Destructive masses of ice - snow - and rock sliding down mountainsides
Avalanches
Glaciation
Organic Farming
Mistral
9. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Brussels
Global Warming
Impressionists
Fjords
10. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Polders
Environmentalists
Romanticism
Industrial Revolution
11. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Industrial Capitalism
Farm Cooperatives
Timberline
Mixed Farming
12. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Alps
Timberline
Loess
Permafrost
13. Treaty which set up the European Union
Renaissance
Siroccos
Realism
Maastricht Treaty
14. A strong north word from the Alps
Mistral
Organic Farming
Industrial Capitalism
Organic Farming
15. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Balkanization
Light Industry
Avalanches
Guest Workers
16. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Glaciation
Loess
Foehns
Communism
17. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Communism
Dry Farming
Realism
Farm Cooperatives
18. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Mistral
Maastricht Treaty
Dry Farming
Impressionists
19. Payment for damages
Genetically Modified Foods
Environmentalists
Reparations
Organic Farming
20. France's capital
Reparations
City-States
Paris
Industrial Revolution
21. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Reformation
Genetically Modified Foods
Balkanization
Enlightenment
22. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Glaciation
Holocaust
Paris
Meltwater
23. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Organic Farming
Immigrant
Permafrost
Crusades
24. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Genetically Modified Foods
Glaciation
Acid Deposition
Industrial Revolution
25. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Foehns
Realism
Ethnic Cleansing
Polders
26. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Industrial Revolution
Loess
Dikes
Industrial Capitalism
27. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Permafrost
Feudalism
Farm Cooperatives
Dry Farming
28. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Holocaust
Light Industry
Impressionists
Dikes
29. A religious movement of the 1500s that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church and introduced Protestantism to Europe
Reformation
Siroccos
Northern European Plain
Communism
30. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Middle Ages
Communism
Paris
European Union
31. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Romanticism
Immigrant
Light Industry
Foehns
32. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Guest Workers
Mixed Farming
Timberline
Loess
33. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Dry Farming
Balkanization
Foehns
Feudalism
34. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Industrial Capitalism
Timberline
Genetically Modified Foods
Acid Deposition
35. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Guest Workers
Industrial Capitalism
Northern European Plain
Impressionists
36. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Brussels
Immigrant
Renaissance
Ethnic Cleansing
37. Also known as the Great European Plain
Refugees
Realism
Northern European Plain
Heavy Industry
38. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Cold War
Polders
Loess
Ethnic Cleansing
39. A fine - rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers
Loess
Glaciation
Timberline
Polders
40. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Farm Cooperatives
Realism
Balkanization
City-States
41. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Guest Workers
Fjords
Permafrost
Mixed Farming
42. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Light Industry
Meltwater
Guest Workers
Crusades
43. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
European Union
Romanticism
Holocaust
Renaissance
44. A strong north word from the Alps
Ethnic Cleansing
Timberline
Cold War
Mistral
45. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Mistral
Realism
Heavy Industry
Glaciation
46. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Reparations
Renaissance
Ethnic Cleansing
Mistral
47. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Brussels
Middle Ages
Foehns
Northern European Plain
48. Destructive masses of ice - snow - and rock sliding down mountainsides
Genetically Modified Foods
Mixed Farming
Fjords
Avalanches
49. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Impressionists
Reparations
Welfare States
Polders
50. Also known as the Great European Plain
City-States
Northern European Plain
Polders
Industrial Revolution