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World Cultures Europe
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Payment for damages
Holocaust
Maastricht Treaty
Reparations
Immigrant
2. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Loess
Timberline
Renaissance
Industrial Capitalism
3. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Renaissance
Dry Farming
Impressionists
Communism
4. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Northern European Plain
Industrial Capitalism
Middle Ages
Alps
5. People who flee to another country for safety
Farm Cooperatives
Cold War
Refugees
Farm Cooperatives
6. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Reparations
Communism
Feudalism
European Union
7. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Welfare States
Ethnic Cleansing
Cold War
Acid Rain
8. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Feudalism
Immigrant
Farm Cooperatives
Acid Deposition
9. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Communism
Immigrant
Dry Farming
Balkanization
10. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Siroccos
Fjords
Global Warming
Industrial Capitalism
11. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Ethnic Cleansing
Brussels
Balkanization
Welfare States
12. People who flee to another country for safety
Avalanches
Refugees
Industrial Revolution
Ethnic Cleansing
13. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Welfare States
Fjords
Loess
Permafrost
14. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Guest Workers
Impressionists
Enlightenment
Middle Ages
15. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Reparations
Siroccos
Polders
Holocaust
16. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Feudalism
Avalanches
Alps
Holocaust
17. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Dry Farming
Acid Rain
Light Industry
Alps
18. A fine - rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers
Guest Workers
Loess
Renaissance
Environmentalists
19. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Guest Workers
Brussels
Ethnic Cleansing
Dry Farming
20. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Glaciation
Alps
Northern European Plain
Global Warming
21. Destructive masses of ice - snow - and rock sliding down mountainsides
Fjords
Alps
Meltwater
Avalanches
22. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Industrial Capitalism
European Union
Loess
Farm Cooperatives
23. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Permafrost
Mixed Farming
Reparations
Feudalism
24. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Farm Cooperatives
Middle Ages
Communism
Holocaust
25. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
City-States
Balkanization
Renaissance
Meltwater
26. Also known as the Great European Plain
City-States
Ethnic Cleansing
Alps
Northern European Plain
27. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Reformation
Industrial Capitalism
Light Industry
Siroccos
28. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Glaciation
Dry Farming
Renaissance
Environmentalists
29. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Industrial Revolution
Renaissance
Reformation
Middle Ages
30. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Impressionists
Environmentalists
Feudalism
Alps
31. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Romanticism
Crusades
Reformation
Polders
32. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Light Industry
Polders
Communism
Timberline
33. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Realism
Communism
Immigrant
Loess
34. A fine - rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers
Renaissance
Loess
Communism
Polders
35. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Organic Farming
Ethnic Cleansing
Reformation
Brussels
36. Separate communites
Crusades
Guest Workers
City-States
European Union
37. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Paris
Impressionists
Acid Deposition
Light Industry
38. Separate communites
Dry Farming
Middle Ages
Industrial Capitalism
City-States
39. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Light Industry
Glaciation
Impressionists
Siroccos
40. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Acid Rain
City-States
Renaissance
Light Industry
41. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Guest Workers
Balkanization
Communism
Acid Deposition
42. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Guest Workers
Farm Cooperatives
European Union
Mixed Farming
43. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Foehns
Timberline
Mixed Farming
Dikes
44. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
City-States
Foehns
Fjords
Mixed Farming
45. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Farm Cooperatives
Acid Rain
Environmentalists
Romanticism
46. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Realism
Dry Farming
Industrial Capitalism
Industrial Capitalism
47. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Industrial Capitalism
Industrial Capitalism
Paris
Acid Deposition
48. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
European Union
Brussels
Guest Workers
Industrial Revolution
49. A strong north word from the Alps
Meltwater
Mistral
Timberline
Reformation
50. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Acid Deposition
Immigrant
Foehns
Mistral