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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. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Glaciation
Cold War
Renaissance
Guest Workers
2. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Organic Farming
Enlightenment
Ethnic Cleansing
Acid Rain
3. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Fjords
City-States
Glaciation
Global Warming
4. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Ethnic Cleansing
Acid Deposition
Balkanization
Middle Ages
5. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Middle Ages
Brussels
Farm Cooperatives
Siroccos
6. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Dikes
Dry Farming
Global Warming
Acid Deposition
7. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Welfare States
Dry Farming
Brussels
Environmentalists
8. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Mistral
Timberline
Reparations
Global Warming
9. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Siroccos
European Union
Glaciation
Fjords
10. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Impressionists
Genetically Modified Foods
Welfare States
Ethnic Cleansing
11. Separate communites
City-States
Refugees
Farm Cooperatives
Ethnic Cleansing
12. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Paris
Middle Ages
Industrial Revolution
Light Industry
13. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Farm Cooperatives
Environmentalists
Communism
Balkanization
14. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Enlightenment
Light Industry
Guest Workers
Brussels
15. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Dry Farming
Dikes
Reformation
Middle Ages
16. A strong north word from the Alps
Maastricht Treaty
Mistral
Northern European Plain
Dry Farming
17. Separate communites
Enlightenment
Immigrant
City-States
European Union
18. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Permafrost
Paris
Timberline
Reparations
19. Payment for damages
Glaciation
Mistral
Reparations
Renaissance
20. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Loess
Refugees
Renaissance
Fjords
21. Also known as the Great European Plain
Polders
Avalanches
Holocaust
Northern European Plain
22. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Welfare States
Guest Workers
Enlightenment
Crusades
23. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Realism
Glaciation
Meltwater
Light Industry
24. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Loess
Light Industry
Middle Ages
Brussels
25. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
European Union
Feudalism
Guest Workers
Brussels
26. Large banks of earth and stone
Feudalism
Meltwater
Industrial Revolution
Dikes
27. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Global Warming
Alps
Welfare States
Crusades
28. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Global Warming
Ethnic Cleansing
Organic Farming
Holocaust
29. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Realism
Paris
Cold War
Enlightenment
30. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Balkanization
Maastricht Treaty
Glaciation
Middle Ages
31. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Communism
Alps
Northern European Plain
Acid Deposition
32. Treaty which set up the European Union
Avalanches
Crusades
Dikes
Maastricht Treaty
33. France's capital
Paris
Mistral
Brussels
Mixed Farming
34. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Mixed Farming
Loess
Cold War
Alps
35. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Romanticism
Polders
Farm Cooperatives
Timberline
36. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Farm Cooperatives
Crusades
Timberline
Middle Ages
37. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Industrial Capitalism
Loess
Polders
Timberline
38. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Reformation
Crusades
Timberline
Romanticism
39. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Genetically Modified Foods
Communism
Industrial Capitalism
Siroccos
40. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Organic Farming
Feudalism
Immigrant
European Union
41. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Enlightenment
Glaciation
Cold War
European Union
42. A religious movement of the 1500s that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church and introduced Protestantism to Europe
Polders
Organic Farming
Reformation
Romanticism
43. People who flee to another country for safety
Mistral
Siroccos
Refugees
Genetically Modified Foods
44. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Global Warming
Reformation
Avalanches
Refugees
45. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Heavy Industry
Foehns
Polders
Fjords
46. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Refugees
Impressionists
Farm Cooperatives
Polders
47. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Reparations
Polders
Ethnic Cleansing
Impressionists
48. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Dikes
Environmentalists
Organic Farming
Welfare States
49. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Reformation
Acid Deposition
Polders
Mixed Farming
50. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Renaissance
Communism
Impressionists
Siroccos