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World Cultures Europe
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Destructive masses of ice - snow - and rock sliding down mountainsides
Dikes
Guest Workers
Environmentalists
Avalanches
2. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Reformation
Maastricht Treaty
Communism
Polders
3. People who flee to another country for safety
Immigrant
Glaciation
Refugees
Romanticism
4. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Maastricht Treaty
Dikes
Reformation
Polders
5. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Glaciation
Polders
Realism
Alps
6. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Light Industry
Foehns
Immigrant
Romanticism
7. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Mixed Farming
Feudalism
Impressionists
Acid Deposition
8. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Meltwater
Crusades
Glaciation
Feudalism
9. France's capital
Paris
Siroccos
Environmentalists
Fjords
10. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Light Industry
Enlightenment
Meltwater
Dikes
11. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Realism
Immigrant
Glaciation
Impressionists
12. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Communism
Alps
Light Industry
Acid Rain
13. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
European Union
Renaissance
Glaciation
Environmentalists
14. The result of melting snow and ice
Brussels
Meltwater
Genetically Modified Foods
Organic Farming
15. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Siroccos
Industrial Capitalism
European Union
Welfare States
16. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Industrial Revolution
Communism
European Union
Permafrost
17. Treaty which set up the European Union
Holocaust
Maastricht Treaty
Acid Rain
Dry Farming
18. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Middle Ages
Foehns
Brussels
Acid Deposition
19. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Dry Farming
Fjords
Balkanization
Global Warming
20. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Organic Farming
Industrial Capitalism
Crusades
Northern European Plain
21. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Realism
Dikes
Alps
Romanticism
22. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Light Industry
Reformation
Acid Deposition
Welfare States
23. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Industrial Capitalism
Alps
Industrial Revolution
Brussels
24. People concerned with the quality of the environment
European Union
Environmentalists
Renaissance
Paris
25. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Reparations
Glaciation
Realism
Organic Farming
26. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Industrial Capitalism
Heavy Industry
Fjords
City-States
27. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Glaciation
Industrial Revolution
Acid Rain
Global Warming
28. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Permafrost
Foehns
Organic Farming
Dry Farming
29. A strong north word from the Alps
Genetically Modified Foods
Enlightenment
Mistral
Balkanization
30. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Paris
Communism
Glaciation
Avalanches
31. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Immigrant
Siroccos
Maastricht Treaty
Communism
32. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Cold War
Guest Workers
Welfare States
Middle Ages
33. France's capital
Refugees
Romanticism
Northern European Plain
Paris
34. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Reparations
Impressionists
Welfare States
Meltwater
35. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
City-States
Timberline
Avalanches
Organic Farming
36. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Welfare States
Communism
Middle Ages
Maastricht Treaty
37. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Holocaust
Foehns
Crusades
Enlightenment
38. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Guest Workers
Feudalism
Reparations
Timberline
39. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Siroccos
Northern European Plain
Mixed Farming
Acid Deposition
40. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Realism
Cold War
Ethnic Cleansing
European Union
41. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Alps
Renaissance
Alps
Feudalism
42. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Communism
European Union
City-States
Global Warming
43. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Mixed Farming
Holocaust
European Union
Industrial Revolution
44. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Guest Workers
Foehns
Holocaust
Brussels
45. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Guest Workers
Welfare States
Foehns
Cold War
46. A religious movement of the 1500s that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church and introduced Protestantism to Europe
Dry Farming
Timberline
Romanticism
Reformation
47. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Acid Rain
Reformation
Ethnic Cleansing
Organic Farming
48. Large banks of earth and stone
Immigrant
Dikes
European Union
Alps
49. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Ethnic Cleansing
Environmentalists
Acid Deposition
Industrial Revolution
50. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
European Union
Reformation
Crusades
Global Warming