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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 person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Paris
Immigrant
Middle Ages
Acid Rain
2. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Timberline
Balkanization
Loess
Meltwater
3. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Loess
Guest Workers
Mistral
Light Industry
4. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Fjords
Reformation
Environmentalists
Enlightenment
5. France's capital
Paris
Industrial Capitalism
Glaciation
Avalanches
6. A strong north word from the Alps
Environmentalists
Welfare States
Avalanches
Mistral
7. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Welfare States
Acid Deposition
Dry Farming
Foehns
8. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Middle Ages
Impressionists
Romanticism
Holocaust
9. Large banks of earth and stone
Dikes
Welfare States
Impressionists
Acid Rain
10. Also known as the Great European Plain
Loess
Feudalism
Northern European Plain
Acid Deposition
11. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Industrial Revolution
Organic Farming
Crusades
Polders
12. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Reformation
Dikes
Global Warming
Permafrost
13. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Loess
Impressionists
Organic Farming
Communism
14. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Siroccos
Alps
Acid Deposition
Cold War
15. Large banks of earth and stone
Balkanization
Dry Farming
Northern European Plain
Dikes
16. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Farm Cooperatives
Genetically Modified Foods
Polders
Dry Farming
17. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Industrial Capitalism
Global Warming
Farm Cooperatives
Permafrost
18. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Guest Workers
Organic Farming
European Union
Heavy Industry
19. Separate communites
Paris
City-States
Middle Ages
Ethnic Cleansing
20. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Dry Farming
Immigrant
Mistral
Holocaust
21. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Reformation
Siroccos
Immigrant
Ethnic Cleansing
22. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
City-States
Middle Ages
Guest Workers
Avalanches
23. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Reformation
Mixed Farming
City-States
Dry Farming
24. People who flee to another country for safety
Avalanches
Heavy Industry
Cold War
Refugees
25. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Holocaust
City-States
Polders
Middle Ages
26. A strong north word from the Alps
Realism
Industrial Capitalism
Mistral
Polders
27. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Reformation
Cold War
Acid Deposition
Feudalism
28. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Romanticism
Industrial Capitalism
Refugees
Cold War
29. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Refugees
Ethnic Cleansing
Acid Deposition
Industrial Revolution
30. Destructive masses of ice - snow - and rock sliding down mountainsides
Impressionists
Ethnic Cleansing
Reparations
Avalanches
31. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Reparations
Mixed Farming
Organic Farming
Global Warming
32. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Refugees
Impressionists
Light Industry
Organic Farming
33. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Heavy Industry
Feudalism
Light Industry
Industrial Revolution
34. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Cold War
Immigrant
Acid Rain
European Union
35. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Maastricht Treaty
Brussels
Organic Farming
Crusades
36. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Dikes
Acid Rain
Ethnic Cleansing
Paris
37. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Feudalism
Ethnic Cleansing
Paris
Dikes
38. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Acid Deposition
Holocaust
Loess
Renaissance
39. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Genetically Modified Foods
Northern European Plain
Reparations
Light Industry
40. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Middle Ages
Industrial Capitalism
Global Warming
Loess
41. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Reparations
Mistral
Acid Deposition
Crusades
42. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Renaissance
Reformation
Northern European Plain
Ethnic Cleansing
43. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Middle Ages
Dikes
Welfare States
Guest Workers
44. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Permafrost
Reparations
Ethnic Cleansing
Fjords
45. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Maastricht Treaty
Glaciation
Alps
Impressionists
46. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Crusades
Dry Farming
Industrial Capitalism
Foehns
47. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Balkanization
Industrial Revolution
Maastricht Treaty
Renaissance
48. A fine - rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers
Romanticism
Middle Ages
Loess
Mistral
49. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Siroccos
Cold War
Romanticism
Acid Rain
50. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Enlightenment
Maastricht Treaty
Heavy Industry
Acid Rain