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World Cultures Europe
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Renaissance
Alps
Maastricht Treaty
Meltwater
2. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Meltwater
Industrial Revolution
Brussels
Acid Rain
3. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Holocaust
Global Warming
Alps
Refugees
4. A strong north word from the Alps
Dikes
European Union
Paris
Mistral
5. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Middle Ages
Genetically Modified Foods
Ethnic Cleansing
Paris
6. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Maastricht Treaty
Mixed Farming
Crusades
Organic Farming
7. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Realism
Permafrost
8. Separate communites
Organic Farming
Industrial Revolution
City-States
Industrial Capitalism
9. People who flee to another country for safety
Refugees
Foehns
Siroccos
Cold War
10. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Impressionists
Refugees
Holocaust
Light Industry
11. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Dikes
European Union
Glaciation
City-States
12. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Enlightenment
Organic Farming
Mixed Farming
Welfare States
13. A fine - rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers
Siroccos
Loess
Glaciation
Guest Workers
14. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Farm Cooperatives
Enlightenment
Guest Workers
Cold War
15. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Northern European Plain
Light Industry
Impressionists
Renaissance
16. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Industrial Capitalism
Organic Farming
Romanticism
City-States
17. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Holocaust
Impressionists
Enlightenment
Global Warming
18. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Light Industry
Immigrant
Renaissance
Mixed Farming
19. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Foehns
Glaciation
Cold War
Guest Workers
20. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Environmentalists
Acid Deposition
Reformation
Reparations
21. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Alps
Reformation
Glaciation
Industrial Revolution
22. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Foehns
Cold War
Cold War
Mistral
23. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Enlightenment
Communism
Maastricht Treaty
Organic Farming
24. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Foehns
Farm Cooperatives
Renaissance
Fjords
25. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Realism
Siroccos
Feudalism
Balkanization
26. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Acid Rain
Acid Deposition
Ethnic Cleansing
Meltwater
27. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Siroccos
Polders
Meltwater
Impressionists
28. Large banks of earth and stone
Ethnic Cleansing
Romanticism
Reparations
Dikes
29. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Alps
Romanticism
Feudalism
Industrial Revolution
30. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Dry Farming
Organic Farming
Feudalism
Crusades
31. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Farm Cooperatives
Heavy Industry
Crusades
Loess
32. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Ethnic Cleansing
Timberline
Permafrost
City-States
33. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Farm Cooperatives
Permafrost
Fjords
Foehns
34. Treaty which set up the European Union
Impressionists
Organic Farming
Maastricht Treaty
Mixed Farming
35. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Immigrant
Timberline
Light Industry
Genetically Modified Foods
36. Large banks of earth and stone
Welfare States
Environmentalists
City-States
Dikes
37. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Foehns
Communism
Loess
Siroccos
38. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Feudalism
Paris
Brussels
Acid Deposition
39. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Enlightenment
Dikes
Maastricht Treaty
Industrial Capitalism
40. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Mistral
Cold War
Renaissance
Fjords
41. Payment for damages
Reparations
Paris
Renaissance
Acid Rain
42. A religious movement of the 1500s that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church and introduced Protestantism to Europe
Feudalism
Meltwater
Reformation
Paris
43. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Timberline
European Union
Northern European Plain
Mistral
44. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Fjords
Realism
Siroccos
Feudalism
45. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Reparations
Brussels
Mixed Farming
Organic Farming
46. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Welfare States
Reparations
Fjords
Romanticism
47. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Brussels
Acid Rain
Enlightenment
Communism
48. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Permafrost
Acid Rain
Timberline
Heavy Industry
49. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Welfare States
Environmentalists
Glaciation
Balkanization
50. The result of melting snow and ice
Realism
Avalanches
Foehns
Meltwater