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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 strong north word from the Alps
Feudalism
Welfare States
Mistral
Dikes
2. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Foehns
Ethnic Cleansing
Northern European Plain
Global Warming
3. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Mixed Farming
Organic Farming
Timberline
Romanticism
4. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Siroccos
City-States
Permafrost
Ethnic Cleansing
5. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Maastricht Treaty
Global Warming
Northern European Plain
Impressionists
6. Destructive masses of ice - snow - and rock sliding down mountainsides
Welfare States
Immigrant
Avalanches
Crusades
7. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Avalanches
Meltwater
Organic Farming
Cold War
8. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Enlightenment
Farm Cooperatives
Foehns
Environmentalists
9. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Siroccos
Northern European Plain
Farm Cooperatives
Cold War
10. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Acid Rain
City-States
Fjords
Permafrost
11. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Refugees
Renaissance
Mixed Farming
Timberline
12. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Genetically Modified Foods
Enlightenment
Heavy Industry
Mixed Farming
13. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Paris
Refugees
Romanticism
Cold War
14. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Realism
Northern European Plain
Guest Workers
Acid Rain
15. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Holocaust
Feudalism
City-States
Acid Rain
16. Treaty which set up the European Union
Romanticism
Maastricht Treaty
Polders
Light Industry
17. France's capital
Avalanches
Paris
Refugees
Heavy Industry
18. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Environmentalists
Polders
Heavy Industry
Guest Workers
19. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Holocaust
Communism
Avalanches
Acid Rain
20. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Acid Deposition
Guest Workers
Communism
Reparations
21. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Romanticism
Genetically Modified Foods
Dikes
Middle Ages
22. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Dry Farming
Meltwater
Paris
Immigrant
23. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Dry Farming
Permafrost
Farm Cooperatives
Acid Deposition
24. People who flee to another country for safety
Refugees
Farm Cooperatives
Northern European Plain
Dikes
25. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Holocaust
Foehns
Alps
Crusades
26. A religious movement of the 1500s that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church and introduced Protestantism to Europe
Romanticism
Crusades
Reformation
Environmentalists
27. The result of melting snow and ice
Avalanches
Enlightenment
Meltwater
Communism
28. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Environmentalists
City-States
Welfare States
Glaciation
29. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Welfare States
Northern European Plain
Permafrost
Heavy Industry
30. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Impressionists
Holocaust
Crusades
Communism
31. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Environmentalists
City-States
Industrial Revolution
Holocaust
32. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Guest Workers
Farm Cooperatives
Fjords
Siroccos
33. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
European Union
Impressionists
Guest Workers
Acid Rain
34. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Refugees
Holocaust
Industrial Revolution
Romanticism
35. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Northern European Plain
Reformation
Mixed Farming
Foehns
36. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Siroccos
Enlightenment
Alps
Maastricht Treaty
37. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Glaciation
Siroccos
Industrial Capitalism
Light Industry
38. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Feudalism
Dry Farming
Cold War
Welfare States
39. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Reformation
Glaciation
Industrial Capitalism
Romanticism
40. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Feudalism
Permafrost
Environmentalists
Brussels
41. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Loess
Global Warming
Dikes
Ethnic Cleansing
42. Payment for damages
Ethnic Cleansing
Reparations
Meltwater
Northern European Plain
43. People who flee to another country for safety
Dikes
Refugees
Siroccos
Guest Workers
44. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Reformation
Polders
Brussels
Holocaust
45. A strong north word from the Alps
European Union
Feudalism
Mistral
Guest Workers
46. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Acid Rain
European Union
Communism
Light Industry
47. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Reformation
Welfare States
Industrial Capitalism
Light Industry
48. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Guest Workers
Holocaust
Crusades
Reparations
49. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Middle Ages
Northern European Plain
Maastricht Treaty
City-States
50. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Foehns
Dikes
Holocaust
Realism