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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. France's capital
Paris
Welfare States
Maastricht Treaty
Reparations
2. Large banks of earth and stone
Dikes
Immigrant
Mixed Farming
Industrial Capitalism
3. Also known as the Great European Plain
Northern European Plain
Feudalism
Polders
Mistral
4. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Siroccos
Mixed Farming
Cold War
Enlightenment
5. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Impressionists
Genetically Modified Foods
Dikes
Romanticism
6. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Guest Workers
Acid Deposition
Guest Workers
Industrial Capitalism
7. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Feudalism
Avalanches
Mistral
Genetically Modified Foods
8. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Loess
Foehns
Immigrant
Industrial Capitalism
9. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Romanticism
Light Industry
Permafrost
Reparations
10. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Farm Cooperatives
Environmentalists
Global Warming
Holocaust
11. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Fjords
Immigrant
Environmentalists
Permafrost
12. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Mistral
Acid Deposition
Acid Rain
European Union
13. Separate communites
Guest Workers
European Union
City-States
Mistral
14. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Glaciation
Heavy Industry
Mistral
Reformation
15. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Farm Cooperatives
Dikes
Reparations
Paris
16. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Siroccos
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Global Warming
17. People who flee to another country for safety
Refugees
Acid Rain
Holocaust
Cold War
18. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Glaciation
Communism
Loess
Enlightenment
19. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Impressionists
Renaissance
Refugees
Alps
20. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Light Industry
Welfare States
Mistral
Realism
21. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Permafrost
Timberline
Industrial Capitalism
Middle Ages
22. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Industrial Capitalism
Loess
Mixed Farming
Immigrant
23. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
European Union
Holocaust
Middle Ages
Guest Workers
24. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Refugees
Welfare States
Heavy Industry
Middle Ages
25. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Siroccos
Organic Farming
Balkanization
Alps
26. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Siroccos
Timberline
Welfare States
Genetically Modified Foods
27. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Siroccos
Mixed Farming
Ethnic Cleansing
Feudalism
28. France's capital
Paris
Siroccos
Brussels
Romanticism
29. Payment for damages
Reparations
Northern European Plain
Glaciation
Foehns
30. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Acid Rain
Crusades
Alps
Foehns
31. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Loess
Industrial Revolution
Timberline
Environmentalists
32. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Dikes
Holocaust
Permafrost
Communism
33. The result of melting snow and ice
Meltwater
Siroccos
Realism
Acid Deposition
34. Treaty which set up the European Union
Impressionists
Maastricht Treaty
Polders
Heavy Industry
35. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Crusades
Environmentalists
Reparations
Brussels
36. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Enlightenment
Polders
Dikes
Guest Workers
37. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Crusades
Timberline
Loess
Cold War
38. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Cold War
Romanticism
Middle Ages
Foehns
39. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Polders
Paris
Northern European Plain
Feudalism
40. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Paris
Genetically Modified Foods
Crusades
Dry Farming
41. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Global Warming
Environmentalists
Environmentalists
Fjords
42. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Avalanches
Impressionists
Glaciation
Timberline
43. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Holocaust
Foehns
Feudalism
Organic Farming
44. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
European Union
Brussels
Farm Cooperatives
Mixed Farming
45. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Environmentalists
Alps
Global Warming
Permafrost
46. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Light Industry
Welfare States
Industrial Revolution
Glaciation
47. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Organic Farming
Mistral
Genetically Modified Foods
Welfare States
48. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Acid Rain
Impressionists
Guest Workers
Alps
49. People who flee to another country for safety
Refugees
Alps
Romanticism
Loess
50. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Paris
Industrial Capitalism
Avalanches
Industrial Revolution