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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 system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Feudalism
Mistral
Fjords
Holocaust
2. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Industrial Revolution
Global Warming
Renaissance
Impressionists
3. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Farm Cooperatives
Acid Deposition
Welfare States
Alps
4. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Dry Farming
Alps
Acid Deposition
Genetically Modified Foods
5. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Brussels
Enlightenment
Environmentalists
Light Industry
6. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Renaissance
Crusades
Polders
Foehns
7. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Avalanches
Polders
Alps
Communism
8. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Holocaust
Maastricht Treaty
Alps
Immigrant
9. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Paris
Communism
Global Warming
Communism
10. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Global Warming
Holocaust
Renaissance
Paris
11. People who flee to another country for safety
Mistral
Immigrant
Industrial Capitalism
Refugees
12. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Polders
Ethnic Cleansing
Brussels
Balkanization
13. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Industrial Revolution
Maastricht Treaty
Global Warming
Acid Rain
14. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Enlightenment
Refugees
Ethnic Cleansing
Acid Deposition
15. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Guest Workers
Farm Cooperatives
Genetically Modified Foods
Timberline
16. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Acid Deposition
Heavy Industry
Holocaust
Organic Farming
17. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Immigrant
Guest Workers
Ethnic Cleansing
Acid Rain
18. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Paris
Avalanches
Cold War
Welfare States
19. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Paris
Avalanches
Impressionists
Immigrant
20. Treaty which set up the European Union
Maastricht Treaty
Polders
Brussels
Siroccos
21. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Mixed Farming
Immigrant
Glaciation
Genetically Modified Foods
22. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Avalanches
Ethnic Cleansing
Acid Rain
Industrial Revolution
23. The result of melting snow and ice
Meltwater
Avalanches
Paris
Renaissance
24. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Middle Ages
City-States
Glaciation
Maastricht Treaty
25. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Siroccos
Global Warming
Dry Farming
Heavy Industry
26. France's capital
Paris
Realism
Holocaust
Industrial Revolution
27. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Permafrost
Industrial Revolution
Enlightenment
Romanticism
28. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Middle Ages
Dikes
Communism
Guest Workers
29. Destructive masses of ice - snow - and rock sliding down mountainsides
Alps
Avalanches
Polders
Mistral
30. A religious movement of the 1500s that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church and introduced Protestantism to Europe
Enlightenment
Refugees
Reformation
Welfare States
31. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Light Industry
Meltwater
Global Warming
Mixed Farming
32. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
City-States
Heavy Industry
Mixed Farming
Impressionists
33. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Avalanches
Renaissance
Feudalism
Northern European Plain
34. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Foehns
Industrial Capitalism
Acid Rain
Industrial Revolution
35. The result of melting snow and ice
Meltwater
Paris
Middle Ages
Communism
36. A strong north word from the Alps
Enlightenment
Ethnic Cleansing
Welfare States
Mistral
37. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Crusades
Brussels
Mixed Farming
Cold War
38. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Welfare States
Guest Workers
Mixed Farming
Acid Rain
39. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Organic Farming
Middle Ages
Alps
Dikes
40. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Middle Ages
Timberline
Guest Workers
Welfare States
41. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Organic Farming
Mixed Farming
Realism
Mistral
42. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Acid Rain
Reparations
Industrial Revolution
Light Industry
43. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Enlightenment
Reformation
Glaciation
Guest Workers
44. Treaty which set up the European Union
Middle Ages
Maastricht Treaty
Environmentalists
Acid Rain
45. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Middle Ages
Reparations
Fjords
Timberline
46. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Communism
Holocaust
Dry Farming
Romanticism
47. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Organic Farming
Balkanization
Communism
Realism
48. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Glaciation
Holocaust
Cold War
Renaissance
49. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
European Union
Industrial Capitalism
Middle Ages
Romanticism
50. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
City-States
Light Industry
Foehns
Cold War