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