SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
World Cultures Europe
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
trivia
,
culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Middle Ages
Cold War
Balkanization
Fjords
2. A fine - rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers
Loess
Organic Farming
Realism
Mistral
3. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Balkanization
Acid Deposition
Permafrost
Realism
4. Also known as the Great European Plain
Feudalism
Dikes
Northern European Plain
Genetically Modified Foods
5. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Light Industry
Reformation
Northern European Plain
Communism
6. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Meltwater
Mistral
Industrial Capitalism
Balkanization
7. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Farm Cooperatives
Cold War
Balkanization
Middle Ages
8. A strong north word from the Alps
Farm Cooperatives
Mistral
Organic Farming
Enlightenment
9. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Reformation
Dikes
Glaciation
Crusades
10. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Communism
Heavy Industry
Mistral
Welfare States
11. A religious movement of the 1500s that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church and introduced Protestantism to Europe
Renaissance
Ethnic Cleansing
Middle Ages
Reformation
12. A strong north word from the Alps
Refugees
Northern European Plain
Mistral
Renaissance
13. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Industrial Revolution
Enlightenment
Brussels
Mistral
14. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Environmentalists
Dikes
Immigrant
Refugees
15. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Northern European Plain
European Union
Northern European Plain
Impressionists
16. Separate communites
Renaissance
Glaciation
City-States
Maastricht Treaty
17. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Communism
Crusades
Timberline
Heavy Industry
18. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Foehns
Organic Farming
Renaissance
Reformation
19. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Reparations
Industrial Revolution
Brussels
Environmentalists
20. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Global Warming
Holocaust
Guest Workers
Brussels
21. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Reformation
European Union
Brussels
Alps
22. Destructive masses of ice - snow - and rock sliding down mountainsides
Foehns
Acid Deposition
Avalanches
Light Industry
23. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Holocaust
Environmentalists
Genetically Modified Foods
Realism
24. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Ethnic Cleansing
Industrial Revolution
Alps
Siroccos
25. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Mixed Farming
Immigrant
Permafrost
Fjords
26. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
City-States
Industrial Capitalism
Middle Ages
Acid Rain
27. Large banks of earth and stone
Dikes
Dry Farming
Middle Ages
Meltwater
28. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Loess
Maastricht Treaty
Crusades
Reparations
29. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Paris
Siroccos
Environmentalists
Middle Ages
30. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Light Industry
Feudalism
Enlightenment
Fjords
31. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Dikes
Balkanization
Avalanches
City-States
32. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Maastricht Treaty
Siroccos
Glaciation
Feudalism
33. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Impressionists
Impressionists
Alps
Acid Deposition
34. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Feudalism
City-States
Maastricht Treaty
Immigrant
35. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Acid Deposition
Industrial Revolution
Feudalism
Holocaust
36. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Romanticism
Renaissance
Acid Deposition
Industrial Capitalism
37. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Siroccos
European Union
Impressionists
Light Industry
38. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Alps
Dikes
Renaissance
Ethnic Cleansing
39. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Industrial Revolution
Heavy Industry
Realism
City-States
40. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Realism
Crusades
Northern European Plain
Timberline
41. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Welfare States
Acid Rain
Global Warming
Holocaust
42. Destructive masses of ice - snow - and rock sliding down mountainsides
Avalanches
Mixed Farming
Mistral
Industrial Revolution
43. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Reformation
Organic Farming
Acid Deposition
Heavy Industry
44. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Dry Farming
Foehns
City-States
Mixed Farming
45. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Fjords
European Union
Foehns
Polders
46. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Guest Workers
Timberline
Balkanization
Holocaust
47. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Communism
Renaissance
Northern European Plain
European Union
48. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Paris
European Union
Fjords
Maastricht Treaty
49. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Dikes
Global Warming
Light Industry
Dry Farming
50. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Alps
Acid Rain
Mixed Farming
Farm Cooperatives