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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. The result of melting snow and ice
Mixed Farming
Balkanization
Meltwater
Industrial Capitalism
2. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Farm Cooperatives
Industrial Revolution
Polders
Northern European Plain
3. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Mixed Farming
Alps
Acid Deposition
Light Industry
4. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Romanticism
Genetically Modified Foods
Impressionists
European Union
5. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Organic Farming
Timberline
Alps
Impressionists
6. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Environmentalists
Welfare States
Reparations
Romanticism
7. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Feudalism
Industrial Revolution
Cold War
Foehns
8. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Crusades
Fjords
Farm Cooperatives
Siroccos
9. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Ethnic Cleansing
Alps
Crusades
Middle Ages
10. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Communism
Welfare States
European Union
Romanticism
11. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Paris
Polders
Industrial Revolution
Balkanization
12. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Farm Cooperatives
Light Industry
Crusades
Loess
13. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Avalanches
Impressionists
Enlightenment
Fjords
14. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Feudalism
Industrial Capitalism
Middle Ages
Cold War
15. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Dikes
Romanticism
Cold War
Crusades
16. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Permafrost
Realism
Maastricht Treaty
Ethnic Cleansing
17. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Reparations
Welfare States
Dry Farming
Maastricht Treaty
18. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Welfare States
Cold War
Heavy Industry
European Union
19. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Glaciation
Siroccos
Fjords
Organic Farming
20. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Mixed Farming
Industrial Revolution
Paris
Timberline
21. A strong north word from the Alps
City-States
Mistral
Dikes
Polders
22. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Immigrant
Acid Rain
Dry Farming
Acid Deposition
23. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Acid Rain
Timberline
Permafrost
European Union
24. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Holocaust
Light Industry
Reformation
Heavy Industry
25. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Dry Farming
Enlightenment
Northern European Plain
Industrial Capitalism
26. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Glaciation
Brussels
Guest Workers
Middle Ages
27. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Cold War
Global Warming
Ethnic Cleansing
Balkanization
28. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Realism
Glaciation
Renaissance
Avalanches
29. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Fjords
Global Warming
Realism
Crusades
30. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Siroccos
Reparations
Polders
Dikes
31. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Communism
Global Warming
Enlightenment
Realism
32. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Foehns
Holocaust
Meltwater
Enlightenment
33. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Timberline
Feudalism
Realism
Acid Rain
34. Large banks of earth and stone
Brussels
Industrial Revolution
Fjords
Dikes
35. Payment for damages
Crusades
Reparations
Farm Cooperatives
Farm Cooperatives
36. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
European Union
Siroccos
Paris
Immigrant
37. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Industrial Capitalism
Welfare States
Mixed Farming
Dikes
38. The result of melting snow and ice
Farm Cooperatives
Meltwater
Heavy Industry
Global Warming
39. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Dikes
Middle Ages
Realism
Acid Deposition
40. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Ethnic Cleansing
Foehns
Farm Cooperatives
Light Industry
41. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Organic Farming
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Capitalism
Immigrant
42. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Communism
Balkanization
Crusades
Acid Rain
43. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Communism
Holocaust
Mistral
Ethnic Cleansing
44. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Fjords
City-States
Communism
Farm Cooperatives
45. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Light Industry
Impressionists
Dry Farming
Brussels
46. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Light Industry
Refugees
Alps
Industrial Capitalism
47. Treaty which set up the European Union
Balkanization
Maastricht Treaty
Glaciation
Renaissance
48. Separate communites
Enlightenment
Realism
City-States
Immigrant
49. People who flee to another country for safety
Refugees
Permafrost
City-States
Genetically Modified Foods
50. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Mixed Farming
Global Warming
Permafrost
City-States