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World Cultures Europe
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. France's capital
Feudalism
Impressionists
Paris
Industrial Revolution
2. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Industrial Capitalism
Farm Cooperatives
Holocaust
Siroccos
3. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Romanticism
Meltwater
Industrial Revolution
Glaciation
4. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Timberline
Polders
Global Warming
Reparations
5. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Realism
City-States
Middle Ages
Glaciation
6. Treaty which set up the European Union
Avalanches
Refugees
Northern European Plain
Maastricht Treaty
7. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Realism
Crusades
City-States
Environmentalists
8. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Acid Deposition
Foehns
Crusades
Reformation
9. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Heavy Industry
Alps
Ethnic Cleansing
Acid Deposition
10. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Brussels
Northern European Plain
Dikes
Paris
11. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Maastricht Treaty
Welfare States
City-States
Light Industry
12. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Glaciation
European Union
Light Industry
Polders
13. A strong north word from the Alps
Alps
Mistral
Welfare States
Foehns
14. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Fjords
Environmentalists
Renaissance
Realism
15. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Guest Workers
Environmentalists
European Union
Timberline
16. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Permafrost
Glaciation
Renaissance
Polders
17. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
City-States
Northern European Plain
Cold War
Environmentalists
18. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Mixed Farming
Paris
Permafrost
Siroccos
19. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Renaissance
Crusades
Acid Rain
Immigrant
20. Treaty which set up the European Union
Mistral
Maastricht Treaty
Organic Farming
Brussels
21. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Impressionists
Romanticism
Timberline
Paris
22. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Acid Deposition
Paris
City-States
Realism
23. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Siroccos
Brussels
Communism
Light Industry
24. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Holocaust
Polders
Balkanization
Timberline
25. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Impressionists
Welfare States
Polders
Siroccos
26. People who flee to another country for safety
Dry Farming
Refugees
Realism
Glaciation
27. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Cold War
Feudalism
Environmentalists
Foehns
28. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Acid Deposition
Loess
Mistral
Acid Rain
29. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Paris
Acid Rain
Organic Farming
Immigrant
30. Also known as the Great European Plain
Northern European Plain
Siroccos
Acid Rain
Glaciation
31. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Foehns
Loess
Balkanization
Light Industry
32. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Farm Cooperatives
European Union
Crusades
Balkanization
33. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Guest Workers
Balkanization
Industrial Revolution
Renaissance
34. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Balkanization
Dry Farming
Global Warming
Alps
35. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Guest Workers
Timberline
Reparations
Global Warming
36. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Loess
Impressionists
Feudalism
Acid Deposition
37. The result of melting snow and ice
Meltwater
Paris
Farm Cooperatives
Acid Rain
38. Payment for damages
City-States
Reformation
Reparations
Enlightenment
39. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Paris
Environmentalists
Romanticism
Genetically Modified Foods
40. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Genetically Modified Foods
Dry Farming
Cold War
Realism
41. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Mistral
European Union
Avalanches
Light Industry
42. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Avalanches
Ethnic Cleansing
Permafrost
Alps
43. 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
Cold War
Reparations
Glaciation
44. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Ethnic Cleansing
Cold War
Mistral
Holocaust
45. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Reparations
Cold War
Meltwater
Glaciation
46. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Maastricht Treaty
Environmentalists
Communism
Siroccos
47. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Alps
Impressionists
Crusades
Immigrant
48. France's capital
Paris
Meltwater
Organic Farming
Northern European Plain
49. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Enlightenment
Holocaust
Communism
Northern European Plain
50. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Ethnic Cleansing
Genetically Modified Foods
Crusades
Middle Ages