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World Cultures Europe
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Communism
Impressionists
Maastricht Treaty
Polders
2. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Permafrost
Industrial Capitalism
Foehns
Ethnic Cleansing
3. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Environmentalists
Industrial Capitalism
Polders
Mixed Farming
4. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Alps
Cold War
Timberline
Loess
5. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Immigrant
Romanticism
Alps
Romanticism
6. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Polders
Mistral
Mixed Farming
Feudalism
7. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Communism
Siroccos
Global Warming
Cold War
8. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Balkanization
Glaciation
Avalanches
Farm Cooperatives
9. A religious movement of the 1500s that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church and introduced Protestantism to Europe
Brussels
Reformation
Industrial Capitalism
European Union
10. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Heavy Industry
Siroccos
Mixed Farming
Industrial Revolution
11. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Cold War
Industrial Capitalism
Glaciation
City-States
12. The result of melting snow and ice
Meltwater
Light Industry
City-States
Reparations
13. Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
Feudalism
Fjords
Mixed Farming
Guest Workers
14. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Farm Cooperatives
Refugees
Reparations
Acid Deposition
15. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Holocaust
Feudalism
Communism
Enlightenment
16. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Dry Farming
Dikes
Renaissance
Cold War
17. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Alps
Dikes
Northern European Plain
Immigrant
18. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Guest Workers
Foehns
Fjords
Welfare States
19. Separate communites
Foehns
City-States
Organic Farming
Mixed Farming
20. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Renaissance
Holocaust
Brussels
Dikes
21. Payment for damages
Middle Ages
Fjords
Ethnic Cleansing
Reparations
22. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Immigrant
Guest Workers
City-States
European Union
23. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Renaissance
Feudalism
Crusades
Meltwater
24. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Glaciation
Reformation
Global Warming
Holocaust
25. A fine - rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers
Polders
Genetically Modified Foods
Northern European Plain
Loess
26. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Foehns
Reformation
Polders
Dry Farming
27. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Light Industry
Communism
Timberline
Global Warming
28. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Polders
Feudalism
Impressionists
Permafrost
29. A strong north word from the Alps
Mistral
Loess
Ethnic Cleansing
Crusades
30. Destructive masses of ice - snow - and rock sliding down mountainsides
Avalanches
Brussels
Maastricht Treaty
Genetically Modified Foods
31. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Paris
Timberline
Mixed Farming
Balkanization
32. The result of melting snow and ice
Ethnic Cleansing
Meltwater
Immigrant
Welfare States
33. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Acid Rain
Global Warming
Renaissance
Welfare States
34. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Siroccos
Paris
Ethnic Cleansing
Genetically Modified Foods
35. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Paris
Industrial Capitalism
Cold War
Welfare States
36. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Reformation
Crusades
Industrial Revolution
Organic Farming
37. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Guest Workers
Refugees
Light Industry
Cold War
38. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Guest Workers
Foehns
Balkanization
Enlightenment
39. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Ethnic Cleansing
Middle Ages
Northern European Plain
Polders
40. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Balkanization
Reformation
Heavy Industry
Siroccos
41. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Foehns
Glaciation
Holocaust
Organic Farming
42. Also known as the Great European Plain
Ethnic Cleansing
Meltwater
Northern European Plain
Fjords
43. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Mistral
Brussels
Romanticism
Farm Cooperatives
44. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Cold War
City-States
Refugees
Brussels
45. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Dikes
Maastricht Treaty
Foehns
Romanticism
46. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Impressionists
Middle Ages
Realism
Industrial Revolution
47. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Welfare States
Ethnic Cleansing
Heavy Industry
Brussels
48. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Impressionists
Guest Workers
Environmentalists
Fjords
49. A religious movement of the 1500s that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church and introduced Protestantism to Europe
Communism
Reformation
Reparations
Glaciation
50. Also known as the Great European Plain
Loess
Northern European Plain
Environmentalists
Reformation