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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. Separate communites
Organic Farming
Global Warming
City-States
European Union
2. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Dry Farming
Environmentalists
Organic Farming
Refugees
3. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Acid Rain
Heavy Industry
Communism
City-States
4. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Global Warming
Romanticism
Heavy Industry
Glaciation
5. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Timberline
Romanticism
Maastricht Treaty
Renaissance
6. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Polders
Mistral
Industrial Capitalism
Communism
7. People who flee to another country for safety
Brussels
Reformation
Refugees
Ethnic Cleansing
8. Style in the late 1700s that focused on emotions - stirring historical events - and the struggles of individuals
Immigrant
Romanticism
Balkanization
European Union
9. People who flee to another country for safety
Refugees
Genetically Modified Foods
Meltwater
Guest Workers
10. A strong north word from the Alps
Refugees
Mistral
Global Warming
Brussels
11. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Reparations
Communism
Acid Deposition
Alps
12. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Renaissance
Cold War
Reformation
Middle Ages
13. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Enlightenment
Refugees
Cold War
Alps
14. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Enlightenment
Glaciation
Northern European Plain
Dry Farming
15. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Farm Cooperatives
Environmentalists
Cold War
Welfare States
16. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Dikes
Immigrant
Paris
Enlightenment
17. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Dry Farming
Brussels
Welfare States
Reparations
18. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Cold War
Northern European Plain
Acid Rain
Brussels
19. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Crusades
Renaissance
Realism
Siroccos
20. Treaty which set up the European Union
Reformation
Alps
Welfare States
Maastricht Treaty
21. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Farm Cooperatives
Immigrant
Paris
Permafrost
22. France's capital
Glaciation
Global Warming
Paris
Farm Cooperatives
23. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Holocaust
Welfare States
Northern European Plain
Refugees
24. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Balkanization
Industrial Capitalism
Brussels
Glaciation
25. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Industrial Capitalism
Dry Farming
Acid Deposition
Ethnic Cleansing
26. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Ethnic Cleansing
Immigrant
Meltwater
Genetically Modified Foods
27. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Reparations
Timberline
Realism
Heavy Industry
28. Also known as the Great European Plain
Reformation
Acid Deposition
Communism
Northern European Plain
29. Treaty which set up the European Union
Maastricht Treaty
Dikes
Communism
Northern European Plain
30. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Heavy Industry
Reformation
Cold War
Light Industry
31. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Environmentalists
Middle Ages
City-States
Industrial Revolution
32. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Dry Farming
Acid Rain
Meltwater
Industrial Revolution
33. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Dry Farming
Paris
Middle Ages
Holocaust
34. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Mixed Farming
Reformation
Industrial Capitalism
Foehns
35. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Ethnic Cleansing
Timberline
Dry Farming
Environmentalists
36. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Loess
Enlightenment
Light Industry
Farm Cooperatives
37. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Middle Ages
Holocaust
Feudalism
Heavy Industry
38. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Northern European Plain
Siroccos
Welfare States
Refugees
39. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Dry Farming
Brussels
Genetically Modified Foods
Middle Ages
40. Separate communites
Industrial Capitalism
City-States
Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution
41. France's capital
Reparations
Paris
City-States
Brussels
42. A strong north word from the Alps
Industrial Capitalism
Mistral
Renaissance
Siroccos
43. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Realism
Reparations
Loess
Permafrost
44. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Avalanches
Cold War
Foehns
Feudalism
45. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Timberline
Environmentalists
Polders
Feudalism
46. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Timberline
European Union
Reparations
Industrial Capitalism
47. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Reformation
Welfare States
Environmentalists
Balkanization
48. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Polders
Communism
Enlightenment
Light Industry
49. Also known as the Great European Plain
Northern European Plain
Global Warming
Welfare States
Timberline
50. Large banks of earth and stone
Avalanches
Acid Rain
Dikes
Siroccos