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