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World Cultures Europe
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Paris
Global Warming
Paris
Acid Rain
2. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Foehns
Guest Workers
Refugees
Acid Rain
3. Treaty which set up the European Union
Reformation
Polders
Enlightenment
Maastricht Treaty
4. Also known as the Great European Plain
Northern European Plain
Renaissance
Permafrost
Guest Workers
5. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Environmentalists
Alps
Acid Rain
Northern European Plain
6. Separate communites
City-States
Siroccos
European Union
Guest Workers
7. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Permafrost
Dikes
Genetically Modified Foods
Romanticism
8. People who flee to another country for safety
Communism
Refugees
Ethnic Cleansing
Organic Farming
9. Expelling or killing rival ethnic groups in an area
Environmentalists
Acid Deposition
Meltwater
Ethnic Cleansing
10. A strong north word from the Alps
Maastricht Treaty
Global Warming
Mistral
Ethnic Cleansing
11. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Foehns
City-States
Enlightenment
European Union
12. France's capital
European Union
Cold War
Paris
Mistral
13. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Welfare States
Reformation
Reparations
Holocaust
14. A strong north word from the Alps
Environmentalists
Acid Rain
Mistral
Farm Cooperatives
15. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Heavy Industry
Acid Deposition
Ethnic Cleansing
Realism
16. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Acid Deposition
Holocaust
Paris
Light Industry
17. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Enlightenment
Renaissance
Immigrant
Alps
18. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Holocaust
Industrial Revolution
Balkanization
Environmentalists
19. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Environmentalists
Genetically Modified Foods
Fjords
Welfare States
20. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Meltwater
Impressionists
Northern European Plain
Feudalism
21. Separate communites
City-States
Holocaust
Reparations
Siroccos
22. A fine - rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers
Communism
Romanticism
Loess
Realism
23. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Brussels
Industrial Revolution
Farm Cooperatives
Industrial Capitalism
24. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Feudalism
Polders
Siroccos
Paris
25. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Guest Workers
Guest Workers
Foehns
Middle Ages
26. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
European Union
Siroccos
Feudalism
Glaciation
27. Treaty which set up the European Union
Reparations
Maastricht Treaty
Fjords
Welfare States
28. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Feudalism
Welfare States
Northern European Plain
Romanticism
29. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Alps
Siroccos
Holocaust
Paris
30. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Siroccos
Holocaust
Farm Cooperatives
Timberline
31. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Crusades
Realism
Avalanches
Heavy Industry
32. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Permafrost
Communism
Industrial Capitalism
Farm Cooperatives
33. A fine - rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers
Dikes
Balkanization
Ethnic Cleansing
Loess
34. People who flee to another country for safety
Northern European Plain
Refugees
Reparations
Permafrost
35. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Siroccos
Immigrant
Polders
Foehns
36. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Ethnic Cleansing
Mistral
Environmentalists
City-States
37. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Organic Farming
Acid Deposition
Meltwater
Enlightenment
38. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Fjords
Refugees
Refugees
Renaissance
39. Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens
Guest Workers
Industrial Capitalism
Avalanches
Loess
40. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Welfare States
Organic Farming
Alps
Communism
41. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Renaissance
Mistral
Realism
Immigrant
42. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Middle Ages
Immigrant
Reformation
Alps
43. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Crusades
Middle Ages
Romanticism
Light Industry
44. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Balkanization
Siroccos
European Union
Global Warming
45. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Renaissance
Environmentalists
Crusades
Brussels
46. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Environmentalists
Global Warming
Mistral
Realism
47. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Glaciation
Polders
Crusades
Communism
48. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Feudalism
Foehns
Global Warming
Industrial Capitalism
49. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Industrial Capitalism
Holocaust
Paris
Ethnic Cleansing
50. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Industrial Capitalism
Enlightenment
Dry Farming
Glaciation