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World Cultures Europe
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Polders
Mistral
City-States
Communism
2. A fine - rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers
Northern European Plain
European Union
Dry Farming
Loess
3. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Siroccos
Reparations
Light Industry
Siroccos
4. France's capital
Cold War
Paris
Middle Ages
Maastricht Treaty
5. A movement to value reason and question tradition
City-States
Siroccos
Polders
Enlightenment
6. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Maastricht Treaty
Heavy Industry
Brussels
Mistral
7. A power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world
Enlightenment
Cold War
Farm Cooperatives
Immigrant
8. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Industrial Capitalism
Crusades
Impressionists
Farm Cooperatives
9. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Ethnic Cleansing
Reformation
Northern European Plain
Alps
10. Gradual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Mistral
Glaciation
Global Warming
Northern European Plain
11. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Organic Farming
Welfare States
Reparations
Fjords
12. France's capital
Paris
Enlightenment
Communism
Global Warming
13. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Timberline
Northern European Plain
Holocaust
Genetically Modified Foods
14. A way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
Crusades
Dry Farming
Industrial Revolution
Northern European Plain
15. Treaty which set up the European Union
Feudalism
Holocaust
Reformation
Maastricht Treaty
16. Treaty which set up the European Union
Mixed Farming
Holocaust
Maastricht Treaty
Romanticism
17. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Mixed Farming
Permafrost
Crusades
Polders
18. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Welfare States
Dikes
Fjords
Alps
19. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Enlightenment
Paris
Permafrost
Alps
20. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Acid Rain
Farm Cooperatives
Mistral
Foehns
21. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Cold War
Crusades
Organic Farming
Mixed Farming
22. The result of melting snow and ice
Meltwater
Northern European Plain
Northern European Plain
Permafrost
23. 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
Siroccos
Loess
Cold War
24. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Glaciation
Enlightenment
Communism
Timberline
25. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Heavy Industry
Permafrost
Timberline
Meltwater
26. A religious movement of the 1500s that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church and introduced Protestantism to Europe
Reformation
Acid Rain
Guest Workers
Middle Ages
27. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
Farm Cooperatives
Farm Cooperatives
Acid Rain
Acid Deposition
28. Focusing on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
Genetically Modified Foods
Industrial Capitalism
Realism
Welfare States
29. The manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment
Cold War
Northern European Plain
Heavy Industry
Mistral
30. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Industrial Capitalism
Mistral
Cold War
Enlightenment
31. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Heavy Industry
Immigrant
Holocaust
Realism
32. Payment for damages
Acid Deposition
European Union
Reparations
Communism
33. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Immigrant
Heavy Industry
Welfare States
Paris
34. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Organic Farming
Glaciation
Reparations
Middle Ages
35. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Middle Ages
Fjords
Ethnic Cleansing
Reparations
36. Payment for damages
Reparations
Northern European Plain
European Union
Mistral
37. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Industrial Capitalism
Cold War
Realism
Crusades
38. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Siroccos
Meltwater
Alps
Industrial Revolution
39. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Reformation
European Union
Maastricht Treaty
Holocaust
40. Separate communites
Immigrant
Fjords
Cold War
City-States
41. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Siroccos
Welfare States
Renaissance
Industrial Revolution
42. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Heavy Industry
Acid Deposition
Industrial Capitalism
Dikes
43. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Acid Deposition
Brussels
Romanticism
Realism
44. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Impressionists
Heavy Industry
Meltwater
Foehns
45. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Acid Deposition
Meltwater
Realism
Ethnic Cleansing
46. Also known as the Great European Plain
Meltwater
Organic Farming
Light Industry
Northern European Plain
47. A strong north word from the Alps
Guest Workers
Mistral
Cold War
Mixed Farming
48. People concerned with the quality of the environment
City-States
Impressionists
Environmentalists
Reformation
49. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Northern European Plain
Balkanization
Acid Deposition
Mistral
50. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Environmentalists
Reformation
Paris
Glaciation