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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. Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products - reduce costs and increase profits
Dry Farming
Farm Cooperatives
Feudalism
Dikes
2. Separate communites
Timberline
Alps
City-States
Foehns
3. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Polders
Middle Ages
Welfare States
Paris
4. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Romanticism
Feudalism
Cold War
Light Industry
5. Treaty which set up the European Union
Maastricht Treaty
Global Warming
Northern European Plain
Industrial Capitalism
6. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Fjords
Siroccos
Timberline
Farm Cooperatives
7. Long - narrow - steep-sided inlets
Siroccos
City-States
Fjords
Ethnic Cleansing
8. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Enlightenment
Refugees
Polders
Industrial Revolution
9. Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface
Balkanization
Enlightenment
Avalanches
Permafrost
10. People concerned with the quality of the environment
Brussels
Environmentalists
Alps
Reformation
11. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Light Industry
Middle Ages
Reparations
Balkanization
12. France's capital
Loess
Paris
Industrial Revolution
Immigrant
13. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings - forests - and crops - and kills wildlife
European Union
Romanticism
Acid Rain
Maastricht Treaty
14. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Holocaust
Romanticism
Industrial Revolution
Polders
15. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Foehns
Immigrant
Organic Farming
Environmentalists
16. The elevation above which trees cannot grow
Realism
Timberline
Welfare States
Refugees
17. Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground
Balkanization
Renaissance
Dikes
Acid Deposition
18. The commercial center of Belgium and the administrative center for the European Union
Romanticism
Brussels
Light Industry
Holocaust
19. Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
Cold War
Meltwater
Polders
Industrial Revolution
20. Group of countries whose goal is a united Europe in which goods - services - and workers can move freely among member countries
Meltwater
Northern European Plain
Mixed Farming
European Union
21. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Reformation
Glaciation
Balkanization
Maastricht Treaty
22. 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
Northern European Plain
Heavy Industry
Timberline
23. A philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership of resources by workers
Communism
Dry Farming
Refugees
Mistral
24. The result of melting snow and ice
Meltwater
Glaciation
Dikes
Renaissance
25. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Genetically Modified Foods
Environmentalists
Reformation
Realism
26. A fine - rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers
City-States
Communism
Enlightenment
Loess
27. Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields
Global Warming
Foehns
Dry Farming
Organic Farming
28. France's capital
Farm Cooperatives
Timberline
Guest Workers
Paris
29. A movement to value reason and question tradition
Dry Farming
Renaissance
Environmentalists
Enlightenment
30. Payment for damages
Light Industry
Reparations
Romanticism
Realism
31. Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines
Farm Cooperatives
Avalanches
Industrial Revolution
Refugees
32. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Immigrant
Acid Deposition
Heavy Industry
Dry Farming
33. Hot - dry winds from North Africa
Heavy Industry
Acid Rain
Siroccos
Timberline
34. The manufacture of high-end electronics or specialty tools
Immigrant
Mistral
Ethnic Cleansing
Light Industry
35. The mass murder of more than 6 million European Jews
Middle Ages
Impressionists
Holocaust
Fjords
36. Winter winds which can trigger avalanches
Cold War
Environmentalists
Foehns
Siroccos
37. Europe's period of artisitic and intellectual achievement that began in the 1300s in Italy
Reparations
Brussels
Renaissance
Meltwater
38. Countries that provide healthcare programs funded by governments
Welfare States
Realism
Permafrost
Impressionists
39. A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Holocaust
Heavy Industry
Immigrant
Dry Farming
40. A series of brutal religious wars to win Palestine - the birthplace of Christianity - from Muslim rule
Feudalism
Crusades
Welfare States
Maastricht Treaty
41. A strong north word from the Alps
Polders
Cold War
Avalanches
Mistral
42. Period of time that lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. - known as the period between ancient and modern times
Middle Ages
Guest Workers
Mixed Farming
Reparations
43. The process in which glaciers formed and spread
Dry Farming
Feudalism
Glaciation
Siroccos
44. A group of French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate experiences - or 'impressions' of the natural world
Acid Deposition
Mistral
Mistral
Impressionists
45. A system in Which monarchs or lords gave them to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
Polders
Feudalism
Industrial Revolution
European Union
46. An economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies
Acid Deposition
Ethnic Cleansing
City-States
Industrial Capitalism
47. Mountain system formed by glaciation and folding
Permafrost
Refugees
European Union
Alps
48. Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests
Timberline
Acid Rain
Genetically Modified Foods
Romanticism
49. People who flee to another country for safety
Renaissance
Balkanization
Maastricht Treaty
Refugees
50. Division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile with each other
Communism
Romanticism
Realism
Balkanization