Ch. 12, 13, 14

Question 0

A hill or a very low mountain that may also contain mesas and high plateaus.

Answer 0

Uplands

Question 1

A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes.

Answer 1

fjords

Question 2

The central plateau of Spain.

Answer 2

Meseta

Question 3

The uplands of France, which account for about 1/6 of French lands.

Answer 3

Massif Central

Question 4

Partially decayed plant matter found in bogs.

Answer 4

Peat

Question 5

A cold, dry wind from the north.

Answer 5

mistral

Question 6

A hot, steady south wind that blows from North Africa across the Mediterranean Sea into southern Europe, mostly in spring.

Answer 6

sirocco

Question 7

An earthen bank used to direct or prevent the passage of water.

Answer 7

dikes

Question 8

Land that is reclaimed from the sea or other body of water by diking and drainage.

Answer 8

polder

Question 9

A structure used to control the sea’s destructive impact on human life.

Answer 9

seaworks

Question 10

High earthen platforms used in seaworks.

Answer 10

terpen

Question 11

Former inlet of the North Sea in the Netherlands.

Answer 11

Zuider Zee

Question 12

A freshwater lake separated from the North Sea by a dike and bordered by polders.

Answer 12

Ijsselmeer

Question 13

An autonomous political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands.

Answer 13

city-state

Question 14

A government in which citizens elect representatives to rule on their behalf.

Answer 14

republic

Question 15

a series of wars to take the Holy Land from the Muslims.

Answer 15

Crusades

Question 16

Began in the Italian city-states, was a time of renewed interest in learning and the arts that lasted from the 14th through 16th centuries.

Answer 16

Renaissance

Question 17

Structures that carried water for long distances, and Muslim mosques, places of worship.

Answer 17

aqueducts

Question 18

Countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg have their own cultures—but also have been influenced by Germany and France.

Answer 18

Benelux

Question 19

A period when many Christians broke away from the Catholic Church and started Protestant churches.

Answer 19

Reformation

Question 20

A political system in which powerful lords owned most of the land he gave some land to nobles in exchange for military service by those nobles and over time, strong kings gained power over feudal lords, and nationalism evolved.

Answer 20

feudalism

Question 21

The belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share land, culture, and history.

Answer 21

Nationalism

Question 22

A program of mass murder of two-thirds of European Jews and the murder of other minorities.

Answer 22

Holocaust

Question 23

A wall erected by East Germany in 1961 to cut the capital of Berlin in two, and later dismantled in 1989.

Answer 23

Berlin Wall

Question 24

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Answer 24

Nordic countries

Question 25

A representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed.

Answer 25

parliament

Question 26

The section of Scotland betweenGlasgow and Edinburgh known for because it had so many high-tech companies, which use silicon computer chips.

Answer 26

Silicon Glen

Question 27

a common currency proposed by the European Union for its member nations.

Answer 27

euro

Question 28

A place where various cultures cross paths.

Answer 28

cultural crossroad

Question 29

The process of a region breaking up into small, mutually hostile units.

Answer 29

balkanization

Question 30

A nation dominated by another country.

Answer 30

satellite nations

Question 31

A type of economic system in which production of goods and service is determined by the demand from consumers. Also called demand economy or capitalism.

Answer 31

market economy

Question 32

Handmade items, such as pottery, woodcarving, and traditional costumes, produced by rural people with traditional lifestyles, instead of by professional artists.

Answer 32

folk art

Question 33

Discrimination against Jewish people.

Answer 33

anti-Semitism

Question 34

A person who migrated from Poland and Russia and settled in the Balkan Peninsula.

Answer 34

South Slavs

Question 35

The policy of trying to eliminate an ethnic group through violence.

Answer 35

ethnic cleansing

Question 36

A group called the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) who began to carry out attacks against Serbian officials in attempt to control the region of Kosovo in the 1990s.

Answer 36

KLA

Question 37

In 2000 elected as president by the Yugoslav people.

Answer 37

Vojislav Kostunica

Question 38

The Serbian leader who tried to increase Serbia’s power over the rest of Yugoslavia.

Answer 38

Slobodan Milošević

Question 39

a deadly poison

Answer 39

cyanide

Question 40

An agency that provides the European Union with reliable information about the environment.

Answer 40

European Environmental Agency

Question 41

very small particles of liquid or solid matter.

Answer 41

particulates

Question 42

A brown haze that occurs when the gases released by burning fossil fuels react with sunlight to create hundreds of harmful chemicals.

Answer 42

smog

Question 43

A form of oxygen that causes health problems.

Answer 43

ozone