Europe Test

Question 0

A hill or 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

Fjord

Question 2

The central plateau of Spain.

Answer 2

Meseta

Question 3

The uplands of France, which account for about one-sixth of french islands.

Answer 3

Massif Central

Question 4

Partially decayed plant matter found in bogs.

Answer 4

Peat

Question 5

A current of warm water from the topics.

Answer 5

North Atlantic Drift

Question 6

A cold, dry wind from the north.

Answer 6

Mistral

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Sirocco

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Dikes

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Polder

Question 10

A structure used to control the seas destructive impact on human life.

Answer 10

Sea work

Question 11

High earthen platforms used in seaworks.

Answer 11

Terpen

Question 12

Former inlet of the Northern Sea in the Netherlands.

Answer 12

Zuider Zee

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Ijsselmeer

Question 14

An autonomous political unit made up of a city and it’s surrounding lands.

Answer 14

City-State

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Republic

Question 16

A series of wars launched by European Christians in 1096 to capture the holy land ( Palestine ) from Muslims.

Answer 16

Crusades

Question 17

A time of renewed interest in learning and the arts that lasted from 14th through 16th centuries; it began in the Italian city states and spread north to all of Europe.

Answer 17

Renaissance

Question 18

A structure that carries water over long distances.

Answer 18

Aqueducts

Question 19

The economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

Answer 19

Benelux

Question 20

A movement in Western Europe beginning in 1517, when many Christians broke away from the Catholic Church and started Protestant churches; this led to mutually hostility and religious wars that tore apart Europe.

Answer 20

Reformation

Question 21

A political system prevailing in Europe from about the 9th to about the 15th centuries in which a king allowed nobles the use of his land in exchange for their military service and their protection of the land.

Answer 21

Feudalism

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Nationalism

Question 23

The nazi program of mass murder of European Jews during world war 2.

Answer 23

Holocaust

Question 24

A wall erected by East Germany in 1961 to cut the capital of Berlin in 2, and later dismantled in 1989.

Answer 24

Berlin Wall

Question 25

Countries of Northern Europe, including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Answer 25

Nordic Countries

Question 26

A representative law making body whose members are elected or appointed in which legislative and executive functions are combined.

Answer 26

Parliament

Question 27

The section of Scotland between Glasgow and Edinburgh, named for its high concentration of high tech companies.

Answer 27

Silicon Glen

Question 28

A common currency proposed by the European Union for its members nation.

Answer 28

Euro

Question 29

A place where various cultures cross paths.

Answer 29

Cultural Crossroads

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Balkanization

Question 31

A nation dominated by another country.

Answer 31

Satellite nation

Question 32

A type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by the demand from the consumers.

Answer 32

Command/Market economy

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Folk art

Question 34

Discrimination against Jewish people

Answer 34

Anti-semitism

Question 35

A person who migrated from Poland or Russia and settled in the Balkan Peninsula around 500

Answer 35

South Slav

Question 36

The policy of trying to eliminate an ethnic group.

Answer 36

Ethnic cleansing

Question 37

A group that fought against Serbian attempts to control the region of Kosovo in the 1990's.

Answer 37

KLA ( Kosovo Liberation Army )

Question 38

Deadly poison

Answer 38

Cyanide

Question 39

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

Answer 39

European Environmental Agency

Question 40

A very small particle of liquid or state of matter.

Answer 40

Particulate

Question 41

A brown haze that occurs when the gas released by burning fossils react with Sunlight to create hundreds of harmful chemicals.

Answer 41

Smog

Question 42

A form of oxygen that causes health problems

Answer 42

Ozone