Europe Vocabulary

Question 1

Fjord

Answer 1

A long, deep, narrow, inlet of the sea between high cliffs.

Question 2

Navigable

Answer 2

Any body of water able to be sailed or be crossed.

Question 3

Constitutional Monarchy

Answer 3

A form of government in which monarch arts act as head of state within the guide lines of the constitution.

Question 4

European Union

Answer 4

A group of countries who’s governments work together.

Question 5

Euro

Answer 5

The official money used in Europe.

Question 6

Uninhabitable

Answer 6

A place unsuitable to live in.

Question 7

Geysers

Answer 7

A hot spring in which water boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air.

Question 8

Socialism

Answer 8

A way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies.

Question 9

Alliances

Answer 9

A union or association formed of countries or organizations.

Question 10

Balance of Power

Answer 10

A distribution of power among nations or groups so that no single one is stronger then the other.

Question 11

Confederation

Answer 11

An organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an allegiance of league.

Question 12

Neutral

Answer 12

Not helping or supporting either side in a conflict or disagreement.

Question 13

Ghetto

Answer 13

A section of a city in which Jews were required to live in, during former times in most European countries.

Question 14

Region

Answer 14

A part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

Question 15

Autocratic Rule

Answer 15

Is a government by a single person having unlimited power.

Question 16

Renaissance

Answer 16

The period of European history at the end of the middle ages and the rise of the modern world during the 14th century through the 17th century.

Question 17

City-States

Answer 17

An independent country whose land is surrounded by another city or country.

Question 18

Mountain Range

Answer 18

A line of mountains connected by a high ground.

Question 19

Direct Democracy

Answer 19

A government in which the citizens vote for political changes.

Question 20

Representative Democracy

Answer 20

A government where people would elect their leaders and the leaders in power would have the power to rule and make laws.

Question 21

Citizenship Rights

Answer 21

A class of rights that protect individuals’ freedom from infringement by governments and private organizations, and they also ensure one’s ability to participate in the civil.

Question 22

Multiculturalism

Answer 22

The doctrine that several different cultures can coexist peacefully and properly in a single country.

Question 23

Industrialization

Answer 23

The process in which a society or country (or world) transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services.

Question 24

Tundra

Answer 24

A large area of flat land in northern parts of the world where there are no trees and the ground is always frozen.

Question 25

Tsar

Answer 25

A king or emperor of Russia

Question 26

Free-Enterprise

Answer 26

A economic system where businesses have the freedom to operate without government control.

Question 27

Socialist

Answer 27

Someone who believes in equality and in a communally beneficial system of government.

Question 28

Communist

Answer 28

A person who supports or believes in the principles of communism which is a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products and there is no privately owned property.

Question 29

Glasnost

Answer 29

A soviet policy of permitting open discussions of political and social issues.