Unit 2 Test Flashcards
_____: France
Paris
Sweden, Denmark, and Norway are the three ____________ countries.
Scandinavian
Otto von Bismarck was a statesman who unified the ____________ states into a single nation.
German
The ____________ claimed the lives of over 6 million Jews during World War II.
Holocaust
Members of the ____________ once belonged to the British Empire.
Commonwealth of Nations
_____ : Italy
Rome
The Acts of Union 1707 joined ____________ to England and Wales to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Scotland
Martin Luther started the Protestant ____________ in Germany.
Reformation
wrote Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
successfully invaded England in 1066
William the conqueror
German music composer who went deaf, but continued to compose
Ludwig van beethoven
crowned himself emperor of France; conquered much of Europe; was defeated at Waterloo
Napoleon Bonaparte
The ____________ Death in the 14th century killed approximately half the people in Europe.
Black
The ____________ allows most European countries to trade and work together more easily.
European Union
_____: Sweden
Stockholm
Author ____________ wrote Spain’s most famous work of literature, Don Quixote.
Miguel de Cervantes
Author ____________ wrote Spain’s most famous work of literature, Don Quixote.
Miguel de Cervantes
________: Napoleon Bonaparte
crowned himself emperor of France; conquered much of Europe; was defeated at Waterloo
The ____________ was a time of renewed interest in learning and the arts.
Renaissance
____________ the Great conquered parts of three continents, including land between Greece and India.
Alexander
The ____________ Model is a social welfare system.
Swedish
_____ : Greece
Athens
____________ rule left Bulgaria with a wrecked economy and a contaminated environment.
Communist
_____ Spain
Madrid
The Greek city-state of ____________ was founded on democratic principles.
Athens
____________ invented the printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg
