Europe test

Question 1

peninsula

Answer 1

land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Question 2

island

Answer 2

a piece of land totally surrounded by water

Question 3

fjord

Answer 3

long narrow deep inlet of sea between high cliffs

Question 4

strait

Answer 4

small body of water that connects 2 other/larger bodies of water

Question 5

Why is Europe sometimes referred to as a “peninsula of peninsulas”?

Answer 5

Europe is made up of peninsulas

Question 6

How did the Sahara protect Africa from the plague?

Answer 6

it was too hot

Question 6

What effect did the Plague (Black Death) have on the population of Europe and Asia?

Answer 6

killed people

Question 7

What 2 Chinese inventions, mentioned in the video, changed the story of Mankind and European History?

Answer 7

the gun and printing press

Question 7

Renaissance

Answer 7

rediscovery of humanism and other cultures

Question 8

Be able to name 3 Renaissance artists

Answer 8

Davinci, minchi, michelangelo, botticelli

Question 8

Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?

Answer 8

established trade routes

Question 8

What is humanism? How can it be seen in Renaissance art?

Answer 8

humans have value - depict humans at neutral size and appearance

Question 9

What contributions did the Muslim empires contribute to the Renaissance in
Europe?

Answer 9

contributed art

Question 10

Summarize Martin Luther’s 95 Theses

Answer 10

-Regular people should interpret the bible themselves

-Priests are not needed to connect with god

-Unquestioned faith in God, not good works, is what will save you

Question 11

Define the art terms

Answer 11

Halos - saint or god
Hieratic scale - bigger figure the more important they are
Oil paint - can be blended and brighter
Secular - not religious
Humanist - depict humans at neutral size and appearance
Chiaroscuro - uses of light and shade in painting

Question 12

What was Luther’s intent?

Answer 12

to protest against the Roman Catholic Church

Question 13

Who invented the printing press? When? Where?

Answer 13

Johannes Gutenberg
in Germany

Question 14

Describe Luther (job, where from?)

Answer 14

German monk
Author, priest,

Question 15

How did the printing press change the way books were made?

Answer 15

Invented movable type printing press

Question 16

Why was the invention of the printing press a turning point in History?

Answer 16

-Literacy rate goes up
-Start of protestantism

Question 17

Why did Henry VIII create the Church of England?

Answer 17

to divorce his wife (Catherine)

Question 18

Describe the Catholic counter reformation movement

Question 19

What is ethnic cleansing?

Answer 19

killing an ethnic group

Question 20

What is NATO?

Answer 20

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 21

When and why was Yugoslavia created?

Answer 21

Yugoslavia was created after WW1 held together by dictator Tito

Question 22

How did it fall apart?

Answer 22

ethnic tension between Serbs, Croats and Bosnian muslims ramped up to violence and caused ethnic cleansing

Question 23

Why did the US not intervene in Kosovo?

Answer 23

did not want to be involved

Question 24

Who is Slobodan Milosevic?

Answer 24

Serbian leader

Question 25

Who is the President of Ukraine?

Answer 25

Zelensky

Question 26

What kind of economy do most European countries have today?

Answer 26

Industrial capitalism (service and knowledge based)

Question 27

What is the EU?

Answer 27

European union

Question 28

What is the goal of the EU?

Answer 28

be collective

Question 29

What is the currency most of the EU members use?

Answer 29

the euro

Question 30

Describe a social welfare state

Answer 30

universal healthcare, unemployment benefits, pensions, subsidized child care (but have high taxes)