Europe Unit

Question 0

Meseta

Answer 0

High flatlands in Spain

Question 1

Fjord

Answer 1

A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea

Question 2

Massif Central

Answer 2

Mountainous plateau in south central France

Question 3

North Atlantic Drift

Answer 3

A continuation of the Gulf Stream across the Atlantic Ocean and along the coast of northwestern Europe

Question 4

Mistral

Answer 4

A strong, cold northwesterly wind

Question 5

Sirocco

Answer 5

A hot wind blowing from North Africa

Question 6

Dike

Answer 6

A long wall built to prevent flooding from the sea

Question 7

Polder

Answer 7

A piece of land reclaimed from the sea or a river and protected by dikes

Question 8

Acid Rain

Answer 8

Rainfall made from atmospheric pollution that causes environmental harm

Question 9

City-state

Answer 9

A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state

Question 10

Benelux

Answer 10

A collective name for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg

Question 11

Crusades

Answer 11

A military medieval expedition, made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims

Question 12

Renaissance

Answer 12

A revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th-16th centuries

Question 13

Aqueduct

Answer 13

An artificial channel for conveying water

Question 14

Reformation

Answer 14

A 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches

Question 15

Feudalism

Answer 15

A dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility exchanged lands from the Crown for military protection

Question 16

Nationalism

Answer 16

Patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts

Question 17

Holocaust

Answer 17

The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941-45

Question 18

Berlin Wall

Answer 18

A fortified and heavily guarded walk built on the boundary between East and West Berlin by the communist authorities

Question 19

Nordic Countries

Answer 19

The Northern European countries

Question 20

Euro

Answer 20

Single European currency

Question 21

Cultural Crossroad

Answer 21

A place where cultures interact

Question 22

Balkanization

Answer 22

Divide into smaller mutually hostile states or groups

Question 23

Satellite Nations

Answer 23

A political term for a country that is formally independent but controlled by another country

Question 24

Anti-semitism

Answer 24

Hostility or prejudice against Jews

Question 25

Ethnic Cleansing

Answer 25

The mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society

Question 26

What are the perceptual regions of Eurasia?

Answer 26

British Isles and Northern Europe, Western Europe, Mediterranean Europe, and Eastern Europe

Question 27

What are the peninsulas of Eurasia

Answer 27

Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Balkan Peninsula, Scandinavian Peninsula, Jutland Peninsula

Question 28

What is the breadbasket of Eurasia?

Answer 28

Northern European Plain

Question 29

What are the major rivers of Eurasia?

Answer 29

Seine, Rhine, Danube, and Elbe

Question 30

What are the major mountain ranges in Eurasia?

Answer 30

Pyrenees, Apennines, Balkan, Scottish, Atlantic Highlands, Alps

Question 31

What countries make up the Mediterranean Region?

Answer 31

Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece

Question 33

What is the climate like in the Mediterranean Region?

Answer 33

Mild, mountains block cold northern winds, sirocco winds

Question 34

What are the major ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean?

Answer 34

Romans and Greeks

Question 35

Are all Mediterranean countries considered nation-states?

Answer 35

Yes

Question 36

What are the two main religions of the Mediterranean?

Answer 36

Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox

Question 37

What type of government system do the Mediterranean countries have?

Answer 37

Democratic system

Question 38

Basques

Answer 38

Group of separatists in Spain who would like their own country

Question 39

What are the countries that make up Western Europe?

Answer 39

France, Monaco, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg

Question 40

What are the cultural divisions of Western Europe?

Answer 40

French, German, and Benelux

Question 41

What region was one of the first to start industrialization?

Answer 41

Western Europe

Question 42

What are the democratic countries of Western Europe?

Answer 42

France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Question 43

What are the monarch countries of Western Europe?

Answer 43

Monaco, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, and Luxembourg

Question 44

What percent of the population in Western Europe is urban?

Answer 44

73%

Question 45

What countries make up Northern Europe?

Answer 45

United Kingdom and Ireland?

Question 46

What countries make up the UK?

Answer 46

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Whales

Question 47

What ideas were spread by the British?

Answer 47

Representative government and industrial revolution

Question 48

What are the Nordic Countries?

Answer 48

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

Question 49

What countries make up Balkin Europe?

Answer 49

Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia

Question 50

European Union (EU)

Answer 50

An economic and political alliance between 28 European nations

Question 51

Eurozone

Answer 51

All of the countries that have adopted the euro

Question 52

What are some environmental issues in Eurasia?

Answer 52

Transboundary pollution, water and air pollution, deforestation, and Chernobyl

Question 53

What percent of the population is Urban in the Mediterranean?

Answer 53

60%-70%

Question 54

What countries make up Northern Europe?

Answer 54

The United Kingdom and Ireland

Question 55

What makes up the United Kingdom?

Answer 55

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

Question 56

What ideas did Britain spread?

Answer 56

Representative government and industrial revolution

Question 57

What are the Nordic Countries?

Answer 57

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

Question 58

What countries make up Balkin Europe?

Answer 58

Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia