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| This is the process by which glaciers form and spread. |
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| The ethnicity of most in Eastern Europe is? |
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| Glaciers moving across Northern Europe caused these long, narrow, steep sided inlets to form in the Scandinavian Peninsula. |
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| These are reclaimed lands in the Netherlands. |
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| Name one of the 2 things that Dutch uses to reclaim land from the sea. |
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| What is responsible for France and UK to have milder winters than Boston even though they are at the same latitude? |
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| What strong, north wind blows from the Alps bringing cold air into France? |
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| Martin Luther started this religious movement that lessened the power of the Catholic Church by nailing his 95 Thesis to the door of the local church. |
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| A movement of thoughts and ideas that focused on reason and logic and moved away from and questioned the church or authority in general was called? |
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| Cultural diffusion led to this “Rebirth” of knowledge, art, and achievement following the Middle Ages. |
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| Proposed by Karl Marx this economic/political ideology focused on the proletariat and the bourgeoisie and class struggle? |
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| France has gone from coal power to this type of power? |
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| This divides Europe and creates a global power struggle between the Soviets and anti-Soviets. |
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| What is the reason for Turkish people in Germany? |
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| These are a series of brutal wars to win the Holy Land from the Muslims in Palestine. |
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| This port city is the largest in the world in terms of number of ships it can handle. It also is protected by 2 huge swinging arms that keep out the North Sea. |
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| What service industry is really big in Switzerland? |
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| Due to having fertile soil and a lot of water, what country in Eastern Europe has the highest populations and densities? |
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| Because of Perestroika, this ‘movement’ that started in Poland helped end the Cold War. |
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| This was the systematic slaughter of Jews during WWII. |
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| What Language Family do most Europeans fall under? |
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| The killing of people that are not of your own ethnicity is called? |
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| What 2 civilizations are associated with Southern Europe? |
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| For more than 700 years, this group of Muslim people had control of Spain. |
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| After the fall of the Roman Empire around 400 A.D, what major religion defines most of Eastern Europe. |
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| Deposits of ________ left by receding glaciers make the soil in Northern Europe very fertile. |
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| _____________ ___________ are countries that pay for 100% of Health Care for all citizens. |
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| Migration in Western Europe has gone from Urbanization to _______________________. |
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| Payments forced on Germany after WWI are called _________________. |
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| The breakup of Balkan countries due to ethnicity problems is called ___________________. |
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| Perestroika means ________________ in Russian. |
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| By sharing cost of growing and selling of crops, farmers make more profit by being in a Farming ___________________. |
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| The _________________ peoples in the Pyrenees Mountains have no connection to any other language in the world. |
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| The _______ _______________ Plain stretches from United Kingdom to the Ukraine. |
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| Great European -or- Northern European |
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| The Cold War ended with the fall of the ___________ ______ in ________ (year). |
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| _____________ ______ is the smallest independent state in the world. |
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| What countries made up what was formerly known as Yugoslavia? (14 pts) |
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1. Kosovo
2. Croatia
3. Macedonia
4. Montenegro
5. Slovenia
6. Serbia
7. Bosnia & Herzagovina |
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| High speed train found throughout Europe |
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| Germany's highway with no speed limit |
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| Tunnel underneath the English Channel that connects Great Britain and France |
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| What were some of the aims/goals (why did they come together) of the EU? What things did they create to achieve their aims/goals? |
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They came together to compete ECONOMICALLY with the rest of the world.
They removed restrictions on the movement of goods, people, and services.
Created the Euro, Central Bank, and Common Foreign Policy |
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| What was the name of the treaty that created the European Union? |
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| In what year did the EU begin? |
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| The EU originally consisted of what 6 countries in 1957? |
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BeNeLux
WEST Germany
France
Italy |
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| What were theose 6 orginal countries known as collectively in 1957? |
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| EEC- European Economic Community |
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| Name what people in Venice, Italy call their flooding problem and what does it stand for |
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| Aqua Alta- means high water or high tide |
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| list 3 problems and their solutions to those problems they are facing (one problem must be the overall cause for increase flooding). |
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MUST HAVE: The city is sinking and the tides are getting higher
2 of these:
1. Transportation- Waders, boats, walkways (none of which works if the water gets too high
2. No warning system- created an advanced warning system
3. Erosion of sandbars allows for stronger tides- put wooden poles around sandbars
4. Corrosion of buildings- building up areas next to canals and dredging canals; using waterproof membranes |
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