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Geography 9wks test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Local form of a language used in a particular place or by a certain group | dialect |
| person who must leave his or her home and flee somewhere else | refugee |
| artistic style portraying everyday life | realism |
| social and political movement developed by marx an lenin favored the rev. to est. a classless society in which workers control indutrial production | communism |
| group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language | language family |
| independent community of a city and surrounding lands | city-state |
| nation in which the gov. assumes responsibility for peoples welfare | welfare- state |
| the power struggle between the soviet union and the united states | cold war |
| artistic style that developed in europe in 1800s that tried to show the natural appearance of objects with dabs or stokes of color | impressionism |
| series of religous wars in which european christians tried to retake palestine from muslim rule | crusades |
| religious movement that began in germany in the 1400s, leading to the est. of protestant churches | reformation |
| system of gov. in which powerful lords gave land to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty | feudilism |
| mass killings of 6 million european jews by germanys nazi leaders during world war2 | holocaust |
| artistic style emphasizing individual emotions that developed in europe as a reaction of industrialization | romanticism |
| having elements that come from more than one culture | multicultural |
| 300 year period of renewed intrest in classical learning and the arts | renaissance |
| water formed by melting snow ice | meltwater |
| household goods, shoes, and clothing that individuals buy | consumer goods |
| a tax on imports or exports | tariff |
| precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids, especially sulfuric acid and nitric acid, damages building ect.. | acid rain |
| manufacture of machinery and equipment needed for factories or mines | heavy industry |
| raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm | mixed farming |
| manufacturing aimed at making consumer goods rather tha heavy machinery such as textiles or food processing | light industry |
| organization in which farmers share in growing and selling farm products | farm cooperative |
| wet or dry airborne acids that fall on the earth | acid desposition |
| the uses of natural substances to enrich the soil and grow crops rather than chemical fertilizers and pesticides | organic farming |
| person actively concerned with the equality and protection of the enviroment | enviromentalist |
| state owned farm managed by gov. officials | state farm |
| studies plants and animal life | bioligist |
| a large state owned farm on which farmers recieved wages plus a share of products and profits | collective farms |
| the official religion of the roman empire was | christianity |
| the etruscans built an empire based on? | trade |
| east and west germany were united in | 1941 |
| conflict in northern ireland has been brought about by | bitterness between protestant and catholics |
| switzerland offical languages are | german, french, italian |
| european union was formed in 1958 | an economic unit that formed a single market for its 6 member nation |
| french revolution of 1789 | est. a republic in france |
| muslims contributed to the culture of europe by | expanding the use of mathematics, medicine , astronomy |
| roman catholic church influenced western europe by | introducing roman gov. and justice to the germanic people there |
| the reformation had the effect of | diminishing the power of the roman catholic church |
| the industrial revolution brought about | the growth of a prosperous middle class |
| the move toward communism was fueld by | poor social conditions |
| the english parliament passed a bill of rights that was designed to | limit the power of the monarch |
| most northern europeans speak | germanic languages |
| most europes christians are | roman catholic |
| what countrys would you find the flemings and nnj765hbv ` | ```belgium |
| english dutch, norwegian and swedish are all examples of which language family | germanic languages |
| bastille day is celebrated in | france |
| the peninsula that form italy | apennine peninsula` |
| spains dry central plain | meseta |
| drained areas in the netherlands, once covered by the sea | polder |
| lang, narrow inlets formed by glaciers during the ice age | fjords |
| soil that if often permanently frozen below the surface | permafrost |
| strong northerly wind from the alps | mistral |
| kind of vegetables matter found in western europe burned as fuel in homes | peat |
| hot winds from the deserts of libya that blow towards mediterranean coast | siroccos |
| dry winds that blow down the mountains sometimes causing avalanches | foen |
| ocean current that warms northern europe. keeps norways harbor ice free | north atlantic drift |
| shrubs or short trees formed by hot , dry mediterranean summers | chaparral |
| large landmass that include europe and asia | eurasia |
| a mass of ice, snow, and rock sliding down a mountain side | avalanche |
| northern peninsula that makes up most of denmark | jutland peninsula |
| area in europe that has a lot of oil and gas exploration | northsea |
| countries that make up the scandinavian peninsula | Sweden, norway |
| countries that make up the iberian peninsula | spain, portugal |
| country makes up most of the balkan peninsula | Greece |
| Rivers in Europe | po, rhine, thames, elbe, danube, seine |
| mountain ranges in europe | alps, appenines, balkans, carpatheins |
| what country is known as the emerald isle | ireland |
| where is the black forest? | germany |
| what is the name of the part of the U.k that is on the same island as ireland | northern ireland |
| another province of the u.k. | wells, scotland |
| this island nation in europe is known for its hot springs, thermal activity, and geysers | iceland |
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