European History Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What were the 2 causes of the French Revolution? | 1. Lower and middle classes were being treated very poorly by the upper class 2. They were paying most of the taxes but had no voice in the government |
Name 3 ways the Industrial Revolution changed the way people lived and worked? | 1. cities grew rapidly because workers moved there for jobs 2. standards of living improved 3. a prosperous middle class developed. |
When and where did the Industrial Revolution start? | Great Britain in the 1700s. |
What was the Industrial Revolution? | A period of time when industry grew rapidly and workers produced goods made by machines in factories. |
True or False: City populations decreased during the Industrial Revolution because of the many diseases. | False: Cities grew rapidly during the industrial revolution because people migrated there for factory jobs. |
What did the treaty of Versailles force Germany to do? | 1. Pay several billion dollars in war damages 2. accept full blame for the war 3. give up many of their territories that were formed into new countries. |
What do we call Hitler's killing of 6 million Jews during WWII? | The Holocaust |
What were 3 characteristics of the Cold War? | 1. Military alliances were created to defend against possible attack 2. Nuclear bombs were stocked piled on both sides 3. No direct war was ever waged |
What signaled the end of the Cold War? | The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 |
True or False: the Iron Curtain was a giant fence that kept people from crossing from communist Eastern Europe into Democratic Western Europe. | False: The Iron Curtain was an imaginary border that divided Europe during the Cold War. |
What did Hitler promise the German people? | To make them a strong nation again |
True of False: The Germans were unhappy with the outcome of World War I. | True |
What was the Germany economy like after World War I? | It was very weak because they had to pay billions of dollars in war damages and their economy had plunged. |
Why was Europe's coastline so important to the continent's success? | With access to the water, it allowed exploration and trade! |
What is the purpose of a map's legend or key? | describes what the map symbols mean |
What is the purpose of a map's symbols? | represents items or locations on a map (ex. triangles mean mountains!) |
What is the purpose of a map's scale? | measures distance as shown on a map |
What did the Ancient Greeks contribute to our modern government? | Democracy |
What did the Ancient Romans contribute to our modern government? | The Republic |
What did the Ancient Greeks contribute to architecture? | columns |
What did the Ancient Romans contribute to architecture? | arches & aqueducts |
What did the Ancient Greeks contribute to modern societies? | 1. Olympics 2. Philosopher's Ideas 3. Foundations of geometry |
What did the Ancient Romans contribute to modern societies? | 1. Wide network of roads 2. Latin language - roots of other languages 3. Legalized Christianity (Constantine) |
What event in European History was a rebirth of art, architecture, literature and learning? | The Renaissance |
Who was the man who wrote the 95 Theses which was an objection to the corrupt practices of the Roman Catholic Church? (This event started the Protestant Reformation) | Martin Luther |
Serfs, Vassals, Lords and Kings were the levels of a class system called... | The Feudal System |
The document which limited the rights of kings and protected the rights of citizens for the first time was called | The Magna Carta |
How did the Gutenberg printing press (invented in the Renaissance) impact the world? | 1. Made it possible to print a lot of books at one time 2. Spread education and humanist ideas across Europe 3. Led to an increase in art, architecture and literature |
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