History Test
Secularism
A belief system that rejects or excludes religion
Soviet bloc
A string of semi independent countries behind the iron curtain that was rude by puppet governments taking their orders from Moscow
I am a body of water. I am north of the Mediterranean Sea. I am East of Greece. What am I?
Aegean Sea
I am at a high elevation. I am a physical barrier that divides Italy from the rest of Europe. I am a mountain range. What am I?
Alps
Collectivization
An action word by the state takes ownership of the farms and puts people there to work the lands
Black market
An illegal underground or shadow economy
European Union
An organization of countries that seeks to form a single European community that can compete on the world stage economically and politically
Greece
Athens
I am a narrow strip of land. I am surrounded b y water on 3 sides. I am the Peninsula where Greece is located. What am I?
Balkan Peninsula
What three countries lie between France and Germany?
Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland
Germany
Berlin
I am over 900 feet. I extend through Slovakia, Ukraine, and Romanian. I am a mountain range. What am I?
Carpathian Mountains
Continentality
Climate conditions that form over the interior of a large landmass in a characterized by temperature extremes, such as hot summers and cold winters
Denmark
Copenhagen
What country is bordered on the north by Poland and Germany?
Czechia
Ireland
Dublin
Hydroelectric Energy
Energy generated by the use of running water
Which countries or nations make up the United Kingdom?
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
Which countries border France?
Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Andorra
Finland
Helsinki
Holocaust
Hitler's attempt to systematically murder every Jewish person within his sphere of influence
Geyser
Hot spring formed from water heated by magma that rises to the earths surface and shoots into the air
What country lies west of Romania and east of Austria?
Hungary
I am a piece of land in Western Europe. I am almost touching Africa, divided only by the Strait of Gibraltar. Spain and Portugal are both on me. What am I?
Iberian Peninsula
Which Country is shaped like a boot?
Italy
Ukraine
Kiev
Which countries are considered Scandinavian Countries?
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
Norway
Oslo
Which countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?
Portugal, Spain, and Andorras
I am a tall strip of land. I divide Spain from France. I am a mountain range. What am I?
Ryrenees
Which countries are bordered both by the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea?
Spain and France
Sweden
Stockholm
I am connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus Strait. I am the Sea that is north of Turkey. What am I?
The Black Sea
Privatization
The change from government ownership to private ownership of industries
Geothermal energy
The energy in steam heated by magma intrusion that can be harnessed to generate electrical power and heat
Ethnic Cleansing
The mass killing of expulsion of an ethnic or religious group
Balkanization
The tendency of ethnically and religiously diverse territories to break up in a small hostile nations
Czar
Title similar to emperor or king
karst topography
Topography produced by the erosion and collapses of solution caves in thick strata of chemical sedimentary rock
Poland
Warsaw
Hungary
Budapest
Portugal
Lisbon
Spain
Madrid
Glacier
Massive bodies of slowly moving ice
Belarus
Minsk
Russia
Moscow
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty organization; an alliance of European and North American nations committed to defending each other if one member is attacked
What countries border the Baltic Sea?
Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Russia, Estonia
Nuclear Waste
Radioactive by products of the manufacture of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons
Iceland
Reykjavik
Chernozem
Rich, black topsoil located on the Great European Plain in Russia
Italy
Rome
What is the largest country in Europe?
Russia
Which countries have land both in Europe and Asia?
Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Khakistan, Azerbaijan
Shatter Belt
a region that is under continual political pressures and if often fragmented by warring factions and invaded or heavily influenced by surrounding rival countries
