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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


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