CHAPTER 13 SECTION 2 REVIEW SHEET WESTERN EUROPE
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ___ and ___ are the dominant countries of Western Europe. | France and Germany |
| List the 3 Benelux countries. | 1. Belgium 2. Netherland 3. Luxembourg |
| ___ was a Germanic king who conquered most of the region in the late 700s. | Charlemagne |
| The ___ was a period when many Christians broke away from the Catholic Church and started Protestant churches. | Reformation |
| ___ published 95 statements that criticized church practices. | Martin Luther |
| ___ was a political system in which powerful lords owned most of the land. Lords gave some land to nobles in exchange for military service. | Feudalism |
| ___ is the belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share land, culture, and history. | Nationalism |
| The French people rebelled against the monarch in the year 1789. This civil war is known as the ___. | French Revolution |
| List 2 causes of World War I. | 1. Nationalism 2. Competition for colonies |
| List the four Allied Powers of World War II. | 1. United States 2. France 3. Great Britain 4. Russia |
| List the three Allied countries that controlled West Germany and West Berlin after World War II. | 1. Great Britain 2. France 3. US—democracy |
| ___ was the country that was given control of East Germany and East Berlin at the end of World War II. | Communist Soviet Union |
| The ___ was built by the East Germans. It divided the city of Berlin and stopped East Berliners from escaping into West Berlin. | Berlin Wall |
| List four West European countries in which dairy farming and livestock are important to their economy. | 1. Belgium 2. France 3. Netherlands 4. Switzerland |
| ___ is the largest producer of agricultural products in Western Europe. | France |
| ___ and ___ are the leading manufacturing countries of Western Europe because they have an abundance of coal and iron ore. | France and Germany |
| __ is the Western European country that is known for electronics. | Netherlands |
| ___ is the Western European country that is known for electronics and scientific instruments. | Germany |
| ___ is the Western European country that has a space program. | France |
| ___ is the Western European country that uses nuclear power plants to produce 80% of its electricity. | France |
| ___ is the only neutral country of Western Europe. | Switzerland |
| ___ is known for its banking services. | Switzerland |
| ___ is a major part of the French, Swiss, and Austrian economies. | Tourism |
| Bach and Beethoven were from ___. | Germany |
| Mozart was from ___. | Austria |
| Claude Monet was an impressionist from ____. | France |
| The ___ was the Nazi program of mass murder of European Jews during World War II. | Holocaust |
| The ___ was a wall erected by East Germany in 1961 to cut the capital of Berlin in two, and later dismantled in 1989. | Berlin Wall |
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