Unit 4: Europe Vocabulary

5 Written Questions

1. groups of people with a shared ancestry, language, customs, and, often, religion
2. a system in which monarchs or lords gave land to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty
3. the treaty that set up the European Union; signed in 1992 in Maastricht, the Netherlands, by representatives from various European governments
4. a fine, rich, wind-borne soil
5. the period between ancient and modern times

5 Matching Questions

1. realism
2. ethnic cleansing
3. Enlightenment
4. Renaissance
5. Reformation

1. a the movement from the late 1600s to the early 1700s in which many educated Europeans emphasized the importance of reason and began to question long-standing traditions and values
2. b a religious movement which lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church and led to the beginnings of Protestantism; aided by the increased production of book and pamphlets during the Renaissance
3. c an artistic style that focused on accurately depicting the details of everyday life
4. d a policy; the violent elimination of an ethnic group or people from a country or area because of their ethnic backgrounds, by means of genocide or forced expulsion
5. e a 300-year period of discovery and learning

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the elevation above which trees cannot grow
   1. timberline
   2. refugee
   3. realism
   4. polders
2. an artistic style that focused on the emotions, stirring historical events, and the exotic
   1. communism
   2. romanticism
   3. feudalism
   4. reparations
3. a way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
   1. global warming
   2. organic farming
   3. dry farming
   4. mixed farming
4. farms in which farmers receive wages plus a share of products and profits
   1. acid rain
   2. collective farm
   3. Cold War
   4. state farm
5. separate communities that are independent but linked to other city-states by language and culture
   1. Renaissance
   2. city-state
   3. Crusades
   4. mistral

5 True/False Questions

1. meltwater → a strong north wind from the Alps that sometimes sends gusts of bitterly cold air into southern France

   True        False

2. greenhouse effect → the movement from the late 1600s to the early 1700s in which many educated Europeans emphasized the importance of reason and began to question long-standing traditions and values

   True        False

3. farm cooperative → an organization in which farmers share in growing and selling products

   True        False

4. heavy industry → industry such as making textiles or processing food

   True        False

5. permafrost → soil that is permanently frozen below the surface

   True        False