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Western Europe is dominated by its largest nations of France and Germany
Another country in Western Europe is

A

Belgium

1
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Mediterranean Europe is the only region of Europe not defined by a location
If it was it would be described as what

A

Southern Europe

2
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Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland are part of Northern Europe, but more specifically they are part of what

A

The Nordic countries

3
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What dominated a large region in Eastern Europe after WWII

A

Soviet Union

4
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What are the 2 dominant countries of Western Europe

A

France

Germany

5
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What was the city-state that produced the first democracy

A

Athens

6
Q

What was the official religion of the Roman Empire

A

Christianity

7
Q

What were the Vikings the ancient inhabitants of

A

The Nordic countries

8
Q

What two religions were the Crusades fought between

A

Christian

Muslim

9
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Who filled the void when the great power of Greece fell

A

Rome

10
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Who had built a global empire by the 1800s

A

England

11
Q

No one has successfully invaded England on its own soil since who

A

William the Conqueror of the Normans in the 1000s

12
Q

Which region of Europe has great diversity because of its history as a cultural crossroads

A

Eastern

13
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What would be found in a region that had undergone Balkanization

A

Several small, hostile states

14
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What spread from Asia to Europe and caused the deaths of millions of people

A

Bubonic plague

15
Q

Who are famous musicians from Germany and Austria

A

Bach
Beethoven
Mozart

16
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Great Britain played a large role in the development of the modern world through what

A

Representative government

Spreading the industrial revolution

17
Q

What country has the oldest parliament in the world

A

Iceland

18
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The high-tech region known as Silicon Glen was located where

A

Northern Europe

19
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What is the place in Northern Europe with the greatest diversity

A

London, England

20
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What are two sports that England is really known for

A

Rugby

Cricket

21
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Hitler’s invasion of what country forced the allies to go to war

A

Poland

22
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In the 1980s, the Soviet Union had a reasonable leader come to power who worked with The West much more than his predecessors had. Who was he

A

Mikhael Gorbachev

23
Q

How do the people feel under communism

A

Not empowered

24
Q

In the 1980s, the city of Berlin was located where

A

East Germany

25
Q

Does Great Britain still rule over many countries today

A

No

26
Q

Is the Magna Carta a Swedish document

A

No

27
Q

What is the currency used through much of Europe today

A

Euro

28
Q

Why do the countries in Northern Europe pay high taxes

A

They have social welfare programs

29
Q

Did all of the countries avoid bloodshed when hey defeated communism

A

No

30
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What part of Europe is still suffering today as a result of the communist regimes that ruled for so long

A

Eastern

31
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Would the Nordic countries, based on their location on the globe, do better in the summer or Winter Olympics

A

Winter

32
Q

Who never conquered the German territory

A

Rome

33
Q

What part of Europe has a national healthcare system

A

Northern

34
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Who dominated the satellite nations of Eastern Europe following WWII

A

Soviet Union

35
Q

What is the most likely religion of the people living in the Nordic countries

A

Protestant

36
Q

What country is famous for its high-speed trains, high-fashion clothes, and gourmet foods

A

France

37
Q

The country that was formed after England took over Wales, Soctland, and Ireland is called what

A

United Kingdom

38
Q

Who were the Muslims from turkey who conquered part of Eastern Europe in the 1400s

A

Ottomans

39
Q

What was the movement begun in the 1500s to correct problems in the Catholic Church

A

Reformation

40
Q

In the early 1900s, independence was declared by four of the six republics of what

A

Yugoslavia

41
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The period of renewed interest in learning and the arts, which began in Italy in the 14th century

A

Renaissance

42
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After World War II, this country was divided into east and west, but in 1990, the two nations reunified into what nation called

A

Germany

43
Q

What does Yugoslavia mean

A

“Land of the South Slavs”

44
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Many people of this ethnic group sided with Hitler and had Serbs and Jews killed during WWII

A

Croatians

45
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The communist leader who kept Yugoslavia independent of Soviet Rule and managed to calm ethnic tensions

A

Josip Broz Tito

46
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Serbia looked to expand its territory and seize territories that had large Serbian minorities in the

A

1990s

47
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Who was the Serbian leader that was arrested for war crimes and died in prison

A

Slobodan Milosevic

48
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To eradicate a certain ethnic group using violence

A

Ethnic cleansing

49
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The mountain range that separated the Northern European and West Siberian plain

A

Ural Mountains

50
Q

What do the Caucasus mountains form the border between

A

Russia

Transcaucasia

51
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The fertile soul found on the Northern European plain

A

Chernozem

52
Q

The longest river on the European continent

A

Volga

53
Q

The oldest and deepest lake in the world

A

Lake Baikal

54
Q

A region known for frigid temperatures as well as it’s many natural resources

A

Siberia

55
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The term used to describe a region’s distance away from the moderating influence of the sea

A

Continentality

56
Q

One type of vegetation that is not found in Russia and the republics

A

Swamp

57
Q

What was damages by efforts to use its waters for irrigation of nearby farms

A

Aral Sea

58
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The term that is used to describe the permanently frozen subsoil in Siberia

A

Permafrost

59
Q

The Northern European plain is located on which border of Russia

A

Western

60
Q

Which of the following is Russia’s present-capital city

A

Moscow

61
Q

In what part of the region is the greatest concentration of cities

A

Western

62
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What plain lies between the Ural Mountains and the Central Siberian Plateau

A

West Siberian Plain

63
Q

Where are the biggest cities found in Russia

A

Northern European plain

64
Q

What are the republics of Transcaucasia

A

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia

65
Q

The Volga river carries what percent of Russia’s river traffic

A

60%

66
Q

What ocean lies to the north of Russia and the republics

A

Arctic

67
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What are three Russian republics that are not part of Transcaucasia

A

Ukraine
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

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