Vocabulary
Cultural Centers
The Cultures of Russia
The Cultures of Western Europe
The Cultures of Eastern Europe
100
**** DAILY DOUBLE**** The movement of populations toward cities and the resulting city growth.
What is urbanization?
100
A famous art museum in Paris.
What is the Louvre?
100
The spread of ideas designed to support some cause.
What is propaganda?
100
This is the capital city of England.
What is London?
100
For over 100 years during the 18th and 19th centuries, this country disappeared from the map of Europe.
What is Poland?
200
This word means "influenced by many cultures."
What is multicultural?
200
City that is always full of activity, hotels are well run and travel is swift on an excellent system of highways and high speed trains.
What is Berlin?
200
This is the name of Russia's largest ethnic group.
What are the Slavs?
200
This high speed form of transportation made travel between countries in Western Europe easier.
What are trains?
200
These two countries formed when Czechoslovakia divided.
What are the Czech Republic and Slovakia?
300
A group of people who share the same ancestors, culture, language, or religion.
What is an ethnic group?
300
This is the city where Oktoberfest is held.
What is Munich?
300
This city, founded by Peter the Great, is an important center of Russian culture.
What is St. Petersburg?
300
This group of nations works together to expand trade in Europe.
What is the European Union?
300
From the Latin root "migra", this word means "to move from one place to another."
What is migration?
400
A version of a language found only in a certain region.
What is a dialect?
400
A play that has been playing continuously in London since its opening in 1952.
What is "The Mousetrap"?
400
This man is the current President of Russia.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
400
ECU stands for....
What is the European Currency Unit?
400
After World War II, people began using this term to describe the nations controlled by the Soviet Union.
What is "Eastern Europe"?
500
A fee or tax that a government charges for goods entering the country.
What is a tariff?
500
Language, religious beliefs, values, customs and other ways of life shared by a group of people.
What is culture?
500
Of the 56 bejeweled "orbs" that were originally made for the czars, only 44 of these beauties have been located.
What are Faberge eggs?
500
These two countries agreed to work together in 1950 to help rebuild West Germany after World War II.
What are France and Germany?
500
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
What are footsteps?
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