Gallery Walk of Europe and Russia
Western Europe
Human Environment Interaction
Meditteranean
Potpourri
100
This period in European history is known as a rebirth of knowledge of the classical era. Where reason and inquiry were used to solve problems.
What is the Renaissance.
100
The systematic mass murder of European Jews and other minorities during WWII was called...
What is the Holocaust
100
This country reclaimed nearly 40% of its current land from the sea?
What is the Netherlands.
100
The Romans used this form of government.
What is Republic
100
During the Renaissance Europeans looked to what to peoples of the past as inspiration?
Who are the Greeks and Romans. (Greco-Roman)
200
Martin Luther is known for leading this movement that changed the world forever. (think religion)
What is Protestant reformation.
200
This is the belief that people should be loyal to their nation, and the people with whom they share the land, culture and history.
What is Nationalism
200
The Dutch used certain methods to increase the amount of land in their country. For example they would use .....
What are dikes(polder) and dams
200
Athens was known to have given the world what form of government. It was great unless you were a slave or a women that is...
What is Democracy.
200
The plague spread through Europe for what reasons?
What is trade, congested cities, lack of hygiene
300
This disease swept across Europe intitally making its way through Italy. It killed nearly 1/3rd of Europe's population.
What is the Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
300
After WWII the Soviet Union set up buffer states between itself and the west. These governments and the Soviet Union then shared what form of government.
What is Communist
300
This is known as one of the most famous mountain ranges in Europe and stretches through Switzerland and Austria
What are the Alps
300
The renaissance was a period of artistic rebirth. Many paintings and sculptures had what common theme?
What is Religion
300
There are negatives that come along with industrialization and increased urbanization in Europe. List at least two
What is Pollution, deforestation, acid rain.
400
The collapse of this structure in Germany in 1989 signaled the fall of communism and the reunification of Germany.
What is the Berlin Wall
400
The assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian Gavrilo Princip sparked which war?
What is WWI Bonus Question: Princip was motivated by a desire to unite the south slavs in Austrian territory with Serbs in Yugoslavia. His desire and radical motivation to unite a people could be described as what term?
400
This city state in Italy grew to power because of its location during the crusades and increased trading with the East. It also is a great example of HEI because of the way it was built, on top of wooden pilings and on interwoven islands.
What is Venice.
400
Religious wars during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries were known as the ________________. They were a battle between which two religious groups.
What is the Crusades; Islam and Christianity Bonus Question!!!!?????
400
Slobodan Milosevic was the leader of Bosnia during one of the worlds worst genocides in the past 30 years. The mass killing targeting of one particular group is known as.....
What is ethnic cleansing.
500
Great Britain is famous for shaping the modern world. They were leaders in the Industrial Revolution and helped develop what form of government?
What is a representative government
500
Nationalism motivated people like Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia to create a Greater Serbia. It also motivated which leader of Germany during WWII?
Who was Adolf Hitler. Bonus Question!?!?!? Nation state!?!!?
500
In Ireland if you were not lucky enough to have access to massive oil reserves like other countries you had to burn partially decayed plant matter in order to provide energy.
What is Peat.
500
What cultural and political impact did Rome and Greece have on Europe and the world. (there are multiple answers here. List at least two)
What is language, art, music, politics (government), architecture (aqueducts, roads), religion (Christianity)
500
Italy and Greece both share a currency (along with 17 other countries in Europe) and a major body of water. Name the currency and the body of Water.
What is the Euro and the Mediterranean
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