Test 1
This city introduced the Western idea of democracy.
Athens
The most populous country in all of Europe
Germany
He led the Reformation
Martin Luther
The largest ethnic group in Europe
Russian
This river and its tributaries carries the most freight in Europe.
The Rhine
The Reformation began in this country.
Germany
Countries that have health care systems funded by the government are called ___________
Welfare states
THis ethnic group makes up most of eastern Europe
Slavic
This caused declining fish population in Scandinavia
Acid Rain
This body of water has been highly polluted by agricultural runoff.
The Danube River
An economic system in which owners use profits to expand their companies.
Industrial capitalism
It focuses on the the emotions and struggles of individuals
Romanticism
They controlled Spain for more than 700 years
The Moors
The Maastricht Treaty was the agreement that __________
set up the European Union
Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products to reduce cost and increase profit.
Farm Cooperatives
A power struggle between the Communist world and the Non-communist world that lasted nearly 40 years.
The Cold War
The native people of Norway, Sweden and Finland
the Sami
The division of a region into smaller regions that are usually hostile to each other is called
Balkanization
Farming without the use of fertilizer and pesticides
Organic Farming
Europe's top two service industries are __________ and ____________.
International Banking and Insurance
Constantinople was the capital of this empire.
the Byzantine Empire
They established the system of feudalism
The Normans
This empire was defeated in 1453 and became part of the Ottoman Empire
the Byzantine Empire
This involves raising several different kinds of crops and livestock and is popular in western Europe
Mixed Farming
Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic make up the ___________ a heavily industrialized area of Europe.
Black Triangle