Vocab
Modern Era Emerges
A Divided Continent
Moving Toward Unity
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100
Workers' refusal to work until their demands are met.
What is a strike?
100
Communism was based on this man's teaching...
Who is Karl Marx
100
Poland, Hungary and Romania were members of this group
Who are COMECON
100
There is no longer a political division between these two.
Who are Eastern and Western Europe
100
money used by the European Union
What is a euro?
200
The claiming of colonies in other lands
What is imperialism
200
Mass murder of millions of Jews and other persecuted groups by Nazis.
What is the Holocaust
200
To keep people from fleeing from East Berlin to West Berlin, the government what?
What is the Berlin Wall
200
These citizens use a common currency, have no travel restrictions, share a common passport, and allow trade.
Who are members of the European Union
200
rail line beneath the English Channel
What is Chunnel
300
System of carrying supplies by airplane
What is an airlift
300
The first major industry to emerge during the Industrial Revolution.
What are textiles.
300
This war had no actual fighting (or even a declaration of war).
What is the Cold War
300
This caused strain among members of NATO in 2003.
What is U.S. led war on Iraq
300
To Close off
What is a blockade
400
a European treaty on nuclear energy
What is EURATOM
400
During WWII this is what Germany, Italy and Japan were called.
What are axis powers
400
This Soviet leader introduced reform that loosened government control over the Soviet people.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev
400
Has the worst pollution problem in Europe
What is the Rhine River
400
Was started to protect against communist Soviet, but now has moved towards peacekeeping and protecting the environment
What is NATO
500
Nations dependent upon a stronger power
What is satellites or satellite nations
500
From WWII, two superpowers emerged, they were...
Who was the United States and Japan
500
This was a loan program to help rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan
500
This started out as a group to protect against communistic states, but has since changed to include peacekeeping and protection of the environment.
Who is NATO
500
Mass murder of a people because of race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture.
What is genocide
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