Vocab
Wars
Ireland
Russia
Europe
100

What's a dike?

Large bank of earth and stone that holds back water

100

When did WW1 start?

1914

100

What material is used as fuel for cooking and heating?

Peat

100

What family was executed?

Romanov family

100

What's the largest island?

Great Britain

200

What's a satellite?

A country controlled by another country

200

What treaty did Germany resent, marking the start of WW2?

Treaty of Versailles

200

When did the potato famine hit Ireland?

1840s

200

What mountain range is found in Russia?

Ural Mountains

200

Europe stretches from the Atlantic to what mountain range?

Urals

300

What's communism?

The idea that society should be based on public ownership and communal control of property

300

What were the Crusades?

Series of religious wars

300

What two parts divide Ireland?

Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

300

In the 1600s, who was the Czar?

Peter the Great

300

Besides Great Britain, what other two islands is found in Europe?

Ireland and Iceland

400

What's russification?

Form of culture assimilation

400

The Cold War was a power struggle between who?

The US and Soviet Union

400

What is Ireland's nickname?

Emerald Isle

400

What Russian man was the founder of communism?

Karl Marx

400

How many states does the European Union have?

27

500

What's a mestizo?

People of indigenous decent

500

What event happened in Germany towards the end of WW2?

Holocaust

500

What were reformers of Ireland called?

Protesants

500

How many countries did Russia split into in 1991?

15

500

Which river is considered the most important in Eurpope?

Rhine River

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