Vocabulary
What word means to refine ore to create metal?
Smelting
Name 3 countries in Western Europe.
Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, and Switzerland.
What is the name given to the national legislature of England?
Parliament
What word means an economy based on services?
Postindustrial
What is the term given to the mass killing of 6 million Jews during World War II?
Holocaust
What word means an economy where manufacturing is the primary activity?
Industrialized
What are the names of the two mountain ranges in Western Europe?
The Pyrenees and the Alps
What is the name of a land distribution system in return for protection?
Feudalism
What are the two main language groups in Western Europe?
Romance and Germanic
How does World War II end in Europe?
When the Allies close in on Berlin and Adolf Hitler kills himself.
What time period is a transition between ancient and modern times?
Middle Ages
How have the rivers in Western Europe affected the economic development?
They allow for easy trade.
What 2 countries fought the Hundred Years' War?
France and England
What are the two major challenges facing this region today?
Financial crises and immigration issues
What event is considered the beginning of World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What word means where river currents and ocean tides meet?
Estuary
What two things impact the climate of Western Europe the most?
Westerlies and the bodies of water
What contributed most to the fall of the Roman Empire?
Invasion from outside the empire
List three specific cultural contributions of Western Europe.
Contributions include: artists and painting; building and architecture; William Shakespeare's literature; Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach's music; etc.
What event is considered to be the beginning of World War II?
The German invasion of Poland.
What word means land reclaimed from building dikes?
Polder
What are the names of the two major climate regions in Western Europe?
Marine West Coast and Mediterranean
What are some reasons that the people at the bottom in the feudal system might have just dealt with it for centuries before eventually deciding to revolt?
Reasons include: they received protection, they had some needs met, they didn't have the resources to fight back, it went against religion, feudal system was the only system they knew, difficult to communicate to gather and organize everyone, professional fighters (knights) were protecting the monarch and nobles.
What is the European Union and what does it help provide today?
Group a countries in Europe who work together to provide easy travel and trade, a common currency, and agreed upon regulations.