Groups of people with a shared ancestry, language, customs, and often religion
What is an ethnic group
100
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Romanian are _________ languages
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What is Romance
100
the European country with the smallest population
What is the Vatican city
100
the European country with the largest population
What is Germany
100
people who flee to a foreign country for safety.
What is refugees?
200
the movement of people from rural areas into cities
What is urbanization
200
Some farmers rely on ___________, using natural substances instead of fertilizers and chemicals to increase crop yields.
What is organic farming
200
The number of different ethnic groups in Europe
What is 160
200
Catholics, Protestants, and Eastern Orthodox are all branches of this major religion in Europe
What is Chrisitanity
200
local forms of languages
What is a dialect
300
a group of related languages that developed from an earlier language
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What is a language family
300
The European Union was formed in ____________, the Netherlands in __________ (year)
What is Maastricht and 1992
300
Protestants and Catholics have long been fighting in this northern european country
What is Northern Ireland
300
In a command economy, the production is based on what?
What is decision by government officials
300
the train beneath the English Channel
What is the Chunnel
400
the manufacture of machinery and equipment needed for factories and mines
What is heavy industry
400
In Denmark and some other countries, __________, organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products, reduce costs and increase profits.
What is farm cooperatives
400
The two leading ethnic groups in Belgium
What are the Walloons and the Flemings
400
Since the EU has formed, it has introduced these three main things
What is a single currency, a central bank, and a common foreign policy
400
raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm
What is mixed farming
500
the expelling from a country or killing of frival ethnic groups
What is ethnic cleansing
500
In the 1700s, __________transformed Europe from a rural, agricultural society into an urban, manufacturing society
What is the Industrial Revolution
500
Name three physical features that Europe's most densely populated regions have
What is a temperate climate, plains, fertile soil, mineral deposits, and inland waterways.
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500
Since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, eastern Europeans have gained a greater sense of independence, but lost some of "this"
What is social services
500
foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or be more resistant to pests