Economy
What organization was founded in 1993 to encourage free trade among European nations?
European Union
During World War II, the murder of 6 million European Jews was called...
the Holocaust
This is the most popular sport in Western Europe.
football (soccer)
This mountain range is the largest in Western Europe and runs through the countries of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.
the Alps
Did the French Revolution occur before or after the American Revolution?
After (about 10 years)
Of what two resources are there large reserves in the North Sea?
oil and natural gas
Who was the dictator of Germany during WWII?
Adolph Hitler
What is the major religion of Western Europe?
Christianity
This mountain range separates France and Spain.
What is The Pyrenees Mountains
What did the Romans use to bring water from the countryside into the cities.
Aqueducts
Which source of power is used to provide Switzerland with over half of its electricity needs?
hydroelectric power
This "war" between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) lasted for 45-50 years.
the Cold War
Where do more than half of Europeans live and work?
cities
This river flows through London, the capital of the United Kingdom.
Thames River
This German monk complained that the Catholic church should not be selling indulgences and started the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther
Western Europe can be described as post-industrial, which means that most of its workers work in what type of jobs?
service industries
This man conquered most of the known world in the name of France. Who is he?
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Which British playwright is one of the most well-known writers of all time?
William Shakespeare
This large area of land that covers much of Western Europe and is great for farming was formed by glaciers many years ago.
Northern European Plain
These were a series of wars that were fought as European Christians tried to take back the "Holy Land."
the Crusades
What "revolution" occurred as more and more work was done by machines that had previously been done by humans and animals?
Industrial Revolution
In what year did World War I begin?
1914
What is the main factor that impacts population growth in Western Europe?
migration/immigration
This body of water separates the United Kingdom from France.
the English Channel
This type of social structure is a system in which kings give land to nobles in return for military service. Nobles then farm that land by using peasants known as serfs.
Feudalism