
WG Unit 2: Europe and Russia
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- Q1is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-four independent member states who were formerly part of the British Empire.Commonwealth of Nations (British Commonwealth)30s
- Q2A long narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs or hillsFjord30s
- Q3an organization of twenty-seven European countries that seeks to form a single community that can compete economically and politically on a global stageEuropean Union30s
- Q4A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea/A piece of low-lying land reclaimed from a sea or river, protected by dikesDike/Polder30s
- Q5a group of Western European and North American countries that has agreed to protect each other in case of attack; founded in 1949 in response to the spread of communism and the threat posed by the Soviet UnionNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)30s
- Q6Branch of Christianity that sought to reform or leave the Catholic churchProtestantism30s
- Q7A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and siltLoess30s
- Q8a dry wind that blows from the leeward sides of mountains, sometimes melting snow and causing avalanches; term used mainly in EuropeFoehn30s
- Q9a branch of Christianity that believes in the authority of the Roman Catholic Church and the PopeCatholicism30s
- Q10a branch of Christianity found in the Byzantine Empire that split from Roman Catholic Church; believes in the authority of the Patriarch of ConstantinopleEastern Orthodox Church30s
- Q11The Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries that installed Communist regimes after World War II and were dominated by the Soviet Union.Soviet Bloc30s
- Q12relating to the Slavic alphabet derived from the Greek and traditionally attributed to St. Cyril; in modified form still used in modern Slavic languagesCyrillic30s
- Q13Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities; one larger country (state) becomes numerous smaller nation-states that are generally hostile to each other.Balkanization30s
- Q14Confederacy of independent states of the former Soviet Union that have united because of their common economic and administrative needs.Commonwealth of Independent States30s
- Q15An accident at a nuclear plant in the Ukraine that released radioactive clouds over EuropeChernobyl Disaster30s