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WG Unit 2: Europe and Russia

Quiz by Mr. Harrison

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  • Q1
    is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-four independent member states who were formerly part of the British Empire.
    Commonwealth of Nations (British Commonwealth)
    30s
  • Q2
    A long narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs or hills
    Fjord
    30s
  • Q3
    an organization of twenty-seven European countries that seeks to form a single community that can compete economically and politically on a global stage
    European Union
    30s
  • Q4
    A 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 dikes
    Dike/Polder
    30s
  • Q5
    a 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 Union
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
    30s
  • Q6
    Branch of Christianity that sought to reform or leave the Catholic church
    Protestantism
    30s
  • Q7
    A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt
    Loess
    30s
  • Q8
    a dry wind that blows from the leeward sides of mountains, sometimes melting snow and causing avalanches; term used mainly in Europe
    Foehn
    30s
  • Q9
    a branch of Christianity that believes in the authority of the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope
    Catholicism
    30s
  • Q10
    a branch of Christianity found in the Byzantine Empire that split from Roman Catholic Church; believes in the authority of the Patriarch of Constantinople
    Eastern Orthodox Church
    30s
  • Q11
    The Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries that installed Communist regimes after World War II and were dominated by the Soviet Union.
    Soviet Bloc
    30s
  • Q12
    relating to the Slavic alphabet derived from the Greek and traditionally attributed to St. Cyril; in modified form still used in modern Slavic languages
    Cyrillic
    30s
  • Q13
    Process 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.
    Balkanization
    30s
  • Q14
    Confederacy of independent states of the former Soviet Union that have united because of their common economic and administrative needs.
    Commonwealth of Independent States
    30s
  • Q15
    An accident at a nuclear plant in the Ukraine that released radioactive clouds over Europe
    Chernobyl Disaster
    30s

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