WG Western Europe Review

Question 1

A style of art where painters try to catch visual impressions made by color, light and shadows.

Accepted Answer

Impressionism

Question 2

How has the government of Ireland tried to improve their economy?

Accepted Answer

Through education, telecommunications and tax incentives

Question 3

How is Ireland divided?

Accepted Answer

Politically, Religiously and by natives of Celtic vs English

Question 4

T/F: Europe is a country

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

This country has a strong independence from England, and they have their own capital city.

Accepted Answer

Wales

Question 6

A variation of a spoken language that is unique to a region or country.

Accepted Answer

Dialect

Question 7

What is it called when the sun won't shine for weeks in the Nordic Nations?

Accepted Answer

White Nights

Question 8

The U.S. was brought into WWII by what country?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 9

A narrow valley or inlet from the sea, originally carved out by advancing glacier

Accepted Answer

Fjord

Question 10

The transfer of government power to smaller regions.

Accepted Answer

Decentralize

Question 11

The United Kingdom is made up of which countries?

Accepted Answer

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Question 12

Broad, treeless, rolling land often poorly drained and having patches of marsh and peat bog.

Accepted Answer

Moor

Question 13

Adolf Hitler blamed the Jews and other people he considered to be ______ for Germany’s problems

Accepted Answer

Racially Inferior

Question 14

What brought wealth to England, but also changed the landscape?

Accepted Answer

Industrial Revolution

Question 15

The common currency used by member nations of the European Union.

Accepted Answer

Euro

Question 16

Who claimed to restore Germany’s past glory and improve their economy in the 1930’s?

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 17

On what date was the U.S. brought into WWII?

Accepted Answer

December 7, 1941

Question 18

T/F: Because of the Industrial Revolution England's landscape went to dark satanic mills

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

A system of government in which individual political units keep their sovereignty

Accepted Answer

Confederation

Question 20

The revival of art, literature and learning that took place in Europe was ______

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 21

What sea borders Spain to the East?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean

Question 22

A narrow valley

Accepted Answer

Glen

Question 23

A farming technique that leaves land unplanted every few years in order to gather moisture.

Accepted Answer

Dry Farming

Question 24

An area of wet, spongy ground.

Accepted Answer

Bog

Question 25

What is the largest Weastern European island nation?

Accepted Answer

United Kingdom

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