Chapter 5 Key Term Quiz

Europe
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A term used to describe the vast metropolitan area that encompasses most of Europe.

A German-dominated alliance of merchant cities in the Baltic and northern Europe, especially strong from 1300 to 1500.

A rich maritime trading empire centered on Venice that had port cities throughout the Adriatic, Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. Lasted from the 8th to the 18th century with its greatest power round 1500.

A wetland filled with dead plant material.

White Dutch settlers in South Africa. Also the name of their language.

A crisis in Greece after the 2007/08 financial meltdown caused by too much government debt.

A military alliance formed in 1949 between Canada, the USA and European countries as a bulwark against the Soviet Union.

Rapid advances in scientific understanding in Europe in the seventeenth century based on observation, measurement and experimentation.

Glacial deposits of rock and sediment.

The dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands that the peasantry were obliged to work.

Money that leaves other areas of the world seeking a location with strong secrecy laws where money can be hidden and invested without scrutiny.

Narrow finger-like lakes formed by glacial action. Good examples are found in Finger Lakes region in New York State.

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