Chapter 5 Key Term Quiz

Europe
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An area of volcanic activity. Not caused by plate tectonics but by plumes from the mantle.

Low-lying land that is drained of water and turned into productive land.

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

The ideological movement by Russian leaders to promote the active creation of a single Russian empire with one religion and a single language.

Intellectual belied system developed in 17th and 18th century Europe that's stressed reason over belief and rationality over religion.

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

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

Glacial deposits of rock and sediment.

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

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

The period between ice ages.

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

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