Chapter 5 Key Term Quiz

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

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

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

A low mound of compacted earth shaped by glacial action.

The period between ice ages.

Rapid growth of algae in lakes often due to the amount of run off high in phosphates and nitrogen from farms and lawns.

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

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

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

The cultural development in 14th century Europe, centered in Italy, that drew upon classical learning.

A single territorial unit created in 1985 that allows for the freedom of movement and capital mobility in Europe.

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

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