Western Europe

Sand dunes along the North Sea coastline are from deposits left during the last ice age.

• True

• False

The English Channel separates southern England from Spain.

• True

• False

The North Sea has become an important source for oil and natural gas.

• True

• False

The Middle Ages are also known as the Medieval Age.

• True

• False

Europe’s first high-speed rail lines were built in Germany in 1981.

• True

• False

German priest responsible for the Protestant Reformation

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Martin Luther

• Jethro Tull

mass murder of 6 million European Jews by Germany’s Nazi leaders

English philosopher who used reason to study society

• Thomas Hobbes

• Sigmund Freud

• Martin Luther

• John Locke

French general who conquered much of Europe

• Louis XVI

• Samuel de Champlain

• Henry VIII

• Napoleon Bonaparte

change from using humans to using machines to perform work

• Agricultural Revolution

• The Renaissance

• Industrial Revolution

• Protestant Revolution