Unit 1: Europe - Vocabulary Quiz

A form of government in which the power is held by a leader who has absolute authority

• dictatorship

• democracy

• monarchy

• republic

A form of money

• currency

• book

• pen

• table

Another word for king, queen, prince, princess, emperor, etc.

• monarch

• commoner

• peasant

• subject

The common currency of the European Union

• euro

• dollar

• pound

• yen

An economic organization composed of 28 European member countries

• European Union

• North American Free Trade Agreement

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations

• African Union

A body of water surrounded on three sides by land

• bay

• island

• lake

• peninsula

A government in which the power of the king or queen is limited by law

• constitutional monarchy

• absolute monarchy

• dictatorship

• republic

The amount of money a government owes

• national debt

• national income

• national surplus

• national budget

A government in which people can influence law and vote for representatives

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

Land in the Netherlands that has been reclaimed from the sea for farming

• polders

• deltas

• fjords

• atolls