Deck 8: Europe

Question 1

What mountain range in Europe is over 500 miles long and has peaks reaching 15,000 feet?

A) Pyrenees
B) Alps
C) Carpathians
D) Himalayas
E) Apennines

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France?

A) Pyrenees
B) Alps
C) Carpathians
D) Dinaric Alps
E) Apennines

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Of the following European countries, which one has been most successful in dealing with its environmental problems?

A) Poland
B) Czech Republic
C) Hungary
D) Italy
E) Slovakia

Answer 3

D

Question 4

How does the environment of Eastern Europe compare to that of Western Europe?

A) The environment in Eastern Europe is much more polluted than that of Western Europe.
B) The environment in Western Europe is much more polluted than that of Eastern Europe.
C) The environment in Western Europe is just as polluted that of Eastern Europe.
D) The environment in Eastern Europe is just as "green" as that of Western Europe.
E) The environment in Eastern Europe has more air pollution, but less water pollution than that of Western Europe.

Question 5

Which of the following factors does NOT explain the environmental diversity of Europe?

A) complex geology that produced some of the newest, as well as oldest, landscapes in the world
B) the latitudinal extent of Europe
C) environmental regulations of the European Union
D) the interaction of land and sea
E) A long history of human settlement has transformed the land.

Question 6

What countries of Europe comprise the region of Scandinavia?

A) Norway, Sweden, Finland
B) Switzerland and Austria
C) Germany and France
D) Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium
E) Spain and Portugal

Question 7

Which country of Europe experiences the greatest seismic activity, including both earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?

A) Italy
B) Poland
C) United Kingdom
D) Norway
E) France

Question 8

Where does Europe rank in the world in terms of its environmental sensitivity and its efforts to improve its environment?

A) at the bottom of the world regions (worst)
B) near the bottom of the world regions
C) in the middle of the world regions
D) near the top of the world regions
E) at the top of the world regions (best)

Question 9

Which body of water forms the southern boundary of Europe?

A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Mediterranean Sea
C) Baltic Sea
D) North Sea
E) Black Sea

Question 10

In which region of Europe are environmental conditions the worst?

A) Benelux countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
B) Eastern Europe
C) Iberian Peninsula
D) Scandinavia
E) Southern Europe

Question 11

Which river divides the unglaciated part of the European lowland in the south from the glaciated plains in the north?

A) the Rhine
B) the Loire
C) the Elbe
D) the Thames
E) the Danube

Question 12

What plan did Europe introduce in 2005 to help the region fight climate change?

A) a program to become the world's leader in solar energy
B) a tree-planting plan
C) an emission trading scheme
D) a research program to perfect carbon sequestration
E) All of the choices are correct.

Question 13

Which physical features are found in Europe?

A) arctic tundra in Scandinavia
B) barren hillsides in Mediterranean islands
C) glaciated seacoasts in Norway
D) arctic tundra in Scandinavia and glaciated seacoasts in Norway
E) arctic tundra in Scandinavia, glaciated seacoasts in Norway, and barren hillsides in Mediterranean islands

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a source of Europe's environmental problems?

A) long history of agriculture
B) a major nuclear accident in 1994
C) extraction of resources
D) industrial manufacturing
E) urbanization

Question 15

What progress has Europe made toward meeting the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol?

A) It has made no progress at all.
B) It has made relatively little progress.
C) It is half-way towards meeting its goals.
D) It has met its goal.
E) It has exceeded its goal.

Question 16

By what other name is The European Lowland known?

A) Iberia
B) Scandinavia
C) Italy
D) the Alpine System
E) the North European Plain

Question 17

Why is the North European Plain also known as the "Lowland" of Europe?

A) It is named after the ethnic group that dominates in the region.
B) The region is entirely below sea level.
C) Most of it is less than 500 feet in elevation.
D) Its indicators of development are the lowest in Europe.
E) Its mountain peaks are on average, 1,000 feet lower than the average altitude of the Alps.

Question 18

What are the current impacts of climate change in Europe?

A) Sea ice is dwindling.
B) There is sparse snow cover in arctic Scandinavia.
C) There are frequent droughts in the water-starved Mediterranean region.
D) Dwindling sea ice, and sparse snow cover in arctic Scandinavia
E) All of the choices are correct

Question 19

Which country of Europe is primarily located on the European Lowland?

A) Italy
B) Greece
C) Switzerland
D) Netherlands
E) Spain

Question 20

What has damaged half of the forests of Poland and three-quarters of the forests of the Czech Republic?

A) removal of lumber for sale on the international market
B) the clearing of forestland for grazing purposes
C) forest fires
D) acid rain
E) clear-cutting to build American-style shopping malls

Question 21

Germany's population includes a large number of guest workers (and their descendants)from which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa?

A) Iran
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Yemen
D) Turkey
E) United Arab Emirates

Question 22

What explain(s)the environmental diversity of Europe?

A) complex geology
B) latitudinal extent
C) interaction of land and sea
D) long history of human settlement
E) All of the choices are correct.

Question 23

Which part of Europe is the region's unquestionable focus of intensive agriculture, large cities, and major industrial activities?

A) the Alpine mountain region
B) the Central Uplands
C) the Iberian Peninsula
D) the European Lowland
E) the Western Highlands

Question 24

Which of the following pairings of climate type and regions in Europe is correct?

A) Mediterranean Coast: continental climate
B) Iberian Peninsula: tundra
C) North Sea Coast: dry summer Mediterranean climate
D) northern Europe: dry summer Mediterranean climate
E) Atlantic Coast: maritime climate

Question 25

Which mountain range forms the spine of Italy?

A) Apennines
B) Carpathians
C) Pyrenees
D) Dinaric Alps
E) Balkan Ranges

Question 26

Which country of Europe is most likely to experience drought?

A) Norway
B) Spain
C) Germany
D) Austria
E) Italy

Question 27

Why have many European countries encouraged immigration of foreign populations into their borders in the recent past?

A) They want to increase the diversity of their ethnic composition.
B) It is a requirement of the European Union.
C) They were experiencing low or negative growth, and needed immigrants to fill gaps in their labor force.
D) Many feel it would be a way to make up for the transgressions they committed against these people during World War II.
E) All of the choices are correct.

Question 28

In Europe, with what type of feature are the names Rhine, Loire, Thames, Danube, and Elbe associated?

A) Alpine mountain ranges
B) cities
C) small countries
D) rivers
E) ethnic groups

Question 29

What is a fjord?

A) a flooded valley originally carved out by glaciers
B) an intermontaine plateau formed by the erosion of two neighboring mountains into a shared valley
C) a fan-shaped deposit of sediments dropped by a river or stream flowing out of a mountain range
D) hilly topographic features that mark the path of glaciers; they are composed of eroded material carried by glaciers and ice sheets
E) a fine, wind-deposited sediment that makes fertile soil, but is vulnerable to water erosion

Question 30

What is the approximate population of Europe?

A) 250 million
B) 530 million
C) 670 million
D) 830 million
E) 1 billion

Question 31

Which two countries of Europe are separated by the English Channel?

A) Spain and Ireland
B) Denmark and Norway
C) Greece and Italy
D) France and the United Kingdom
E) Germany and Sweden

Question 32

The Mediterranean climate

A) has extremely cold winters and extremely hot summers.
B) is dry throughout the year.
C) is wet throughout the year.
D) has cold winters and cool summers.
E) has a dry summer and a wet winter.

Question 33

Which European country is called the "Emerald Isle"?

A) Great Britain
B) Greenland
C) Ireland
D) France
E) Germany

Question 34

What is the natural growth rate in Europe?

A) extensive population decline in every country
B) uniformly negative rate of growth
C) very slow rate of growth
D) moderate rate of growth
E) extremely high rate of growth

Question 35

Which country of Europe experiences flood hazards because of the stalling of Atlantic storms for many days?

A) Spain
B) Poland
C) Norway
D) France
E) Belgium

Question 36

How does Europe compare in size (area)to the United States?

A) It is roughly two-thirds of the United States.
B) It is about the size of the state of Texas.
C) It is the same size as the United States.
D) It is equal in size to the continental United States plus Alaska and Hawaii.
E) It is the largest continent on the planet, far larger than the United States.

Question 37

In which European country would you find fjords?

A) Ireland
B) Norway
C) Netherlands
D) Italy
E) Germany

Question 38

What is Europe's longest river?

A) Thames
B) Rhine
C) Loire
D) Danube
E) Rhone

Question 39

Which country of Europe has the largest population in the region?

A) Germany
B) The United Kingdom
C) France
D) Poland
E) Italy

Question 40

What event and/or development has contributed to the low population growth in Europe?

A) urbanization
B) large percentage of women in the workforce
C) readily available family planning and birth control
D) industrialization
E) All of the choices are correct.

Question 41

What is the major factor determining whether a particular Slavic language uses the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet in its written form?

A) the latitude of the country in which the language is spoken
B) the dominant religion of the people who speak that language
C) time period over which the language evolved
D) the political system of the country
E) the economic system of the country

Question 42

Which country of Europe has a large Muslim migrant population?

A) Sweden
B) Ireland
C) Spain
D) France
E) Italy

Question 43

What is the major reason why people have migrated from East Germany to West Germany?

A) a better climate in West Germany
B) economic opportunity in West Germany
C) famine in East Germany
D) civil war in East Germany
E) When East and West Germany reunited, the new central government encouraged East Germans to migrate to West Germany.

Question 44

What do we call the widespread movement away from the historically prominent organized religions that has occurred in Europe?

A) secularization
B) demographic transition
C) universalizing religion
D) subduction
E) syncretization

Question 45

What difference might you observe between Protestant and Catholic areas of Europe?

A) There are more agricultural areas in Protestant areas.
B) There is more ornate architecture in Catholic areas.
C) There are more factories in Protestant regions.
D) There are more parks and greenspace in Catholic areas.
E) There is no difference.

Question 46

In what part of Europe is Protestantism the dominant religion?

A) northern Germany
B) Sweden and Norway
C) England
D) only England and northern Germany
E) England, northern Germany, Sweden and Norway

Question 47

What event has been an important cause of the surge of immigration to European countries such as Germany since the beginning of the 1990s?

A) the release of the last German colony in Africa in 1989
B) the expulsion of many foreign-born immigrants from France
C) an environmental disaster in the Balkans
D) Germany's mild climate
E) the collapse of the Soviet Union

Question 48

Why did Jewish people cluster in the Muslim lands of the Iberian Peninsula around 900 CE?

A) The climate of Spain and Portugal were attractive.
B) The monarchs of Spain and Portugal provided financial incentives to Jews to settle there.
C) Judaism was the official religion of the Iberian Peninsula in that era.
D) They were forced into concentration camps there by Nazis.
E) Muslims in Iberia were more tolerant of Jews than were Christians.

Question 49

What three historical eras are represented in European city landscapes?

A) Renaissance-Baroque, industrial, post-modern
B) medieval, Renaissance-Baroque, art deco
C) medieval, Renaissance-Baroque, industrial
D) pre-modern, medieval, modern
E) colonial, industrial, post-modern

Question 50

Which of the following places is the LEAST likely source region for an immigrant to the United Kingdom?

A) the Caribbean
B) India and Pakistan
C) Turkey
D) Hong Kong
E) Anglophone countries in Africa

Question 51

Where do most immigrants to France come from?

A) Eastern Europe
B) France's former colonies in Africa
C) India and Pakistan
D) Hong Kong
E) Quebec, Canada

Question 52

Which of the following is NOT a reason for opposing unlimited migration into Europe?

A) concerns about the ability of Europe to produce enough food for these additional people
B) possibility of foreign terrorism
C) potential dilution of a country's dominant indigenous culture
D) high rates of unemployment in Western Europe
E) social and political unease with foreigners as a result of the historical ethnic and cultural homogeneity of Europe

Question 53

Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic?

A) Basque
B) English
C) Danish
D) Norwegian
E) Swedish

Question 54

The number of speakers of Romance and Germanic languages in Europe is roughly equal. About how many speakers does each group have in Europe?

A) 10 million
B) 20 million
C) 100 million
D) 200 million
E) 1 billion

Question 55

How has globalization changed the landscapes of cities in the former communist countries of Europe?

A) It led to the relocation of the capitals of these countries to more strategic locations.
B) It led to the adoption of suburban-style housing tracts.
C) It led to construction of western-style shopping malls and skyscrapers.
D) It led to the adoption of the dollar as their national currency.
E) All of the choices are correct.

Question 56

Which European Romance language contains many Slavic words?

A) Romanian
B) French
C) Spanish
D) Italian
E) Portuguese

Question 57

What term describes the fragmented geopolitical processes involved with small-scale independence movements and the phenomenon of mini-nationalism as it develops along ethnic fault lines?

A) feudalism
B) gastarbeiter
C) balkanization
D) irredentism
E) secularization

Question 58

Why did the population of Jews in Europe drop from 9.5 million before World War II to less than 2 million today?

A) Their birth rates dropped as their urbanization rate increased, and the creation of Israel caused most to emigrate to the Middle East
B) The creation of Israel caused most Jews to emigrate from Europe to the Middle East.
C) Their birth rates dropped as rates of urbanization increased
D) German Nazis murdered approximately 6 million Jews in the Holocaust.
E) All of the choices are correct

Question 59

What is the second-most widely spoken Germanic language in Europe?

A) English
B) Swedish
C) Danish
D) Norwegian
E) German

Question 60

Orthodox Christianity is most like Roman Catholicism in what aspect?

A) geographic distribution
B) different religious rites
C) acceptance of Jesus Christ as the son of God
D) use of alphabet
E) celibacy of priests

Question 61

During World War II, which European country was the leader of the "Axis" countries?

A) Germany
B) France
C) United States
D) Great Britain
E) Belgium

Question 62

What is the word for a state policy of reclaiming lost lands or lands inhabited by people of the same ethnicity in another state?

A) balkanization
B) collectivism
C) feudalism
D) irredentism
E) privatization

Question 63

What has been an important source of conflict in Northern Ireland?

A) The Protestant majority feel that the Catholic minority has discriminated against them.
B) The Catholic minority feel that the Protestant majority has discriminated against them.
C) The Protestant majority resents affirmative action programs for the Catholic minority.
D) The Protestant majority has been denying religious freedom to the Catholic minority.
E) All of the choices are correct.

Question 64

What was the name of the physical structure that the Soviets built to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany?

A) Kremlin
B) Berlin Wall
C) Autobahn
D) Iron Curtain
E) buffer zone

Question 65

What is the word for an array of nonaligned or friendly states that cushion or protect a larger country from invasion, as happened with the former Soviet Union and its Eastern European neighbors?

A) Balkan region
B) homelands
C) buffer zone
D) convection cells
E) distributaries

Question 66

What is a nation-state?

A) a geopolitical and spatial entity fostered by ethnic and cultural nationalism
B) a geopolitical entity that brings together many different ethnic groups and nations
C) a geopolitical entity with a highly centralized government
D) a geopolitical entity wherein the central government allows the country's ethnic groups to retain their own identities
E) a geopolitical entity wherein the central government grants autonomy to regions within the country

Question 67

Europe was the battleground for which wars during the 20th century?

A) World War I and the Cold War, but not World War II
B) World War I, World War II, and the Cold War
C) World War II, but not World War I
D) World War I, but not World War II
E) World War I and World War II, but not the Cold War

Question 68

What kind of organization is the European Union?

A) an international organization working toward the improvement of Europe's transportation network
B) a regional organization working toward the integration of professional athletics in Europe
C) a supranational organization working toward economic, political, and cultural integration in Europe
D) an international labor union working to retain jobs in the region
E) a supranational organization focusing on the common defense and the development of a nuclear arsenal

Question 69

Which European country was NOT one of the "Allies" during World War II?

A) France
B) Britain
C) Russia
D) Germany
E) United States

Question 70

What is the word for the agglomeration of small, privately owned agricultural parcels into larger, state-owned farms?

A) irredentism
B) balkanization
C) feudalism
D) privatization
E) collectivization

Question 71

How many countries does Europe contain?

A) 11
B) 21
C) 31
D) 41
E) 51

Question 72

The Ottoman Empire expanded its borders almost to the gates of what European city in the middle of the 16?? century?

A) Rome, Italy
B) Paris, France
C) Vienna, Austria
D) Berlin, Germany
E) London, England

Question 73

What do the letters in NATO stand for?

A) National Anti-Terrorism Organization
B) North Austrian Transportation Organization
C) Norway-Austria Treaty Organization
D) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
E) Netherlands Against Terrorism Organization

Question 74

All of the following events occurred after and as the result of the end of the Cold War, EXCEPT

A) Germany reunified in 1990.
B) Yugoslavia fragmented into three independent countries.
C) Czechoslovakia quietly split into two separate countries.
D) Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia unified into a single country called the Baltic Republic.
E) Separatism and ethnic nationalism were unleashed in southeastern Europe.

Question 75

What was the Cold War?

A) armed warfare between Eastern Europe and Western Europe from 1968-1973
B) the nickname given to efforts by the cold, northern countries of Europe to resolve their energy crisis in the 1990s in order to avoid deaths caused by hypothermia
C) an armed conflict between the United States and the USSR that lasted from 1946-1991 and included occupation of several European countries by the United States
D) an ideological struggle between the United States and the former Soviet Union that lasted from 1946-1991, and included Soviet occupation of several European countries
E) armed warfare between Eastern Europe and Western Europe that lasted from 1986-1991

Question 76

According to your textbook, which geopolitical unit was invented in Europe?

A) multinational state
B) federal state
C) regional state
D) unitary state
E) nation-state

Question 77

Since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, Russia's position on NATO expansion and its interactions with Europe and the United States have

A) become more rigid.
B) remained relatively the same.
C) led Russia to readopt communism.
D) become more flexible.
E) had no effect on its position regarding NATO whatsoever.

Question 78

What was the metaphorical name given to the policy of separation that divided Europe into two separate geopolitical and economic blocs after World War II?

A) Berlin Wall
B) Iron Curtain
C) Kremlin
D) Autobahn
E) buffer zone

Question 79

What are the anchor countries of the European Union?

A) Spain and Portugal
B) Norway, Sweden, Finland
C) Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium
D) Switzerland, Austria
E) Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom

Question 80

In which country of Europe has conflict between Catholics and Protestants been a problem?

A) Northern Ireland
B) England
C) Scotland
D) Wales
E) Ireland