Deck 3: Europe

Question 1

Greeks had moved into Europe by

A) 2500 B.C.
B) 2000 B.C.
C) 1500 B.C.
D) 1000 B.C

Answer 1

1000 B.C

Question 2

The Romans tied their far-flung empire together with

A) Human runners
B) the Internet
C) roads
D) railroads

Answer 2

roads

Question 3

The Vikings explored and raided from their base in

A) Minnesota
B) Scandinavia
C) Germany
D) Russia

Answer 3

Scandinavia

Question 4

Welsh, Irish, Scottish, and Breton culture and language are

A) Romance
B) Celtic
C) Germanic
D) Russian

Question 5

The Slavs settled in

A) Scandinavia
B) France
C) East Central Europe
D) Mediterranean Europe

Question 6

The practice of individuals and corporations owning businesses and keeping the profits is called

A) communism
B) individualism
C) statism
D) capitalism

Question 7

Which of the following European countries began slavery and overseas colonialism in the 1400s?

A) the United Kingdom and France
B) Belgium and the Netherlands
C) Germany and Italy
D) Spain and Portugal

Question 8

The Westphalian system led to the development of

A) factories
B) steam engines
C) nation-states
D) Gothic architecture

Question 9

Which country, noted for a great revolution, is touted for being the country in which nationalism began?

A) Germany
B) Italy
C) France
D) Poland

Question 10

The belief that the Communist Party, the party of the working class, is the only party with the right to govern is called

A) capitalism
B) colonialism
C) democratic centralism
D) supranationalism

Question 11

The ocean current that gives Europe a warmer climate than other parts of the world at the same latitude is the

A) Labrador Current
B) Spanish Current
C) British Current
D) North Atlantic Drift

Question 12

The advantage of producing goods in an area where other companies are producing the same thing and there are a trained labor force, assembly and distribution systems of transportation, and support by financial and other services is called

A) spatial analysis
B) competitive advantage
C) agglomeration economies
D) headquarters function

Question 13

The process in which numbers of jobs in manufacturing decline and old factories in an area become derelict is

A) deindustrialization
B) tariff reduction
C) welfare reform
D) nationalism

Question 14

Foreign workers who have the right to work in a country but few other rights are called

A) immigrants
B) aliens
C) guest workers
D) guest immigrants

Question 15

A city that is particularly concerned about rising sea levels from global warming is

A) Venice
B) Paris
C) Berlin
D) Plymouth

Question 16

The highest levels of acid precipitation in Europe are in

A) England
B) Germany
C) Poland
D) France

Question 17

The idea that different nations can cooperate closely, including sharing the same government, economy (including currency), military, and social policies is called

A) supranationalism
B) communism
C) colonialism
D) imperialism

Question 18

The conversion of formerly state-run businesses to private enterprise is called

A) deindustrialization
B) cooptation
C) privatization
D) rationalization

Question 19

The world's busiest waterway is

A) the Thames
B) the Danube
C) the Seine
D) the Rhine

Question 20

The political subdivisions of Germany are called

A) provinces
B) counties
C) länder
D) empires

Question 21

The largest number of refugees to come to Germany in recent years are from

A) Iraq
B) Russia
C) South Africa
D) Bosnia-Herzegovina

Question 22

Of the European countries, _____________ ranks highest in the number of women serving as representatives in government.

A) Sweden
B) the United Kingdom
C) France
D) Germany

Question 23

The process in which wealthy people buy dilapidated buildings and rehabilitate or refurbish them for urban living is called

A) welfare
B) urbanization
C) gentrification
D) habitat

Question 24

Which of the following was not a result of the Industrial Revolution's impact on agriculture in Europe?

A) concentration
B) abandonment
C) intensification
D) specialization

Question 25

Before 1950, the main source of energy in Europe was

A) oil
B) gas
C) wood
D) coal

Question 26

The first discovery of oil and gas in the North Sea was in

A) the Netherlands
B) Germany
C) Norway
D) the United Kingdom

Question 27

The only "Mediterranean" country that has no Mediterranean coast is

A) Spain
B) Italy
C) Portugal
D) Greece

Question 28

The Northern League in Italy draws its main support from

A) farmers
B) factory workers
C) restaurant workers
D) entrepreneurs

Question 29

During the Cold War, the line between Communist and non-Communist countries of Europe was called

A) the Iron Curtain
B) the Wall
C) the Barbed-wire Fence
D) the Demilitarized Zone

Question 30

The "Velvet Divorce" separated

A) East Germany from West Germany
B) France from Belgium
C) The Czech Republic from Slovakia
D) Croatia from Serbia

Question 31

As created after World War I, Yugoslavia was dominated by

A) Croatia
B) Serbia
C) Bosnia
D) Slovenia

Question 32

The Cyrillic alphabet is based on

A) the Roman alphabet
B) the Arabic alphabet
C) the Greek alphabet
D) the Hebrew alphabet

Question 33

The Pyrenees are between

A) France and Germany
B) France and Spain
C) Switzerland and Austria
D) Austria and Germany

Question 34

Which is not a part of Scandanavia

A) Norway
B) Denmark
C) Sweden
D) Finland

Question 35

All of the following are part of Western Europe except

A) France
B) Belgium
C) Denmark
D) Germany

Question 36

Devolutionary forces have been strong in

A) Western Europe
B) Northern Europe
C) Eastern Europe
D) Mediterranean Europe

Question 37

The Danube river flows more countries than any other river in the world. It flows through the all of the following except

A) Germany
B) France
C) Austria
D) Hungary

Question 38

The Netherlands, meaning "Low Countries" included the following except

A) The Netherlands
B) Denmark
C) Belgium
D) Luxembourg

Question 39

Politically, Europe is a very fragmented region.

Question 40

Corn (maize) and the potato were unknown in Europe until after the voyages of discovery starting in the fifteenth century.

Question 41

Under the nation-state idea, each nation can be free to govern itself only if it has its own state (country).

Question 42

Since the 1800s, glaciers in alpine valleys have advanced.

Question 43

The Danube River is Europe's longest and most used for transportation of freight.

Question 44

The barren landscape in Mediterranean regions today is partly the result of human activities.

Question 45

The Black Triangle of chemical contamination is found along the Czech, Polish, and East German borders.

Question 46

Russia is now a member of NATO.

Question 47

Beginning in the 1970s the European Union (EU) invested large sums of money to improve infrastructure in lagging regions of Europe.

Question 48

Most decisions in France are made in Paris by a very centralized form of government.

Question 49

Despite independence of the colonies, both the United Kingdom and France remain very involved in their former empires.

Question 50

The conflict in Northern Ireland arises from a combination of political and religious causes.

Question 51

The modern country of Austria includes most of the German-speaking parts of the Hapsburg Empire.

Question 52

The Swiss Confederation is composed of cantons that all look to a strong central government.

Question 53

Western Europe has some of the highest population growth rates in the world.

Question 54

Agricultural production in Europe is high, but the number of farms continues to decline.

Question 55

Because poorer land may be retired from production first, the decline in production is not always proportional to the amount of land retired.

Question 56

Airbus is to the aerospace industry what the European Union is to the economy and politics of Europe.

Question 57

Yugoslavia is still the name for the remaining parts of that country: Serbia and Montenegro.

Question 58

The main role of the Mafia is as a way of doing business through family connections.

Question 59

Europe is largely made up of peninsulas.

Question 60

Europe is a peninsula of the Eurasian continent.

Question 61

European countries are known for their zero population growth.

Question 62

Two of Europe's major industries are automobiles and airplanes.

Question 63

Most of the Eastern European countries adhere to the same religion.

Question 64

The Po river is located in Spain.

Question 65

A _________________ is an imagined community of a people who believe themselves to share common cultural features.

Question 66

An attempt to exterminate all members of a particular group of people is called________________.

Question 67

A device to make crossing borders easier, especially for workers, within the European Union is the formation of ___________________________.

Question 68

The combination of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg is called
__________________.

Question 69

Producing less on the same amount of land is called _________________.

Question 70

________________ services serve other businesses rather than consumers directly.

Question 71

The Dutch devised a method in the form of __________ to reclaim land from the sea.

Question 72

____________ has been the largest and politically strongest Northern European country throughout history.

Question 73

The ________ created a large empire that stretched from the eastern Mediterranean to the British Isles.

Question 74

The _______________ mountains form the Italian peninsula.

Question 75

The ______________ river runs through London.

Question 76

Most of the people of East Central Europe are __________.