Deck 5: The European Realm

Question 1

The North European Lowland _____________.

A) contains the mountain ranges of the Alps
B) is the most densely populated of Europe's landscape regions
C) does not include England
D) has historically functioned as a barrier to contact and communication
E) contains the plains of Greece

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is CORRECT regarding immigration trends in Europe?

A) There are no immigrants in Europe.
B) Immigrants in Europe come mostly from other countries in Europe.
C) Immigrants are well integrated into European societies.
D) Immigration in Europe is offsetting population decline.
E) Most immigrants arriving in Europe are Christian.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Figure 4-3 shows which two physical landscapes on the Iberian Peninsula?

A) Western Uplands and North European Lowland
B) Western Uplands and Central Uplands
C) Central Uplands and Alpine System
D) Western Uplands and Alpine System
E) North European Lowland and Alpine System

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as ______________.

A) devolution
B) irredentism
C) complementarity
D) supranationalism
E) transferability

Question 5

Which of the following countries was part of the group that initiated the European Union?

A) Norway
B) Poland
C) Spain
D) the Netherlands
E) the United Kingdom

Question 6

According to Figure 4-2,the Mediterranean climate belongs to which major climate type?

A) Dry
B) Humid Temperate
C) Humid Cold
D) Cold Polar
E) Highland

Question 7

Figure 4-6 shows that the Polish language belongs to this language group:

A) Germanic Group
B) Slavic Group
C) Celtic Group
D) Romance Group
E) Baltic Group

Question 8

Which of the following cities is NOT part of one of the Four Motors of Europe?

A) Brussels
B) Milan
C) Stuttgart
D) Barcelona
E) Lyon

Question 9

The Industrial Revolution in Europe ________________.

A) produced the first specialized industries anywhere in the realm
B) triggered a large immigration of workers from other parts of the world to fill the available jobs in the factories
C) initially was focused in Britain, where machinery was invented and the use of steam to power engines emerged
D) gave enormous situational advantage to large cities such as London and Paris, both positioned on coal fields and near iron ores
E) confirmed the superior quality of European products, which were already beating inferior textiles and other wares from India and China before the Industrial Revolution even began

Question 10

Europe's political revolution ___________________.

A) involved progress toward parliamentary representation and democracy
B) ended with the division of the German state in 1945
C) was stimulated by the new weaponry produced by the Industrial Revolution
D) originated as a reaction to the oppression of the Roman Empire
E) was an anticolonial rebellion that threw off Moorish and Ottoman yokes

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT an example of European supranationalism?

A) Benelux
B) the euro currency
C) the European Union
D) the European Parliament
E) the United Kingdom's position on the European Monetary Union

Question 12

Europe's relative location is ____:

A) inefficient for international trade
B) one of inferior global accessibility
C) disadvantaged by its proximity to the sea
D) one of centrality within the land hemisphere
E) disadvantaged by its closeness to Africa

Question 13

What was the U.S.-sponsored economic program designed to rebuild Western Europe after World War II?

A) The Common Market
B) NATO
C) The Marshall Plan
D) The Warsaw Pact
E) The Eurozone

Question 14

__________ forces divide a nation.

A) Situational
B) Centripetal
C) Centrifugal
D) Charismatic
E) Infrastructural

Question 15

Which major city is not located in the North European Lowland?

A) London
B) Paris
C) Amsterdam
D) Rome
E) Berlin

Question 16

Which of the following nations did not unify until the late 19ᵗʰ century?

A) Spain
B) Germany
C) France
D) Belgium
E) The Netherlands

Question 17

Which of the following groups have formed a rapidly growing minority presence in many European countries?

A) Muslims
B) Chinese
C) Hispanics
D) Russians
E) Evangelical Christians

Question 18

Europe's unofficial lingua franca (common language)today is ____________.

A) French
B) English
C) German
D) Spanish
E) Euro

Question 19

Which of the following was once a clear example of a European nation-state?

A) Yugoslavia
B) Northern Ireland
C) France
D) Belgium
E) Ukraine

Question 20

Regions that produce surpluses of goods needed elsewhere exhibit ______:

A) complementarity
B) balkanization
C) supranationalism
D) irredentism
E) local functional specialization

Question 21

According to Figure 4-15,residents of this city are the wealthiest in France:

A) Lille
B) Paris
C) Bordeaux
D) Strasbourg
E) Marseille

Question 22

Germany's Ruhr industrial complex is linked via the Rhine River to the port of ___________

A) London
B) Genoa
C) St. Petersburg
D) Rotterdam
E) Rhinestad

Question 23

German reunification __________________.

A) occurred in 1990
B) has resulted in economic equalization between the former East and West Germany
C) has led to a country with eight Autonomous Communities
D) took place immediately after the end of World War II
E) is still only partially completed

Question 24

Which of the following cities is located in the Randstad conurbation?

A) Berlin
B) Amsterdam
C) Copenhagen
D) Vienna
E) Brussels

Question 25

Significant oil and natural gas supplies have been found beneath the _________________.

A) Baltic Sea
B) Irish Sea
C) North Sea
D) River Thames
E) English Channel

Question 26

Which of the countries in Northern Europe have benefited the most from North Sea oil?

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

Question 27

The country located on the Jutland Peninsula and the smallest state (in area)in Northern Europe is _________________.

A) Sweden
B) Norway
C) Estonia
D) Iceland
E) Denmark

Question 28

___________ has more in common,ethnically and linguistically,with Finland than its other neighboring states and is therefore included as part of Northern Europe.

A) Estonia
B) Latvia
C) Lithuania
D) Kaliningrad
E) Sweden

Question 29

Which city in the Northern Europe serves as a break of bulk,or entrepôt,city?

A) Stockholm
B) Copenhagen
C) Oslo
D) Reykjavik
E) Helsinki

Question 30

The population of Northern Ireland _____________________.

A) is overwhelmingly Catholic
B) is made up of refugees from Wales
C) is mostly Protestant
D) is not part of the United Kingdom
E) produced the Celtic Tiger phenomenon

Question 31

The Russian exclave located between Lithuania and Poland is called _______________.

A) Kaliningrad
B) Belarus
C) Latvia
D) Estonia
E) the Baltic Corridor

Question 32

Based on Figure 4-9,which country is NOT currently affected by forces of devolution?

A) United Kingdom
B) Germany
C) Spain
D) Italy
E) Sweden

Question 33

The major river in western Germany,which enters the North Sea through the Netherlands and which passes through the Ruhr is the ______.

A) Rhône
B) Danube
C) Elbe
D) Rhine
E) Seine

Question 34

Based on Figure 4-8,which part of Europe is the poorest?

A) Northern Europe
B) Central Europe
C) Western Europe
D) Southwestern Europe
E) Eastern Europe

Question 35

Which country in Mediterranean Europe was a charter member of the European Union?

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

Question 36

The administrative headquarters of the European Union is located in ______________.

A) Geneva
B) Paris
C) Brussels
D) Strasbourg
E) Berlin

Question 37

Northern Europe _______________________.

A) is comprised of the Scandinavian countries, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden
B) has a largely inhospitable higher-latitude climate
C) is entirely separated by water from the rest of Europe
D) is the least developed region of Europe, due to its peripheral location
E) has always been able to exploit abundant natural resources

Question 38

Identify the country in Europe's Mainland Core that is NOT a member of the European Union.

A) Austria
B) Luxembourg
C) the Netherlands
D) Switzerland
E) Belgium

Question 39

According to Figure 4-10,which country was NOT a founding member of NATO?

A) United Kingdom
B) France
C) Spain
D) Italy
E) Belgium

Question 40

The only European country with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean,Mediterranean Sea,and the North Sea is __________________.

A) the Netherlands
B) Germany
C) Belgium
D) France
E) Austria

Question 41

The Danube River empties into the ________________.

A) Adriatic Sea
B) Mediterranean Sea
C) Aegean Sea
D) Black Sea
E) North Sea

Question 42

Northern and Southern Italy are divided by the _____________.

A) Alps
B) Appennines
C) Po River
D) Ancona Line
E) Strait of Gibraltar

Question 43

Which of the following countries does not belong to the European Union?

A) Bulgaria
B) Hungary
C) Ukraine
D) Croatia
E) Romania

Question 44

The land body located directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from southernmost Spain is _____________.

A) the Iberian Peninsula
B) Northern Africa
C) Italy's 'boot'
D) the Balkan Peninsula
E) Scandinavia

Question 45

The industrial heartland of Poland is located in ______________.

A) the Bohemian Basin
B) the Warsaw area
C) the Vistula Valley
D) Silesia
E) the Baltic coastal zone

Question 46

Which of the following is not a state created by the breakup of former Yugoslavia?

A) Bosnia
B) Macedonia
C) Croatia
D) Slovakia
E) Slovenia

Question 47

Which state contains Serb,Croat,and Muslim populations that were finally convinced to end their fighting in 1995 at a U.S.-run peace conference?

A) Bosnia
B) Macedonia
C) Kosovo
D) Montenegro
E) Slovenia

Question 48

Italy's economic core,no longer focused on Rome,is today located in __________________.

A) Sicily
B) the Po River Valley
C) the Naples-Venice conurbation
D) the border zone centered on the Ancona Line
E) the Mezzogiorno

Question 49

The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by which mountain range?

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

Question 50

The Autonomous Community located in northeastern Spain just south of the Pyrenees Mountains that is centered on industrialized Barcelona is known as -_____________.

A) Portugal
B) Andalusia
C) Catalonia
D) Gibraltar
E) Basque Country

Question 51

Slovakia contains a large _______ minority.

A) Czech
B) Hungarian
C) Serbian
D) Slovenian
E) Russian

Question 52

When a state seeks to acquire the neighboring territory that is home to ethnically similar people and territory on the other side of its international border by appealing to a concentrated group,this action is termed _____________________.

A) colonization
B) devolution
C) interference
D) irredentism
E) balkanization

Question 53

Which country in Mediterranean Europe confronts a significant devolutionary movement among its Basque population?

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

Question 54

The capital and primate city of Greece is ____________________.

A) Sparta
B) Malta
C) Athens
D) Cyprus
E) Cyclades

Question 55

The divided eastern Mediterranean island contested by both Greece and Turkey is __________________.

A) Cyprus
B) Crete
C) Malta
D) Sicily
E) Gibraltar

Question 56

Which former Soviet Socialist Republic,with its capital at Mensk (Minsk),also called White Russia,is still strongly linked to Moscow?

A) Belarus
B) Lithuania
C) Moldova
D) Estonia
E) Ukraine

Question 57

The international community recognizes which government on Cyprus?

A) Greek Cypriot
B) Turkish Cypriot
C) Islamic
D) Maltese
E) Ottoman

Question 58

Which of the following cities is located in Italy's and Europe's core area?

A) Milan
B) Rome
C) Barcelona
D) Naples
E) Geneva

Question 59

An unusual aspect of Albania is its ______________.

A) location on both the Black and Adriatic seas
B) majority Eastern Orthodox population
C) unexpected recent admission to the EU
D) population growth rate, which is the slowest in all of Europe
E) dominantly Muslim population

Question 60

The term balkanization refers to _______________.

A) a hybrid language spoken in Bulgaria and Romania
B) the landmass located just to the west of the Adriatic Sea
C) Serbian supranationalism
D) the division and fragmentation of a subregion of Eastern Europe
E) the imposition of the Slavic religion

Question 61

The United Kingdom does not use the euro as its prevailing currency.

Question 62

The European Parliament meets in Strasbourg,France.

Question 63

The spatial interaction principle of complementarity refers to the ability to move a good at a bearable cost.

Question 64

The city of Paris has great advantages of site,but major disadvantages in its situation.

Question 65

The Treaty of Westphalia is key to understanding the origin of modern Europe's state system.

Question 66

Most countries in Europe exhibit significant population growth.

Question 67

The United Kingdom,a charter member of the European Common Market,quit that organization in disagreement in 1973.

Question 68

Transferability is a spatial interaction concept related to the costs of overcoming the distance between two places.

Question 69

The number of adherents to Christianity is growing in Europe.

Question 70

Switzerland is neither a NATO nor an EU member.

Question 71

Of the four landscape regions in Europe,the Central Uplands has been the realm's leading avenue for internal migrations and external invasions.

Question 72

The Randstad conurbation connects the capital cities of Belgium and the Netherlands.

Question 73

Each of the three Benelux countries is a member of the European Union.

Question 74

Because of internal bickering,the European Union in 2016 contained fewer member-states than it did when it was founded in 1957.

Question 75

The law of the primate city holds that a country's leading city is disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of national capacity and feeling.

Question 76

The Ruhr is located in the Paris Basin.

Question 77

Britain's Midlands,Germany's Ruhr,and Poland's Silesia all possessed major coal deposits that helped launch Industrial Revolutions.

Question 78

The modern era of supranationalism in Europe began with the creation of Benelux in 1944.

Question 79

Although reunified since 1990,former East Germany still lags economically behind former West Germany.

Question 80

The leading states of the region sometimes defined as the Mainland Core are France and Germany.