Deck 8: Europe

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Currently what is the most urgent environmental issue for Europe?

A) deforestation
B) climate change
C) acid rain
D) air pollution
E) fresh water sources

Answer 2

B

Question 3

When the EU entered the 1997 Kyoto negotiations,it proposed a target of a reduction of what percent below 1990 greenhouse gas emissions?

A) 10
B) 2
C) 8
D) 15
E) 12

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Traditionally,in which region of Europe were environmental conditions the worst?

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

Foreigners comprise about 10% of the population in

A) Denmark.
B) Italy.
C) Germany.
D) Belgium.
E) Ireland.

Question 8

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 9

What is Europe's longest river?

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

Question 10

35% of the energy in France is generated from this source.

A) nuclear power
B) coal
C) natural gas
D) wind
E) solar

Question 11

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 12

In which European country would you find fjords?

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

Question 13

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 14

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 15

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 16

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 17

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 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.

Question 19

The Renaissance-Baroque period of urban development was characterized by

A) a dense landscape with few open space.
B) narrow, winding streets.
C) expansive ceremonial buildings and squares.
D) clustering of factories.
E) rebuilding from war's destruction.

Question 20

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 21

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 22

Which EU country has recently established formal border controls along one of its borders?

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

Question 23

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 24

The Schengen Agreement,signed in 1985,meant that

A) crossing a European border required passport and auto insurance documentation.
B) crossing a European border was not possible without government permission.
C) crossing a European border required neither paperwork nor government approval.
D) crossing a European border became more difficult for the ethnic minority Roma.
E) crossing a European border was only available to people from countries that were EU members.

Question 25

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 26

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 27

Which of the following led to WWII?

A) reassertion of power by the Ottoman Empire
B) a treaty of cooperation between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany
C) redrawing the map to acknowledge the nationalistic aspirations of unrepresented peoples
D) the dissolution of Poland and Czechoslovakia

Question 28

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 29

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 30

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 31

The European population is characterized by which stage of the demographic transition?

A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
E) Fifth

Question 32

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

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

Question 33

Which country of Europe has a large Muslim migrant population?

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

Question 34

Large number of French-speaking Africans and Arab Muslims live in what areas of the cities and towns of western Europe?

A) close to the central city
B) in highly integrated and diverse neighborhoods
C) in high-density apartment buildings in the suburbs
D) in the central city and in highly integrated and diverse neighborhoods

Question 35

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 36

Which European country has the highest representation of women in parliamentary offices?

A) Cypress
B) the United Kingdom
C) Germany
D) Denmark
E) Sweden

Question 37

What event was 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 38

Which European country divided into two after 1990?

A) Czechoslovakia
B) Yugoslavia
C) Germany
D) Ireland
E) Romania

Question 39

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 40

Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic?

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

Question 41

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 42

Iceland lies on a tectonic boundary and has many active volcanoes.

Question 43

Which of the following European countries is NOT a member of the European Union?

A) Austria
B) Denmark
C) Portugal
D) Switzerland
E) United Kingdom

Question 44

The Apennines mountain range separates France and Spain.

Question 45

Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina was carried out against which group(s)?

A) Serbs
B) Croats
C) Muslims
D) Serbs and Muslims
E) Muslims and Croats

Question 46

Fjords,which were created by glaciers,are found in France.

Question 47

The Atlantic Coast of Europe has a maritime climate.

Question 48

Which was not a reason for the present economic crisis in Europe?

A) Soviet interference in eastern Europe's economies
B) cheap credit available to weak economies
C) overspending by consumers
D) overspending by governments

Question 49

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 50

Which of the following was a major determinant of the early industrial regions of Europe?

A) coal
B) a large labor force
C) access to banking and finance
D) mild climate
E) All of the choices are correct.

Question 51

Many European countries are now importing coal from North America.

Question 52

Which non-European country played a major role in the economy of the countries of Eastern Europe?

A) China
B) Japan
C) Soviet Union
D) United States
E) All of the choices are correct.

Question 53

In which country of Europe did the Industrial Revolution start?

A) England
B) Germany
C) Spain
D) France
E) Italy

Question 54

More frequent heat waves are a possible outcome of climate change in Europe.

Question 55

Europeans generate more CO2 emissions than do Americans.

Question 56

What is the currency of the European Monetary Union?

A) the euro
B) the franc
C) the Deutschemark
D) the pound
E) the dollar

Question 57

Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War II centered on what commodity (or commodities)?

A) telegraph and telephones
B) transportation
C) textiles
D) computers and information technology
E) coal and steel

Question 58

Germany has a Mediterranean climate.

Question 59

The loss of more than 90% of the aquatic life in Poland's rivers was due to industrial waste.

Question 60

The Mediterranean climate has a dry summer and a wet winter.

Question 61

Europe is in stage 3 of the demographic transition.

Question 62

The Schengen Agreement paved the way for the reunification of East and West Germany.

Question 63

Basketball is unquestionably Europe's national sport.

Question 64

One would be most likely to hear a Romance language spoken in the Netherlands.

Question 65

The schism between western and eastern Christianity occurred because Greek missionaries refused to accept the control of Roman bishops.

Question 66

The Basque language is spoken only in a small region of Spain.

Question 67

Romance languages evolved from French.

Question 68

After they were forced to leave Palestine by the Romans,Jews clustered in Muslim lands of the Iberian Peninsula because Islam showed greater tolerance for Judaism than had Christianity.

Question 69

The Cold War ended due to U.S.pressure on the Soviet Union to allow for democratic reforms.

Question 70

The largest number of migrants to France are from North Africa.

Question 71

Early post-World War II cooperation in Western Europe centered on transportation.

Question 72

The historic medieval landscapes of many European cities have become the focus of gentrification.

Question 73

When states attempt to reclaim lost territory or peoples is called balkanization.

Question 74

Of the former Yugoslav republics,only Slovenia and Croatia are members of the EU.

Question 75

The Danube is Europe's longest river.

Question 76

France and Britain declared war on Germany after Germany's invasion of Poland.

Question 77

Romanian is a Slavic language but contains many Romance words.

Question 78

Many European countries have pro-growth policies such as free contraception.

Question 79

Women's workforce participation is highest in eastern Europe and the Balkans.

Question 80

Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion in the southern part of Europe.