Deck 2: Europe

Question 1

This is a semiarid,treeless,grassland plain.

A)tundra
B)steppe
C)polder
D)taiga
E)bora

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In the steppe region of the North European Lowlands,what type of agriculture dominates the landscape?

A)wheat
B)sheep
C)cattle
D)corn
E)fruit and vegetable

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Besides the Black Death,what was the other factor halting the "great medieval colonization?"

A)swidden agriculture
B)financing by princes
C)the Irish Potato Famine
D)collapse of the Roman Empire
E)Little Ice Age

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Deep,bowl-shaped basins on mountainsides which are shaped by ice action are called:

A)moraines
B)cirques
C)fjords
D)tarns
E)alluvial fans

Question 5

A central business district is a central nucleus within a city,with mostly this kind of land use.

A)residential
B)commercial
C)industrial
D)recreational
E)cultural

Question 6

Which of the following is the largest of the European peninsulas?

A)Balkan Peninsula
B)Iberian Peninsula
C)Italian Peninsula
D)Scandinavian Peninsula
E)none of these

Question 7

This mountain range is sometimes used to mark the boundary between Europe and Asia.

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

Question 8

The climate of Southeastern Europe is classified as:

A)Marine west coast
B)Polar
C)Highland
D)Mediterranean
E)Continental/midlatitudes

Question 9

Which country first developed polder landscape techniques?

A)Switzerland
B)France
C)United Kingdom
D)Netherlands
E)Italy

Question 10

The Randstad,a densely populated,highly urbanized region,is located in this country.

A)Sweden
B)Belgium
C)the Netherlands
D)Germany
E)Denmark

Question 11

London is located on this river.

A)Rhine
B)Seine
C)Elbe
D)Thames
E)Marne

Question 12

Which country was the first in oversea expansions?

A)France
B)Spain
C)the Netherlands
D)Portugal
E)Italy

Question 13

The overall life expectancy in Europe is:

A)75
B)79
C)72
D)60
E)80

Question 14

The Pyrenees Mountains designate the border between France and:

A)Spain
B)Italy
C)Germany
D)Belgium
E)Switzerland

Question 15

Less than 3% of the European Union workforce is employed in this sector of the economy.

A)agriculture
B)industry
C)services
D)manufacturing
E)office work

Question 16

After World War II,this German city was divided between two countries,one under democratic rule,the other under Communist rule.

A)Bonn
B)Dortmund
C)Berlin
D)Amsterdam
E)Munich

Question 17

The principal industry of the Alpine region is:

A)sheep farming
B)manufacturing
C)banking
D)fishing
E)tourism

Question 18

This physiographic region has many important coalfields within Europe.

A)Northwestern Uplands
B)Alpine System
C)Central Plateaus
D)North European Lowlands
E)Mediterranean basin

Question 19

Mistral winds blow down the Rhône Valley in southern:

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

Question 20

What is the single most dominant feature of the Northwestern Uplands landscape?

A)grasslands
B)deserts
C)forests
D)plains
E)cropland

Question 21

Which country was expelled from the Soviet bloc due to ideological differences?

A)Bulgaria
B)Czechoslovakia
C)Hungary
D)Yugoslavia
E)Finland

Question 22

The "Southern Crescent" of Europe includes all these cities except:

A)Paris
B)Milan
C)Turin
D)Munich
E)Zürich

Question 23

Which of the following led to attempts at ethnic cleansing in the late 20th century?

A)Croat nationalism
B)Muslim nationalism
C)Serbian nationalism
D)Basque nationalism
E)none of these

Question 24

Which of these countries never had a Communist government?

A)Italy
B)Spain
C)Greece
D)United Kingdom
E)None of these countries ever had a Communist government.

Question 25

In the 1990s,the most extreme example of ethnic cleansing occurred in the ________ region.

A)Kosovo
B)Serbia
C)Croatia
D)Latvia
E)Estonia

Question 26

When was the Marshall Plan instituted?

A)after World War I
B)after World War II
C)at the end of Communism
D)during the Gulf War
E)none of these

Question 27

This is the best reason why Europe's population is growing so slowly at present.

A)decline in birthrates
B)increase in death rates
C)out-migration to other regions
D)AIDS infection
E)Europe is actually growing rapidly at present.

Question 28

During what period did innovations in technology and business bring Europe into a new merchant capitalist economy?

A)9th-10th century
B)11th-12th century
C)13th-14th century
D)15th-16th century
E)19th-20th century

Question 29

Spain and ________ used gold and silver from the Americas to increase their wealth during the colonial period.

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

Question 30

Historically,the river basins of the Rhine,the Seine,and the Thames became focused on intermediary centers of trade and transshipment that helped transform Europe.The cities along these river basins were referred to as:

A)edge cities
B)primate cities
C)hinterlands
D)entrepot seaports
E)growth poles

Question 31

Industrialization came to the coalfield areas of northern France,Belgium,and Germany during this time period.

A)1790-1850
B)1850-1870
C)1870-1900
D)1900-1920
E)1940-1950

Question 32

Which of the following is defined as a national economy in which all aspects of production are centrally controlled by government agencies?

A)command economy
B)common market
C)capitalism
D)welfare state
E)swidden

Question 33

Beginning around 750 B.C.E.,the ancient Greeks developed a series of fortified city states called:

A)poleis
B)latifundia
C)apparatchiks
D)foggara
E)none of the above

Question 34

During the Cold War,which region of Europe contained the "satellite states?"

A)Northwestern Europe
B)Eastern Europe
C)Southern Europe
D)Northern Europe
E)Central Europe

Question 35

This is the best estimate of Europe's contribution to the world's aggregate GNP.

A)13%
B)23%
C)33%
D)43%
E)73%

Question 36

Xenophobia is:

A)a hate,or fear,of Americans
B)a hate or fear of religion
C)a hate,or fear,of foreigners
D)a love,or acceptance of foreigners
E)a love,or acceptance of Americans

Question 37

After an unsuccessful initiative program,this became the goal of COMECON.

A)economic self-sufficiency
B)mutual trade among the Soviet bloc
C)a move to Chinese Communism
D)export production for the West European market
E)capitalist investment

Question 38

Approximately how many Jews were put to death during the Holocaust?

A)20 million
B)30 million
C)200,000
D)2 million
E)10 million

Question 39

What is "Balkanization"?

A)the combination of territories held together by an authoritarian government
B)the division of a territory into smaller and often mutually hostile political units
C)the division of a territory into smaller and often mutually dependent political units
D)the formation of federations of small political units
E)none of these

Question 40

This has been the overall result of the European Union's policy toward agriculture.

A)a withdrawal from mixed farming in Europe
B)a decrease in production of wheat and dairy products in Europe
C)decreased specialization in oil seeds like canola in Europe
D)an increase in farm imports from outside Europe
E)decreased investment in European agriculture

Question 41

Europe's current urbanization rate is approximately 73 percent.

Question 42

What percent of Europe's population is approximately over 65 years of age?

A)9%
B)16%
C)37%
D)45%
E)56%

Question 43

The United Nations Kyoto Protocol is a legally binding global agreement to reduce greenhouse emissions into the atmosphere.

Question 44

Europe is home to approximately ________ Muslims.

A)2-4 million
B)20-30 million
C)15-20 million
D)1-2 million
E)5-10 million

Question 45

In 2008,the average number of children per family in Europe was:

A)2)1
B)1)2
C)1)5
D)3
E)4

Question 46

One of the largest and most successful growth centers within metropolitan Paris is called:

A)La Defense
B)Potsdamer Platz
C)Londinium
D)Hague
E)Docklands

Question 47

All of these are major cities of Europe's "Golden Triangle" except:

A)London
B)Rome
C)Paris
D)Berlin
E)None of these are in the "Golden Triangle."

Question 48

What does the German word Gastarbeiter mean?

A)German nationalism
B)internal passport
C)guest worker
D)foreigner
E)none of these

Question 49

Northwestern Europe is dominated by midlatitude climates.

Question 50

A country that has a centralized,autocratic government and values nation and race over the individual is referred to as:

A)communism
B)democracy
C)command economy
D)fascism
E)socialism

Question 51

What is the predominant religion in southern Europe?

A)Protestantism
B)Roman Catholicism
C)Eastern Orthodox
D)Judaism
E)No one religion predominates in southern Europe.

Question 52

Massif refers to a compact chain of mountain that is separate from other ranges.

Question 53

World War II resulted in smaller ethnic minorities in Southeastern Europe than before the war.

Question 54

"La Defense" is an example of a:

A)19th century suburb
B)medieval city
C)central business district
D)growth center
E)none of the above

Question 55

Ukraine is a former Soviet republic which has successfully reintegrated with the rest of Europe.

Question 56

Loess is a fine-grained,extremely fertile soil.

Question 57

Almost all Western Europeans live in a European Union member country.

Question 58

The first wave of European industrialization was located in the coal fields of northern France,Belgium,and Germany.

Question 59

Most of the immigrants going to the Netherlands are from former colonies in Indonesia.

Question 60

Temperate forests cover approximately 25% of Europe today.

Question 61

Women in Europe generally have a significantly longer life expectancy than men.

Question 62

The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France is the world's leading area for the production of lavender and other aromatic flowers.

Question 63

Slavic languages dominate southern Europe.

Question 64

Enclaves are culturally distinct territories that are surrounded by the territory of a different cultural group,whereas exclaves are portions of a country or of a culture group's territory that lie outside its contiguous land area.