Europe Test Review

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NATO consists of ______ countries.

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What organization was created in response to NATO?

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Warsaw Pact

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What was NATO's main purpose during the Cold War?

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To provide a collective defense against the Soviet Union

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Which of the following is an accomplishment of NATO? Collective defense agreement, Establishment of the United Nations, Formation of the European Union, Signing of the Kyoto Protocol

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Collective defense agreement

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What is the beginning step or stage in the creation of a polder?

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draining the area of seawater

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Where is the industrial region known as the Ruhr?

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Western Germany

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Fjords are formed by -

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glacial movement along a river valley

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One of these statements is NOT true about the former Yugoslavia. Which is it? It contains the countries of Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia, the disputes that split it have a Christian-versus-Muslim dimension, it split along ethnic lines, with violent conflicts, in the 1990s, the Serbian minority suffered attacks from other groups who wanted its land

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the Serbian minority suffered attacks from other groups who wanted its land

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The largest oil reserves in Europe are located -

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in the North Sea between Great Britain and Scandinavia

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Differences between western and eastern Europe include all of the following EXCEPT - eastern Europe's climates are slightly cooler on average, western Europe is more industrialized, eastern Europe has more land covered with mountains, western Europe joined the European Union later

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western Europe joined the European Union later