World Geography Review Part 2

What is glaciation? What region of Europe would you more likely hear about this topic?
A. Process by which the large sheets of ice shape landforms; Northern Europe
B. Spring that shoots out jets of heated water and steam; Northern Europe
C. Having to do with a large land mass; Northwestern Europe
D. Process by which the large sheets of ice shape landforms; Eastern Europe

• a
• b
• c
• d

What are “welfare states” and in which European region would you find countries referred to as “welfare states?”
A. Countries with low economic mobility and majority of citizens in poverty; Eastern Europe
B. Government takes primary responsibility for its citizens’ economic and social well-being; Southern Europe
C. Government takes primary responsibility for its citizens’ economic and social well-being; Northern Europe
D. Countries with low economic mobility and majority of citizens in poverty; Northern Europe

• A
• B
• C
• D

Europe is a(n) ______________________.
A. Archipelago
B. Mountain
C. Peninsula
D. Isthmus  

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which important historical time period began in Northwestern Europe?
A. Industrial Revolution
B. Bosnian War
C. Haitian Revolution
D. Revolution of 1917

• A
• B
• C
• D

What is the universal adopted currency in Europe and among member nations of the EU?
A. Franc
B. Euro
C. Ruble
D. Deutsche Mark

• A
• B
• C
• D

What are the three major peninsulas in Southern Europe?
A. Balkan, Jutland, and Scandinavian
B. Iberian, Scandinavian, and Italian
C. Iberian, Italian, and Balkan
D. Balkan, Scandinavian, Iberian

• A
• B
• C
• D

What is a shatter belt?
A. a division of regions into smaller regions
B. the expelling from a country or genocide of an ethnic group
C. a land area of heavy volcanic activity
D. a region where political alliances are constantly splintering and fracturing based on ethnicity  

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which two geographical features are very important to the landscape and people of Northwestern Europe?
A. The Alps and the Northern European Plain
B. The Scandinavian Peninsula and the Ring of Fire
C. The Carpathian and Balkan Mountains
D. The Pyrenees and the Carpathian Mountains

• A
• B
• C
• D

. What is ethnic cleansing and in which region of Europe did the most recent tragedies of ethnic cleansing take place?
A. a division of regions into smaller regions; Northern Europe
B. a division of regions into smaller regions; Eastern Europe
C. the expelling from a country or genocide of an ethnic group; Eastern Europe
D. the expelling from a country or genocide of an ethnic group; Northwestern Europe

• A
• B
• C
• D

The terror group ISIS is based in which two countries?
A. Iran and Syria
B. Afghanistan and Iraq
C. Iraq and Syria
D. Sudan and Iran

• A
• B
• C
• D