UNIT 4: SUBUNIT 1 Western Europe

Which TWO mountain ranges separate Western Europe from neighboring nations in Southern Europe?

• Pyrenees Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains.

• Alps Mountains

• Himalayan Mountains

What forces formed the Alps?

• tsunamis and glaciers

• volcanoes and the Westerlies

• glaciers and the Westerlies

• plate tectonics and glaciers

One of the world’s busiest sea routes, this strait between southern England and northern France, connects the Atlantic Ocean with the North Sea.

• London Bridge

• the English Channel

• Northern European Plain

• Main-Danube Canal

The ​ (a)   is a well-known English river?

• Thames
• Elbe
• Rhine
• Loire

What vegetation covers most of France?

• Deciduous forest

• Coniferous forest

• Mixed forest

• Mediterranean vegetation

When the Romans advanced into Western Europe, they brought their beliefs, their language (Latin), and their technologies with them. This is an example of

• culture borrowing

• culture diffusion

• ethnocentrism

• dialect

What did the Romans build to transport water to cities and towns?

• bridges

• aqueducts

• the Chunnel

• concrete roads

Christianity began to spread quickly when which Roman Emperor ​ (a)   converted in A.D. 312?

• Constantine
• Julius Ceasar
• Julius Caesar
• Nero
• Tiberius

When did Rome’s western empire fall?

• when Emperor Constantine adopted Christianity

• when Christian subjects rose up against Roman rule

• when Germanic groups were pushed into Western Europe by the Huns

• when invaders from North Africa conquered Rome

This term describes a period of transition between ancient and modern times.

• Century

• Generation

• Era

• Medieval