Unit 4: Europe Test

The greatest uninterrupted expanses of plain on Earth can be found in Europe. This plain is called _________.

• The Great Plains
• The European Plain
• The Eastern Plains
• The English Plains

This major river is the second largest in Europe and flows into the Black Sea.

• Danube
• Rhine
• Alps
• English Channel

This river flows northward from the Swiss Alps through Germany and is the busiest shipping route in the world.

• Danube
• Rhine
• Alps
• English Channel

What two countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?

• Spain and Germany
• France and Portugal
• Portugal and Spain
• Portugal and France

Ancient civilizations used this waterway for trading.

• The Alps
• The English Channel
• The Danube River
• The Mediterranean Sea

European culture has influenced and been influenced by which continents?

• Antarctica, Americas, Africa
• Asia, Africa, Americas
• Americas, Australia, Africa
• North America, Africa, India

The Northern European Plains offer many resources and as a result are ____________ populated.

• sparsley
• densley
• scatter
• minor

Which is NOT a type of energy resource found in Europe?

• natural gas
• coal

• wind
• oil
• granite

Which is one of the ways European leaders are trying to solve their environmental problems?

• eliminating gas fueled cars
• building more electric vehicles
• treating waste and sewage
• allowing more gas fueled cars

Portugal and much of Spain share a _______________ climate.

• Marine west coast
• Humid continental
• Mediterranean
• Subarctic