History Chapter 14

For almost half of the twentieth century, Europe was divided into two Europes called...

• Communist Eastern Europe and Capitalist Western Europe

• Communist Eastern Europe and Free Western Europe

• Free Eastern Europe and Communist Western Europe

What mountain chain cuts off Spain from the rest of Europe?

• Andes

• Alps

• Pyrenees

• Rockies

Which activity is NOT a favorite of the Spanish people?

• bullfighting

• folk singing and dancing

• ice hockey

• soccer

This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail all the way around the world.

Which man is not a famous artist of the Italian Renaissance?

• Michaelangeo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Raphael

• Alfred the Great

What Italian explorer (for whom America was named) was the first to realize that the New World was a new continent: Amerigo ________

What is the largest mountain system in Europe? It borders Germany, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland.

What is Europe's most important River?

This ruler crowned himself Emperor of France and started a whole series of wars which were named after him.

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Adolf Hitler

• Ferdinand Magellan

True or False: In WWI, Germany was part of the Central Powers.

• True

• False