Geography of Southern Europe

What is a leading cause of deforestation?

• a. fires caused by the drier and warmer conditions of climate change

• b. melting of higher altitude glaciers due to climate change

• c. algae blooms caused by warmer water temperatures

• d. loss of oxygen due to explosive growth of harmful insects that thrive in warmer temperatures

The major mountain chains of Southern Europe include the

• a. Apennines, Adriatic, and Ionian.

• b. Black, Pyrenees, and Alpines.

• c. Alps, Pyrenees, and Apennines.

• d. Tiber, Po, and Mediterranean.

 As manufacturing activity declined across Southern Europe over the past 30 years, the ________ sector has increased steadily.

• a. agricultural

• b. industrial

• c. financial

• d. service

Tourism is a major component of Southern Europe’s economy. This is an example of the region’s increasing dependence on the ________ sector.

• a. manufacturing

• b. financial

• c. services

• d. agricultural

Which type of landform is found in regions that may be prone to earthquakes caused by plate tectonic forces?

• a. peninsula

• b. plateau

• c. massif

• d. Meseta

Which political-historical process led Southern Europe to transition from city-states and ethnic regions into modern countries?

• a. Renaissance

• b. nationalism =

• c. complementarity

• d. colonialism

In recent decades, political and economic instability in some nations of Southern Europe was the result of

• a. the housing crisis and natural disasters.

• b. high national debt and unemployment.

• c. loss of tourism and climate change.

• d. industrial decline and EU mismanagement.

Which lists a geographical feature that has kept the Balkan Peninsula isolated and slow to develop economically, and another feature that has helped to offset, or balance, that isolation?

• a. surrounded by three seas/mountainous terrain

• b. mountainous terrain/surrounded by three seas

• c. Alpine mountains/network of navigable rivers

• d. network of non-navigable rivers/flat, inland plains

A non-governmental organization (NGO) might attempt to protect the environment of Southern Europe by

• a. passing laws, such as the Mediterranean Action Plan.

• b. creating official departments such as the European Environmental Agency.

• c. enacting regulations such as limits on overfishing certain endangered species of fish.

• d. launching public awareness and education campaigns on environmental issues.

Which factors account for economic instability in the Southern European region in the 21st century?

• a. energy scarcity, post World War II reconstruction, EU membership

• b. loss of manufacturing base, consumer overspending, lack of healthcare, low literacy rates

• c. government overspending, high unemployment, high national debt

• d. EU loans and subsidies, over reliance of tourism industry, global economic downturn