Europe - Chapter Test (Reg.)

1. Identify the continent of Europe on this map of the world.

• 7
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

2. What is "Eurasia"?

• It's the name of a country.
• It's the name for the landmass of the Europe and Asia combined.
• It's what scientists called the world when they believed it was all connected in 1 giant landmass.
• It's the name of a European city.

3. Which body of water does NOT border the continent of Europe?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Arctic Ocean
• Mediterranean Sea
• Pacific Ocean

4. Use this map of Europe to answer the following question: What type of landform is Cyprus? (look southeast)

• Peninsula
• Archipelago
• Island
• Landlocked

5. Use this map of Europe to answer to answer the following question: Which of the following countries is a peninsula?

• Denmark
• Austria
• Switzerland
• Czech Republic

6. Read the passage below to answer the following question: What caused the formation of the Alps?

• earthquakes caused by volcanic eruptions in the ring of fire
• the African continental plate slowly crashed into Europe
• the mountains were carved out over a long period of time by glaciers
• they formed when Pangaea broke apart many years ago

7. Read the passage below. Identify the HUMAN - ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION caused by the Alps. (FRIENDLY REMINDER: Human - Environment Interactions are ways that humans adapt to or change their environments.)

9. Which of the 8 traits of culture is being represented by the map below?

• A. Art
• B. Government
• C. Economy
• D. Religion

10. Why does the Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss end on a cliffhanger? (Meaning an uncertain ending.)

• Dr. Seuss wanted to rewrite history.
• The Cold War never ended; it's still going on.
• The Cold War had not ended when he wrote the book.
• Dr. Seuss enjoyed traumatizing children.

11. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the U.S. were engaged in an "arms race". What is an "arms race"?

• a competition to develop & stockpile superior weapons - like nuclear weapons
• a policy of containment to control the spread of communism
• the idea that we're evenly matched in weapons, which is why we haven't destroyed each other
• a theory that if when country became Communist, it would eventually spread to neighboring countries