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Chapter 12-14 Europe

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Most of Europe lies within 300 miles of a seacoast. Europe is often called a __________.
a)
Major Island
b)
Mistral
c)
Peninsula of peninsulas
d)
Italian Peninsula
2.

Norway and Sweden are a part of this peninsula

a)

Balkan Peninsula

b)

Scandinavian Peninsula

c)

Balkan Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

3.

Denmark is a part of this peninsula

a)

Jutland Peninsula

b)

Balkan Peninsula

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

4.

Spain and Portugal are a part of this peninsula

a)

Balkan Peninsula

b)

Italian Peninsula

c)

Jutland Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

5.

Italy is a part of this peninsula

a)

Iberian Peninsula

b)

Italian Peninsula

c)

Jutland Peninsula

d)

Balkan Peninsula

6.

Former Yugoslav republics, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and the European part of Turkey are a part of this peninsula

a)

Jutland Peninsula

b)

Iberian Peninsula

c)

Italian Peninsula

d)

Balkan Peninsula

7.

Deep sea filled with valleys cut by glaciers.

a)

Mountains

b)

Polders

c)

Fjords

d)

Peat

8.

The _____ include Iceland, Great Britain, Greenland, Ireland.

a)

Peninsula of peninsulas

b)

Polders

c)

Peat

d)

Major Island

9.

Ireland is often called the _______.

a)

Peninsula of peninsulas

b)

Island of Islands

c)

Mountain

d)

Emerald Isle

10.

The ______ include Crete, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily.

a)

Mountains

b)

Major Islands

c)

Mediterranean Islands

d)

Polders

11.

_____ include the Alps, Pyennes, and Appenines.

a)

Mountains

b)

North European Plain

c)

Major Rivers

d)

Peat

12.

______ is one of the most fertile agricultural regions in the world.

a)

Polders

b)

Resources

c)

South European Plain

d)

North European Plain

13.

Drained areas of land below sea level

a)

Polders

b)

Peat

c)

Fjords

d)

Mistral

14.

_____ include Rhine and Danube.

a)

Resources

b)

Peat

c)

Major Rivers

d)

Mountains

15.

_____ include coal and iron, oil and natural gas.

a)

Peat

b)

Resources

c)

Polders

d)

Fjords

16.

Partially decayed plant matter found in bogs

a)

Peat

b)

Polders

c)

Mistral

d)

Sirocco

17.

A current of warm water from the tropics

a)

North Pacific Drift

b)

South Pacific Drift

c)

North Atlantic Drift

d)

South Atlantic Drift

18.

A cold, dry wind from the north

a)

sirocco

b)

mistral

c)

polders

d)

fjords

19.

A hot wind from North Africa

a)

Sirocco

b)

Mistral

c)

Peat

d)

Polders

20.

Earthen banks holding back the North Sea.

a)

Dikes

b)

Crusades

c)

TGV

d)

Republic

21.

_____ include citrus fruits, olives, grapes, and wheat. Tourism is a major industry in the region.

a)

Benelux Nations

b)

Crusades

c)

TGV

d)

Major Crops

22.

____ include deforestation, acid rain or snow, and water pollution. Nations must work together to help.

a)

National Concerns

b)

Environmental Concerns

c)

Weather Concerns

d)

Hot Weather

23.

The _________Sea encouraged overseas trade

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Caspian

c)

Red

d)

Adriatic

24.

A political unit based on a city and surrounding lands

a)

Republic

b)

City-State

c)

Democracy

d)

Communism

25.

A government in which citizens elect representatives.

a)

Democracy

b)

Communism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Republic

26.

A series of wars to take Palestine from the Muslims

a)

Conflicts

b)

WWll

c)

Crusades

d)

WW1

27.

A time of renewed interest in learning and the arts.

a)

Renaissance

b)

common European Values

c)

Tourism

d)

Midieval Times

28.

Benelux Nations are?

a)

Belarus, Nepal, Latvia

b)

Bolivia, Netherlands, London

c)

Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg

d)

Belize, New Zealand, Liberia

29.

Loyalty and devotion to ones own country

a)

Patriotism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Loyalty

d)

allegiance

30.

One of the world's fastest passenger trains, found in France.

a)

TGV

b)

PGA

c)

RVM

d)

PAH

31.

What does Switzerland specialize in?

a)

Wool

b)

Skiing

c)

Tourism

d)

Banking

32.

Europe ranks ____ in the size of the continents?

a)

7th

b)

5th

c)

6th

d)

4th

33.

Name for Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland collectively, also known as the Nordic Countries.

a)

Benelux Nations

b)

European Nations

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Scandinavia

34.

A representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed.

a)

government

b)

Parliment

c)

City-State

d)

nation

35.

A common currency proposed by the European Union for its member nations.

a)

Peso

b)

Dollar

c)

Pound

d)

Euro

36.

A place where various cultures cross

a)

Cultural Crossroads

b)

Cultural Hearths

c)

Cultural Markets

d)

Silk Road

37.

The process of a region breaking up into small, mutually hostile units.

a)

States

b)

Units

c)

Balkanization

d)

Anti-Semitism

38.

Nations dominated by another country

a)

Satellite Nations

b)

Communist Nations

c)

Regions

d)

Government

39.

Industries make the goods consumers want.

a)

Cultural economy

b)

Market economy

c)

Heavy Industry

d)

Light Industry

40.

Religions include?

a)

Mormon, Jews, Catholic, Muslims, Islams,

b)

Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Jews,

c)

Roman Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Christianity, Muslim and Jews

d)

Catholics, Jews, Protestants, Baptist, Buddhism

41.

Discrimination against Jewish people.

a)

Discrimination

b)

Racism

c)

Hate Crime

d)

Anti-Semitism

42.

The mass killing of 6 million European Jews and others by the Nazis of Germany in WWII.

a)

Anti-Semitism

b)

WWII

c)

Holocaust

d)

Balkanization

43.

Germany's four-lane superhighways.

a)

Freeway

b)

Autobahn

c)

Highway

d)

Raceway

44.

Many ________and ___________systems are government owned.

a)

Communication and transportation

b)

Computer and school

c)

Environmental and Health

d)

CIA and Police

45.

More and more ______are entering the workforce, and Nordic countries had a high percentage of ______ in their parliaments.

a)

women and men

b)

women and women

c)

men and men

d)

men and women

46.

The government takes great responsibility for the welfare of its people, especially the Nordic countries.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Taxes are High

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Policy of trying to eliminate an ethnic group through violence.

a)

Extermination

b)

Ethnic Cleansing

c)

Genocide

d)

Holocaust

49.

What does EEC stand for

a)

Europe Education Council

b)

Ethnic European Cleansing

c)

European Euro Currency

d)

European Economic Community

50.

What does EC stand for.

a)

Europe's Country

b)

European Center

c)

European Council

d)

European Community

51.

What does EU stand for

a)

Europe's Unity

b)

Euro's unlimited

c)

European Union

d)

Euro ultimate

52.

What do Europeans Value?

a)

parents, religions, community

b)

past, family, education

c)

Health care, food, children

d)

government, elderly, health

53.

Areas with high population density share the following characteristics: favorable climate, plains, fertile soil, mineral resources, and inland waterways.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Europe has ___ oft he world's top 10 manufacturing nations.

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

4

55.

Does the European Union have a greater or lesser volume of trade than any one country in the world?

a)

Greater

b)

Lesser

56.

More Europeans earn a living from______ than any other single economic activity.

a)

Farming

b)

Commerce

c)

Banking

d)

Trade

57.

Machinery and equipment for factories and mines.

a)

Light industry

b)

Heavy industry

c)

Industrialism

d)

Factory

58.

Textiles or food processing

a)

market economy

b)

Food industry

c)

Heavy industry

d)

Light industry

59.

Much of the world's _______is produced in Southern Europe?

a)

Wheat

b)

Olives

c)

Wine

d)

Grapes

60.

Europe has some of the world's most fertile and productive __________?

a)

soil

b)

industry

c)

people

d)

farmland

61.

these are among the world's leaders in manufacturing, Steel and Automobiles

a)

France, U.K.,Italy, Poland,Germany

b)

Norway, Sweden, Italy, France

c)

Austria, Greenland, Germany, France

d)

Switzerland, Poland, Sweden, Germany