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WorksheetsSouthern Europe Review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
What religion do most people in modern Greece practice?
Southern Baptist
Catholicism
Orthodox Christian
Islam
What are two dominant elements of Greek culture today?
Language and food
Family ties and Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic and art
Clothing and Orthodox Church
How did Greece finally achieve a return to democracy?
They rebelled against the Soviet Union.
They rebelled against the Russians.
They rebelled against the Turks.
They rebelled against the Hutu.
How has Greece’s economy changed in the last decade?
Greece’s economy has steadily grown in the past decade.
Greece’s economy has become stagnant in the past decade.
Greece’s economy has not changed in the past decade.
Greece’s economy has fallen drastically in the past decade.
How do people benefit from the access to water features in Southern Europe? Choose the BEST answer.
It allows them to access other countries
It allows them to trade, explore, and fish.
It creates the climate they have.
It helps the region protect itself.
Two of the most common foods in Southern European cooking are...
grapes and olives.
corn and barley.
beans and squash.
beef and pork.
What measures did Greece implement to improve its financial situation?
raising government pensions and hiring
stopped paying debt on loans
deep government spending cuts and wage lowering
required citizens to deposit 10% of earnings into a special fund
Central America is called a (an) ______________because it connects Central and South America.
Strait
Isthmus
Basin
Island
Which is NOT a natural resource in Central America?
coffee
textiles
bananas
cotton
Which statement BEST describes the effect scarcity has on the people of Central America?
Scarcity of resources allows people the option to choose many different career paths.
Scarcity of resources limits the job options for people and leads to low wages.
Scarcity of resources limits the job options for people.
Scarcity of resources allows people to opportunity to make a lot of money.
How much money did the majority of people make in 2000?
Less than $4
$4 to $10
$10 to $50
Earning more than $50.
How much money did the majority of people make in 2012?
Less than $4
$4 to $10
$10 to $50
Earning more than $50
Looking at the pie chart, what percent of the EU energy consumption was oil/petroleum?
37%
22%
12%
5%
What is the difference between a command economy and a free market economy?
In a market economy people have no private property and in a command economy they do.
There is no difference they are the same.
A command economy is run by individual businesses, a market economy is run by the government.
A command economy has the government in control, a market economy is run by individual businesses.
How did the Cold War help lead to the Soviet Union’s collapse?
It cost too much money when Soviet economy was already near collapse
There was no competition between the Soviets and the U. S.
The government reduced the economies to pay for the work.
The country helped send the Russians to the International Space Station.
Democracy is a form of government that allows citizens to have a voice by voting. It comes from ancient Greece.
TRUE
FALSE
The Olympics is a sporting event that originated in ancient Italy, involving many sports and almost every country around the world.
FALSE
TRUE
Characters from Greek mythology are...
not commonly seen in modern literature.
referenced in many books, movies, and plays today.
only talked about as historical figures.
imperfect beings, just like the Greeks who believed in them.
The Parthenon is a perfect example of the qualities of Greek architecture.
TRUE
FALSE
