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Chapter 12 Section 1 Geography

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 218 B.C., a general from North Africa, named_____________, attacked the Roman Empire.

a)

Napoleon

b)

Hannibal

c)

Hamilcar Barca

d)

Alexander the Great

2.

Hannibal took 38 _______________ and about 60,000 troops across the Mediterranean to Spain.

a)

Citizens

b)

Goats

c)

Horses

d)

War Elephants

3.

To do so, his armies has to cross the_______________ , the Rhone River, and the Alps.

a)

Pyrenees Mountains

b)

Mount Everest

c)

Mount McKinley

d)

Sahara

4.

In the __________ , high paths and slick ice caused men and animals to fall to their deaths.

a)

Pyrenees Mountains

b)

Rhone River

c)

Alps

d)

Mount Everest

5.

Despite this, they arrived in Italy with about 26,000 troops and a few elephants, and he defeated _____________.

a)

North Africa

b)

Rome

c)

France

d)

Germany

6.

Because of these peninsulas, most locations in Europe are more than _____________ from an ocean or sea.

a)

10 miles

b)

300 miles

c)

500 miles

d)

1 mile

7.

Occupied by the nations of Norway and Sweden, it is bounded by the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea and the_____________.

a)

Baltic Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Pacific Ocean

8.

Fjords provide excellent ____________ for fishing boats.

a)

Bays

b)

Docks

c)

Harbors

9.

Fjords are often separated by narrow ______________.

a)

Lakes

b)

Creeks

c)

Rivers

d)

Peninsulas

10.

The famous mountain chain is ________.

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

the Alps

c)

Himalayas

d)

Andes

11.

Mountains make it difficult for ___________, ___________, and ____________ to move easily from place to place.

a)

People, Goods, Ideas

b)

Horses, Mules, Donkeys

c)

Goats, Pigs, Alpacas

12.

Traversing Europe is a network of rivers that bring ______________ and ____________ together.

a)

People, Goods

b)

Cats, Dogs

c)

Horses, Cows

d)

Weapons, Gear

13.

The rivers are used to _________________ between coastal harbors and the inland region, aiding economic growth.

a)

bathe

b)

catch fish

c)

swim

d)

transport goods

14.

Two major castle-lined rivers, the ______________ and the ______________ , were used as watery highways.

a)

Danube River, Rhine River

b)

Mississippi River, Pearl River

c)

Amazon River, Parana River

d)

Nile River, Zambezi River

15.

The ___________ flows about 820 mills from the interior of Europe north to the North Sea.

a)

Danube River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Rhine River

d)

Nile River

16.

The _____________ flows through the heart of Europe and it is 1,771 miles long.

a)

Amazon River

b)

Danube River

c)

Nile River

d)

Rhine River

17.

Europe has abundant supplies of two natural resources, which are __________ and __________.

a)

Fish, Petroluem

b)

Oil, Lumber

c)

Nickel, Copper

d)

Coal, Iron

18.

Near many of these coal deposits are iron ore deposits. Having both of these resources makes it possible to produce ______________.

a)

steel

b)

energy

c)

fuel

d)

metal

19.

Because of Europe's factorization, they suffer from ________________.

a)

Air pollution

b)

over-population

c)

no power

d)

industrial pollution

20.

Energy companies began to tap gas fields between the ________________ and the Netherlands.

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Denmark

21.

The North Sea oil fields are major sources of _____________ for the world.

a)

oil

b)

petroleum

c)

lumber

d)

nickel

22.

About _________ percent of Europe’s land is suitable for farming.

a)

10

b)

21

c)

33

d)

69

23.

_______________ is cut from vast forests on the Scandinavian Peninsula and in the Alps.

a)

timber

b)

iron

c)

nickel

d)

oil

24.

Oil and natural gas were found beneath the _____________ Sea floor.

a)

North

b)

China

c)

Mediterranean

d)

Indian

25.

Norway, the Netherlands, the ______________, and __________________ now pump oil from rigs as far as 400 miles out in the ocean.

a)

United Kingdom, Denmark

b)

Poland, Germany

c)

Hungary, Austria

d)

Spain, Portugal