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Europe map and history review

Total questions: 82

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country is this?

a)

Iceland

b)

Belarus

c)

Spain

d)

Sweden

2.

Which body of water is circled?

a)

Black Sea

b)

North Sea

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Mediterranean Sea

3.

What country is this?

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

Finland

d)

Germany

4.

What country is this?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Ukraine

d)

United Kingdom

5.

What country is this?

a)

Romania

b)

Norway

c)

Poland

d)

Germany

6.

Which body of water is circled?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

North Sea

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Black Sea

7.

What country is this?

a)

Finland

b)

Belarus

c)

Iceland

d)

Sweden

8.

What country is this?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Hungary

d)

Italy

9.

What country is this?

a)

Sweden

b)

Norway

c)

Ukraine

d)

Czech Republic

10.

What country is this?

a)

Russia

b)

Romania

c)

Poland

d)

Spain

11.

Which body of water is circled?

a)

North Sea

b)

Black Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Atlantic Ocean

12.

What country is this?

a)

Russia

b)

United Kingdom

c)

Icelan

d)

Ukraine

13.

What country is this?

a)

Belarus

b)

Italy

c)

Ukraine

d)

Czech Republic

14.

What country is this?

a)

Russia

b)

Poland

c)

Romania

d)

Spain

15.

What country is this?

a)

Spain

b)

Sweden

c)

Finland

d)

Germany

16.

What country is this?

a)

France

b)

Poland

c)

Sweden

d)

Iceland

17.

Which body of water is circled?

a)

North Sea

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Black Sea

18.

What country is this?

a)

Belarus

b)

Ukraine

c)

Romania

d)

United Kingdom

19.

What country is this?

a)

Iceland

b)

Norway

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Italy

20.

What country is this?

a)

Hungary

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Czech Republic

21.

The Alps and Pyrenees are both

a)

corridors

b)

barriers

c)

rivers

d)

seas

22.

Why is Europe called a peninsula?

a)

It is an island

b)

It is surrounded on three sides by water

c)

It has has many mountains and rivers

d)

It has a rich history and strong culture

23.

What country is highlighted? It is home to one of the oldest civilizations on earth, and many ancient ruins such as the Parthenon.

a)

Italy

b)

Greece

c)

Spain

d)

Germany

24.

This south-central European mountain chain is in parts of six different nations.

a)

Carpathian Mountains

b)

Pyrenees Mountains

c)

Alps Mountains

d)

Soggy Mountains

25.

This mountain chain serves as the border between Spain and France. (Spanien and Frankreich on this map)

a)

Smokey Mountains

b)

Alps Mountains

c)

Transylvanian Mountains

d)

Pyrenees Mountains

26.

Of the two countries on the Iberian Peninsula, the highlighted one is the smaller.

a)

United Kingdom

b)

Portugal

c)

France

d)

Port Arthur

27.

Match the highlighted country on the map.

a)

UK

b)

Ireland

c)

Denmark

d)

Sweden

28.

What land mass is the continent of Europe attached to?

a)

Pangaea

b)

Pandora

c)

Eurasia

d)

Northern European Plain

29.

Which is the smallest microstate?

a)

Vatican City

b)

Monaco

c)

Andorra

d)

San Marino

30.

What is the longest river in Europe?

a)

The Seine River

b)

The Elba River

c)

The Thames River

d)

The Danube River

31.

What is the most populated city in Western Europe?

a)

Madrid

b)

London

c)

Paris

d)

Rome

32.

Much of this country is below sea level?

a)

The United Kingdom

b)

The Netherlands

c)

Belgium

d)

Luxembourg

33.

What is the lingua franca of Western Europe?

a)

Latin

b)

Spanish

c)

French

d)

English

34.

What is the capital city of France?

a)

Marseille

b)

Versailles

c)

Paris

d)

Brussels

35.

What human built embankments are used to hold back ocean water?

a)

fjords

b)

polders

c)

hydroelectric dams

d)

renaults

36.

This microstate is in between France and Spain.

a)

Andorra

b)

Vatican City

c)

San Marino

d)

Malta

37.

Spain and Portugal are on which peninsula?

a)

The Jutland

b)

The Scandinavian

c)

The Balkans

d)

The Iberian

38.

Which Western European country had the largest empire in history?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

The United Kingdom

d)

Portugal

39.

Extremely small island-states in the world, many of which are former European colonies, are called

a)

Ministates

b)

Macrostates

c)

Microstates

d)

small nation-states

40.
What is the capital of Austria?
a)
Vienna
b)
Paris
c)
Copenhagen
d)
Berlin
41.
What's the capital of Luxembourg?
a)
Brussels
b)
Rome
c)
Luxembourg
d)
Lisbon
42.
What's the capital of Spain?
a)
Dublin
b)
Rome
c)
Madrid
d)
Prage
43.
What's the capital of Lithuania?
a)
Sofia
b)
Riga
c)
Ljubljana
d)
Vilnius
44.
What's the capital of France?
a)
Zagreb
b)
Valletta
c)
Paris
d)
Stockholm
45.
What's the capital of Hungary?
a)
Budapest
b)
Helsinki
c)
London
d)
Bratislava
46.
What's the capital of Romania?
a)
Amsterdam
b)
Bucharest
c)
Riga
d)
Lisbon
47.
What's the capital of Finland?
a)
Stockholm
b)
Helsinki
c)
Copenhagen
d)
Oslo
48.

What is the capital of Poland?

a)

POLAND

b)

LONDON

c)

PARIS

d)

WARSAW

49.

WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF GREECE?

a)

WARSAW

b)

Athens

c)

Reykjavik

d)

Belgrade

50.
What is the capital of Ireland?
a)
London
b)
Dublin
c)
Cork
d)
Belfast
51.
What is the capital of Italy?
a)
Venice
b)
Florence
c)
Milan
d)
Rome
52.
What's the capital of Norway?
a)
Stockholm
b)
Helsinki
c)
Bern
d)
Oslo
53.
What's the capital of Switzerland?
a)
Rome
b)
Bern
c)
Helsinki
d)
Copenhagen
54.
What country is highlighted? It is home to one of the oldest civilizations on earth, and many ancient ruins such as the Parthenon.
a)
Italy
b)
Greece
c)
Spain
d)
Germany
55.
What geographic feature, usually found along the coasts of the Scandinavian countries in extreme Northern Europe, is shown here? It is a long deep inlet of the sea, between cliffs, formed by glaciers.
a)
polders
b)
uplands
c)
rivers
d)
fjords
56.
The mountain range highlighted in red here crosses Eastern European countries such as Poland &Romania. Transylvania and Dracula's supposed castle are located in these mountains.
a)
Alps
b)
Pyrenees
c)
Urals
d)
Carpathians
57.
These mountains divide France & Spain, & the Iberian Peninsula (Spain plus Portugal) from mainland Europe.
a)
Pyrenees
b)
Urals
c)
Danubes
d)
Alps
58.
The _________________ is a body of saltwater that separates Europe from Africa.
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Aral Sea
c)
Baltic Sea
d)
Caspian Sea
59.
Which river flows 820 miles from the interior (inside) of Europe north and ends in the North sea and served as a watery highway for centuries?
a)
Rhine River
b)
Colorado River
c)
Danube River
d)
Po River
60.

What is the capital of Iceland?

a)

Reykjavík

b)

Helsinki

c)

Copenhagen

d)

Oslo

61.

What is the capital of the United Kingdom?

a)

London

b)

Dublin

c)

Stockholm

d)

Lisbon

62.

What is the capital of Denmark?

a)

Stockholm

b)

Copenhagen

c)

Helsinki

d)

Bern

63.
What mountain range, dividing Europe & Asia, is highlighted here?
a)
Pyrenees
b)
Carpathians
c)
Alps
d)
Urals
64.
Where did democracy originate?
a)
Ancient Greece
b)
Ancient Rome
c)
Visigoths
d)
Mongolians
65.
What is a heretic?
a)
A person whose beliefs are not the same as the Church.
b)
A person whose beliefs are the same as the Church.
c)
A person who lives near the woods.
d)
A person who has a lot of hair.
66.
King Ferdinand believed anyone who was a heretic and didn't follow God as the Catholic Church believed, should die. As a result, what movement did he begin?
a)
The Spanish Inquisition
b)
The Black Death
c)
The Holy Crusades
d)
The Gutenberg Press
67.
What technology created in the Middle Ages changed the world and how?
a)
The Gutenberg press now allowed the mass printing of books.
b)
The Holy Crusades now allowed the mass destruction of Jerusalem.
c)
The Spanish Inquisition developed a new questioning process used by all police in the world today.
d)
The grape press now allowed the making of 
68.
What was one of the results of the pope promising the Christian men of Western Europe that their sins would be forgiven if they went on the Crusades?
a)
Many men died and lowering the population of Western Europe
b)
Many men ran away from the Catholic Church and became Orthodox to keep from enlisting in the military.
c)
Many women and children died without their husbands and fathers to care for them.
d)
Many men enlisted to fight the Crusades knowing all the sins they had committed.
69.
Cultural change was brought from Asia to Italy by one single boat. What did it bring back that changed Europe forever?
a)
The Bubonic Plague
b)
Silk Worms
c)
Ice Cream
d)
The Holy Crusades
70.
What time period brought about a belief of science as more important than God?
a)
The Renaissance Period
b)
The Science Times
c)
The Baroque Period
d)
Medieval Times
71.

Which institution was very powerful during the Middle Ages?

a)

Catholic Church

b)

King

c)

Schools

72.

Why did Europeans in the Middle Ages turn towards feudalism?

a)

It offered the people protection and stability.

b)

It was forced upon them by the traders along the Silk Road.

c)

The feudal system was similar to the Romans' government.

d)

The Pope told them to do it, or they would not go to heaven.

73.

Why did feudalism end?

a)

the king said it wasn't working

b)

the Bubonic Plague

74.

Which disease is represented by the map?

a)

bubonic plague/black death

b)

ebola

c)

zika

d)

west nile virus

75.

What system does the picture represent?

a)

feudalism

b)

caste system

c)

Egyptian society

76.

The time period between the 400s to the 1400s is known as

a)

the Middle Ages

b)

Roman Empire

77.

The time period where people were interested in learning again is called

a)

the Middle Ages

b)

Black Death

c)

the Renaissance

78.

What was a document given by the pope that excused a person from penalties he or she had committed?

a)

Indulgence

b)

Edict

c)

Purgatory

d)

Scroll

79.

Which Protestant reformer supported the idea of predestination?

a)

Ignatius of Loyola

b)

John Calvin

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Henry VIII

80.

a Christian who protested against the Catholic church

a)

Reformation

b)

Indulgence

c)

Purgatory

d)

Protestant

81.

German priest credited with starting the Reformation, he nailed a list of complaints about the Catholic Church to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany.

a)

Martin Luther

b)

John Calvin

c)

King Henry VIII

82.

What was the impact of the printing press?

a)

it allowed books to be more accessible to everyone

b)

it gave access to only the wealthy

c)

it had no impact