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Northern Europe

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Icelandic volcano sent smoke and ash over continental Europe in 2010?

a)

Eyjafjallajökull

b)

Hekla

c)

Askja

d)

Eldfell

2.

Denmark is a Scandinavian country.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What significant source of energy does Iceland have besides Hydroelectricity?

a)

Nuclear power

b)

Coal

c)

Kinetic energy

d)

Geothermal energy

4.

The Gulf Stream helps provide a warmer climate to Northern Europe through the...

a)

North Atlantic Drift

b)

Labrador Current

c)

East Australian Current

d)

North Equatorial Current

5.

Norway employs a large number of guest workers even though it is not a member of the...

a)

North American Free Trade Agreement

b)

NATO

c)

European Union

d)

Warsaw Pact

6.

What country in Northern Europe does not have an official religion?

a)

Finland

b)

Iceland

c)

England

d)

Ireland

7.

Although considered to be a European country, ________ sits partly on ocean crust shared with the North American continent

a)

Greenland

b)

Iceland

c)

Newfoundland

d)

England

8.

Climate change occurs more rapidly in what latitude zone?

a)

Low Latitudes

b)

Mid Latitudes

c)

High Latitudes

9.

Sweden and Finland are part of the LIFE+ Environment Policy and Governance established by the European Union to offer ___________

a)

environmental benefits.

b)

free healthcare.

c)

welfare programs.

d)

affordable child care.

10.

Acid deposition refers to wet or dry airborne acids that fall to the ground.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Fertile soil and the abundance of rivers is characteristics of...

a)

The Swiss Alps

b)

The Netherlands

c)

The Northern European Plain

d)

The European Union

12.

Most of Northwestern Europe has cool summers and mild winters due to effects of its...

a)

Proximity to large bodies of water

b)

Elevation above sea level

c)

Zone of latitude

d)

Topography

13.

What country is known to dump its waste into the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

Germany

b)

Finland

c)

Denmark

d)

France

14.

Germany imports more than half of its ___________ needs.

a)

medical

b)

food

c)

water

d)

energy

15.

The Alps run through which 3 countries?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Switzerland

d)

Austria

16.

Approximately 25% of The Netherlands is below sea level.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

¨Seas at Risk¨ is an example of a...

a)

EU Organization

b)

BBC Organization

c)

Health Organization

d)

Non-government Organization (NGO)

18.

The transfer of power granting self-rule to Northern Ireland is an example of...

a)

devolution

b)

revolution

c)

malnutrition

d)

administration

19.

The collapse of the Soviet Union led to the closure of state-owned factories, resulting in high unemployment in...

a)

East Germany

b)

Belgium

c)

Luxembourg

d)

France

20.

The Boreal forest stores large amounts of carbon as decomposed or partly decomposed material in...

a)

Iceland

b)

Scandinavia

c)

Germany

d)

Switzrland