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Southern Europe

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Complementarity describes the Vatican’s relationship of interdependence on Rome, and illustrates the importance of the Roman Catholic religion in Italian society.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Compared to those of Northwestern Europe, the river systems of Southern Europe are longer, more easily navigable, and constitute a critical transportation network.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Southern Europe’s climate is influenced heavily by the warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

A massif is a type of river system common to the Alps and Pyrenees Mountains

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Tungsten is a common natural resource found throughout the mountains of Southern Europe

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Southern Europe is composed of three major mountainous peninsulas: the Iberian, the Balkan, and the Italian

a)

True

b)

False

7.

As manufacturing activity declined across Southern Europe over the past 30 years, the ________ sector has increased steadily

a)

Agriculture

b)

Service Sector

8.

Greeks in ancient Athens introduced the concept of ________, which has influenced society, politics, and culture around the world.

a)

Democracy

b)

Mythology

c)

Communism

9.

Which mountain range runs along the spine of the Italian Peninsula?

a)

Apennines

b)

Alps

c)

Pyrennes

10.

In recent decades, political and economic instability in some nations of Southern Europe was the result of

a)

the housing crisis and natural disasters

b)

industrial decline and EU mismanagement

c)

high national debt and unemployment

11.

The major mountain chains of Southern Europe include the

a)

Apennines, Adriatic,

and Ionian.

b)

Alps, Pyrenees, and Apennines

c)

Tiber, Po, and Mediterranean

12.

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state

a)

City-State

b)

Territory

13.

a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.

a)

Stocks

b)

Imports

c)

Resources

14.

French word translating to rebirth. It symbolized the beginning of a new era of art, rebirthing the classical models of the Ancient Greek periods while using modern techniques.

a)

Middle Ages

b)

Renaissance

c)

Dark Ages

15.

the location where pollution due to increased human activity causes degradation and even death of an ecosystem

a)

river

b)

pollution hot spot

c)

by factories

16.

What is one consequence of the aging population of Southern Europe?

a)

many people are leaving Italy

b)

Many immigrants are coming from Africa

c)

Many children are being born

17.

not supported by documentary evidence

a)

legal immigration

b)

documented

c)

undocumented

18.

not monitored or kept under observation

a)

observed

b)

unmonitored

c)

watched

19.

a loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment

a)

sand

b)

soil

c)

loess