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Unit 3 Review

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a polder?

a)

a military tactic used by the Soviets

b)

land reclaimed from the sea by the Dutch

c)

another word for a levee

d)

an economic reform of the Soviet Union

2.

Where do the Duch people live?

a)

Luxemburg

b)

Belgium

c)

Netherlands

d)

Ukraine

3.

Where is the Land of the Midnight Sun?

a)

Baltic Peninsula

b)

Central Asia

c)

Siberia

d)

Netherlands

4.

In what city do you not use a car or bicycle to get around?

a)

Paris

b)

Venice

c)

Berlin

d)

London

5.

What has happened to the Aral Sea?

a)

It is no longer saltwater because individuals are harvesting salts.

b)

It has doubled in size due to coastal erosion.

c)

All of the native plants have died in it due to invasive species

d)

It is shrinking due to water use for agriculture.

6.

What form of government began in Ancient Greece?

a)

republic

b)

dictatorship

c)

monarchy

d)

democracy

7.

What form of government began in Rome?

a)

republic

b)

dictatorship

c)

monarchy

d)

democracy

8.

Which description of the government of Great Britain is most correct?

a)

the queen has absolute power

b)

parliament holds the most power, but there is still a queen

c)

the queen is no longer part of the government

d)

Un and Nato run the government

9.

How did the split(schism) of the Roman Empire affect the church? Choose 2

a)

future military activity (Crusades)

b)

created the Sunni and Shiite

c)

created economic wealth in Rome

d)

Created two branches- Catholic and Orthodox

e)

the decline in religious beliefs

10.

What was the cause of the Crusades?

a)

to spread proestantism

b)

to regain the church's land

c)

to take territory away from the Jewish king

d)

te regain natural resources such as peat

11.

What was the impact of Martin Luther's actions?

a)

his teachings became the dogma of the Catholic Church

b)

lead to the unification of protestants and Catholics

c)

lead to an increase in individuals practicing Islam and Judaism

d)

caused individuals to break away from the Catholic Church and the beginning of Protestanism

12.

Which statements describe the Bubonic plague? Select 2

a)

brought on cargo ships

b)

came from the Americas

c)

concentrated in Europe

d)

killed 1/4 of Europe's population

e)

came to Europe by the North Sea

13.

Which is true about British imperialism?

a)

formed colonies to get resources for the industrial revolution

b)

wanted to spread the Jewish faith

c)

only located in the southern hemisphere

d)

only located in the western hemisphere

14.

What is Balkiniazation?

a)

the splintering of the Catholic church into protestant faiths

b)

the unification of smaller nation-states that do not get along

c)

the breakup up of the Soviet Union into 19 states

d)

the breaking up of a state into smaller nation-states that do not get along

15.

What is a satellite nation?

a)

A country in western Europe controlled by the Soviet Union.

b)

A country in east Europe controlled by the Soviets

c)

A country in western Europe controlled by the US.

d)

A country in east Europe controlled by the US.

16.

What form of government did the Soviet Union have?

a)

monarchy

b)

czars

c)

communism

d)

republic

17.

Which are the effects of the collective farms instituted by Stalin in the Soviet Union? Select 2

a)

the market economy made record highs

b)

many individuals were forced to relocate

c)

there was an abundance of food and population increased

d)

millions starved due to a shortfall of food

e)

large farms were broken into smaller ones

18.

What did the Berlin wall do?

a)

divide Berlin into communist and democratic sides

b)

divide Russia and the Soviet Union in half

c)

Keep immigrants from moving into the Soviet Union

d)

protect Germany from communist invasion

19.

Select the true statements about the nuclear industry of Russia and the Republics. Select 3

a)

The fallout from disasters spread to other regions

b)

lead to a ban on nuclear energy

c)

was used to treat illnesses including cancer

d)

caused increases in cancer and birth defects

e)

Weapon testing exposed citizens to radiation

20.

Which of the following are reasons that caused conflicts in the Caucasus? select three

a)

religious divisions

b)

influence of the Soviet Union

c)

the fight over who can speak the Turkish language

d)

different ethnic groups due to trade that took place there

e)

lack of ethnic diversity

21.
Rulers pass their crown, and with it their power, to their offspring under which form of government
a)
Communism
b)
Democracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Theocracy
22.
Its goal a class-free, worker's society, this ideology guided the Soviet Union
a)
Communism
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Anarchy
d)
Republican
23.
The need for cooperation among European nations led them to form
a)
The Olympics
b)
The European Union
c)
Brexit
d)
The Warsaw Pact
24.
Why did East Germany, with Soviet support, build the Berlin Wall?
a)
To limit the influx of Polish refugees
b)
To create a safe space
c)
To stop foreign invaders
d)
To keep their citizens from migrating to the West
25.
World War I changed Europe's map by creating new
a)
Empires
b)
Independent nations
c)
City states
d)
Alliances
26.
Cold War tensions between the USA and USSR almost came to nuclear conflict
a)
After WW II
b)
After WW I
c)
Over Viet Nam
d)
Over missiles in Cuba
27.
Much of the land in the Netherlands, called Polders,  used to be
a)
Under water
b)
Belgium
c)
Ruled by the British
d)
Frozen
28.
Nuclear disaster site in Ukraine, still not entirely cleaned up
a)
Chunnel
b)
Geothermal power
c)
Crimea
d)
Chernobyl
29.
The highest in Europe, these mountains run from France, across Italy, and into Austria
a)
The Urals 
b)
The Carpathians
c)
The Appenines
d)
The Alps
30.
Across a narrow channel from France, this island nation once ruled a vast global empire upon which the sun never set
a)
United Kingdom
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
Ireland
31.
Totalitarian rule in the Soviet Union is most associated with 
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Mikhail Gorbachav
c)
Marshal Tito 
d)
Josef Stalin
32.

Which of these is a major cause of acid rain?

a)

spraying pesticides on crops

b)

burning fossil fuels for energy

c)

dumping sewage in river systems

d)

using uranium to generate electricity

33.

Which term refers to an independent country whose people mostly share a common identity?

a)

colonial empire

b)

ethnic group

c)

nation-state

d)

plural society

34.

What mountain range runs north and south through Russia and separates Europe from Asia?

a)

the Alps

b)

the Carpathian Mountains

c)

the Ural Mountains

d)

the Caucasus Mountains

35.

Aqueduct

a)

Transport system for carrying water long distances.

b)

Independent state made up of a city and the territories depending on it.

c)

Term used for an emperor in Russia.

d)

Permanently frozen ground.

e)

Period in the 1300-1500’s in which culture and the arts flourished.

36.

Fjord

a)

Very dry, having almost no rainfall.

b)

Large forest area that stretches through northern Russia.

c)

A deep narrow bay.

d)

Transport system for carrying water long distances.

e)

Period in the 1300-1500’s in which culture and the arts flourished.

37.

Permafrost

a)

Transport system for carrying water long distances.

b)

Period in the 1300-1500’s in which culture and the arts flourished.

c)

A person who moves from place to place.

d)

Independent state made up of a city and the territories depending on it.

e)

Permanently frozen ground.

38.

Czar

a)

Poor Russian or European peasant farmer who rented land and had few rights.

b)

Permanently frozen ground.

c)

Term used for an emperor in Russia.

d)

Period in the 1300-1500’s in which culture and the arts flourished.

e)

Transport system for carrying water long distances.

39.

Renaissance

a)

Period in the 1300-1500’s in which culture and the arts flourished.

b)

A person who moves from place to place.

c)

A deep narrow bay.

d)

Large forest area that stretches through northern Russia.

e)

Transport system for carrying water long distances.

40.

Taiga

a)

Large forest area that stretches through northern Russia.

b)

Term used for an emperor in Russia.

c)

Poor Russian or European peasant farmer who rented land and had few rights.

d)

A deep narrow bay.

e)

A person who moves from place to place.

41.

Nomad

a)

Permanently frozen ground.

b)

Independent state made up of a city and the territories depending on it.

c)

Very dry, having almost no rainfall.

d)

A person who moves from place to place.

e)

Term used for an emperor in Russia.