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Revision: Pre-test Europe

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these terms describes government-sponsored policies and organizations that provide free healthcare and education?

a)

Free trade agreements

b)

Military alliances

c)

Social welfare programs

d)

Common currency

2.

Which description would accurately describe a typical winter in the interior of Norway and Sweden?

a)

cold and snowy

b)

cold and rainy

c)

short and mild

d)

dry and mild

3.

What major European mountain range contains some of the continent's tallest peaks?

a)

Caucasus

b)

Urals

c)

Alps

d)

Himalayas

4.

Which religion has the most followers in France?

a)

Lutheranism

b)

Judaism

c)

Anglicanism

d)

Catholicism

5.

How does Europe compare in size to the other continents of the world?

a)

It is the second smallest continent.

b)

It is the largest continent.

c)

It is the smallest continent.

d)

It is the second largest continent.

6.

Democracy was first practiced in which part of the world?

a)

Greece

b)

Roman Empire

c)

Great Britain

d)

Italy

7.

In which of the following countries do people primarily speak German?

a)

Hungary

b)

Austria

c)

Slovakia

d)

Greece

8.

Which of the following organizations has encouraged free trade, increased economic interdependence, and lessened travel restrictions among European countries?

a)

EU

b)

NATO

c)

UN

d)

NAFTA

9.

What moderates much of the air temperature over northwestern Europe?

a)

North Sea Drift

b)

North Atlantic Drift

c)

Mediterranean Drift

d)

Mediterranean Sea Drift

10.

According to this map, which nation is considered part of central Europe?

a)

Spain

b)

Ireland

c)

Italy

d)

Germany

11.

In which country did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster take place?

a)

Russia

b)

Ukraine

c)

Belarus

d)

Georgia

12.

Which of the following countries has the most landmass in Asia?

a)

Ukraine

b)

Belarus

c)

Russia

d)

Poland

13.

What is the major ethnic group in western Russia?

a)

Anglo

b)

Kurd

c)

Germanic

d)

Slavic

14.

Which city is located by the Baltic Sea?

a)

Moscow

b)

Kiev

c)

St. Petersburg

d)

Volgograd

15.

Which of these options allows for goods to be easily transported from western Russia to eastern Russia?

a)

Trans-Siberian Railway

b)

Ural Mountains

c)

Volga River

d)

Baltic Sea

16.

Which geographical feature divides Western Europe from Asia?

a)

North Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Ural Mountains

d)

Danube River

17.

Which war immediately preceded the communist revolution in Russia?

a)

Russo-Japanese War

b)

World War I

c)

World War II

d)

Cold War

18.

Which city within the same region has the highest population?

a)

St. Petersburg

b)

Moscow

c)

Minsk

d)

Kiev

19.

Which area has the most accessible oil reserves?

a)

Caspian Sea

b)

Siberia

c)

Arctic coast

d)

Lake Baikal

20.

Which age group shows the greatest difference between males and females?

a)

0-4

b)

25-29

c)

50-54

d)

75-79

21.

Much of which of the following countries lies below sea level?

a)

Switzerland

b)

Spain

c)

Denmark

d)

Netherlands

22.

Which two countries are the most popular tourist destinations in the world?

a)

Spain + France

b)

Russia + Poland

c)

Germany + France

d)

UK + Spain

23.

Which of the following European countries has a marine west coast climate?

a)

Poland

b)

Ireland

c)

Portugal

d)

Ukraine

24.

Which country claims to have been the first to adopt Christianity as a state religion?

a)

Russia

b)

Armenia

c)

Belarus

d)

Ukraine

25.

Which area of Russia is volcanically active?

a)

Ural Mountains

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

Kamchatka Peninsula

d)

Volga River

26.

Which nation uses significant amounts of geothermal power?

a)

Poland

b)

Austria

c)

Greenland

d)

Iceland

27.

This tectonic plate pushes against the Eurasian plate to form the Alps and other geographical features.

a)

North American

b)

Arabian

c)

Pacific

d)

African

28.

This country is the world's leading producer of cork.

a)

Portugal

b)

France

c)

Bulgaria

d)

Spain

29.

Which European city was covered in ash by a volcano which erupted in 79 CE.

a)

London

b)

Rome

c)

Berlin

d)

Pompeii

30.

Martin Luther started the Protestant movement when he split from the church in 1517. What area of Europe was he from?

a)

England

b)

Italy

c)

Yugoslavia

d)

Germany

31.

This natural resource is present in large amounts in Britain, France, and Germany.

a)

iron

b)

coal

c)

oil

d)

natural gas

32.

Which shift has occurred as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union?

a)

a shift from government-owned to privately-owned business

b)

a shift from privately-owned to government-owned business

c)

a shift from democracy to communism

d)

a shift from a dictatorship to a command economy

33.

Why was St. Petersburg founded?

a)

To effectively battle the Swedish who had previously controlled the land.

b)

To provide a port and access to Europe.

c)

To replace Moscow, which had been destroyed in war.

d)

To provide a military base for ongoing wars between Russia and Europe.

34.

Which mountain range separates Georgia from Russia?

a)

Ural Mountains

b)

Carpathian Mountains

c)

Caucasus Mountains

d)

Siberia Mountains

35.

What is the major religion of Russia and Eastern Europe?

a)

Catholicism

b)

Orthodox Christianity

c)

Protestantism

d)

Judaism