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Europe Study Guide

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are part of the Northern Peninsulas?

a)

The Scandinavian Peninsulas

b)

The Iberian Peninsula

c)

The Balkan Peninsula

d)

All of them

2.

Which of these make up Europe's southern peninsulas?

a)

The Balkan

b)

The Iberian

c)

The Italian

d)

The Jutland

3.

What is the largest mountain range in Europe?

a)

Appalachian

b)

Apennine

c)

Balkan

d)

Alps

4.

Which of these rivers touch 9 countries in Europe?

a)

The Nile

b)

The Rhine

c)

The Danube

d)

The Amazon

5.

What resources are found in Europe?

a)

coal

b)

iron ore

c)

natural gas

d)

oil

6.

What climate is most predominant (shows up the most) in Europe?

a)

Humid Continental

b)

Mediterranean

c)

Marine West Coast

d)

Humid Subtropical

7.

Where is the tundra climate found in Europe?

a)

in far northern Scandinavia, along the Arctic Circle

b)

At the northern tip of Iceland

c)

Around the Iberian Peninsula

d)

Under the Black Sea

8.

What problems does Europe face today?

a)

acid rain

b)

deforestation (cutting down the forests/trees)

c)

threats from pirates

d)

declining literacy rates (not as many people can read)

9.

What word means hot, steady south winds from Africa?

a)

sirocco

b)

polder

c)

seaworks

d)

terpen

10.

Seaworks such dikes and high earthen platforms

a)

polder

b)

Sirocco

c)

terpen

d)

mistral

11.

What are structures used to control the seas destructive impact on human life?

a)

polder

b)

seaworks

c)

mistral

d)

terpen

12.

What is a cold, dry north wind?

a)

mistral

b)

polder

c)

sirocco

d)

terpen

13.

What is land reclaimed by draining?

a)

polder

b)

sirocco

c)

seaworks

d)

mistral

14.

What area is called The United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Nordic countries?

a)

Mediterranean Europe

b)

Western Europe

c)

Northern Europe

d)

Eastern Europe

15.

What area of Europe experienced Feudalism in the Middle Ages?

a)

Mediterranean Europe

b)

Western Europe

c)

Northern Europe

d)

Eastern Europe

16.

What is a cultural crossroads?

a)

Mediterranean Europe

b)

Western Europe

c)

Northern Europe

d)

Eastern Europe

17.

Where did the reformation start?

a)

Mediterranean Europe

b)

Western Europe

c)

Northern Europe

d)

Eastern Europe

18.

What region has the Soviet Union historically have a large influence on?

a)

Mediterranean Europe

b)

Western Europe

c)

Northern Europe

d)

Eastern Europe

19.

What region flourished because it had geographic advantages?

a)

Mediterranean Europe

b)

Western Europe

c)

Northern Europe

d)

Eastern Europe

20.

Where did the Renaissance start?

a)

Mediterranean Europe

b)

Western Europe

c)

Northern Europe

d)

Eastern Europe