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Europe

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Europe is the only continent with no deserts

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Which of these continents are NOT populated primarily by descendants of Western Europeans

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

3.

Northern Europe consists of (there's two answers)

a)

the British Isles

b)

Scandinavia

c)

Australia

d)

Croatia

4.

With the exception of Ireland, northern Europe is primarily Protestant

a)

true

b)

false

5.

______________________ warms northern Europe so that even the harbors of Norway remain ice-free year-round

a)

North Atlantic Drift

b)

South Pacific Drift

c)

South Atlantic Drift

d)

North Pacific Drift

6.

largest island in Europe, lies at the heart of the United Kingdom

a)

Great Britain

b)

Croatia

c)

Germany

d)

Finland

7.

The UK has for political divisions-

a)

true

b)

false

8.

4 political divisions-

England in southern Great Britain

Wales in western Great Britain

Scotland in northern Great Britain, and Northern Ireland

a)

true

b)

false

9.

largest division of the UK

(a)  

10.

This river flows through the center of England

a)

River Jamal

b)

River Thames

c)

River Trent

d)

River Mersey

11.

capital of England

a)

London

b)

Paris

c)

Bristol

d)

Plymouth

12.

another feature of southeast England. These chalk hills cannot support trees, but they have plenty of grass for cattle and sheep.

a)

Downs

b)

Ups

c)

Rowns

d)

Cotswolds

13.

Two national parks, Dartmoor and Exmoor, protect the _____- a wasteland on a high, treeless plateau

a)

moor

b)

door

c)

Lizard Point

d)

Stonehenge

14.

Central England is the home of the Industrial Revolution

a)

true

b)

false

15.

Which of the following is not a reason the Industrial Revolution started in Central England in the eighteenth century

a)

iron

b)

coal

c)

productive farms

d)

nitrate

16.

a mountain system extending south from Scotland to the Midlands, form the backbone of England

a)

Nottingham

b)

the Pennines

c)

the Paninis

d)

Sherwood Forest

17.

capital of Wales

a)

Cardiff

b)

London

c)

Ben Nevis

d)

Edinburgh

18.

green ______ narrow valleys carved by glaciers

a)

glens

b)

lochs

19.

blue ______ deep narrow lakes carved by glaciers

a)

glens

b)

lochs

20.

The Scots ____________, held off many invaders who tried to take their rugged and isolated homeland

a)

descendants of the Celts

b)

descendants of the Aztecs

c)

descendants of the Incas

d)

descendants of the Mayans

21.

Scotland's capital

a)

Edinburgh

b)

Glasglow

c)

Stirling

d)

Perth

22.

Scotland's largest city

a)

Edinburgh

b)

Glasgow

c)

Stirling

d)

Perth

23.

highest mountain in the British Isles

a)

Len Ronis

b)

Caledonian Canal

c)

Jamal

d)

Ben Nevis

24.

where isolated people still speak a Celtic dialect

a)

Hebrides

b)

Ireland

c)

Vasdillian Islands

d)

Glasgow

25.

second-largest island in the British Isles

a)

Northern Ireland

b)

Finland

c)

Southern Wales

d)

UK

26.

only Protestant country

a)

Northern Ireland

b)

UK

c)

Scotland

d)

W

27.

crystal lakes

a)

loughs

b)

glens

c)

lochs

d)

lochness

28.

capital and largest city of northern Ireland, also once famed for shipbuilding

a)

Dublin

b)

London

c)

Galway

d)

Belfast

29.

capital of Ireland (hint: Northern Ireland is a different country)

a)

Dublin

b)

London

c)

Galway

d)

Belfast

30.

Ireland is very overcast and is regularly rained on and humid.

a)

true

b)

false

31.

_____, also called Irish, is Ireland's ancient Celtic language

a)

Gaelic

b)

Hymdal

c)

Anglo

d)

Irish

32.

what nickname was given to Ireland for its rapid economic progress?

a)

the Celtic Tiger

b)

the Celtic Lion

c)

the Gaelic Celts

d)

the Gaelic Geese

33.

there are five countries in Scandinavia

a)

Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland

b)

Norway, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, and Wales

c)

UK, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Finland and Wales

d)

Northern Ireland, Ireland, England and Iceland

34.

which two are republics

a)

Iceland

b)

Norway

c)

Sweden

d)

Finland

e)

Denmark

35.

which three are constitutional monarchies

a)

Iceland

b)

Norway

c)

Sweden

d)

Finland

e)

Denmark

36.

both share the largest peninsula, the Scandinavian Peninsula

a)

Norway

b)

Finland

c)

Sweden

d)

Ireland

37.

Norway's longest fjord

a)

Sogne Fjord

b)

Geiranger Fjord

c)

Nord Fjord

d)

Lyse Fjord

38.

highest peak in Scandinavia, rises in the south

a)

Kebnekaise

b)

Glittertind

c)

Skarstind

d)

Galdhopiggen

39.

largest Scandinavian country, fourth-largest country in Europe

a)

Sweden

b)

Finland

c)

Norway

d)

Wales

40.

Sweden's capital, largest city in Scandinavia

a)

Stockholm

b)

Bolda

c)

Dukeham

d)

Oslo

41.

Norway's capital

a)

Stockholm

b)

Bolda

c)

Dukeham

d)

Oslo

42.

Finland's capital

a)

Stockholm

b)

Helsinki

c)

Dukeham

d)

Oslo

43.

Denmark capital

a)

Stockholm

b)

Helsinki

c)

Copenhagen

d)

Oslo

44.

Denmark capital, ____________, is on Denmark's largest island, Zeeland

a)

Stockholm

b)

Helsinki

c)

Copenhagen

d)

Oslo

45.

Iceland's capital, houses hald the population

a)

Stockholm

b)

Helsinki

c)

Copenhagen

d)

Reykjavik

46.

Unlike the rest of Scandinavia, Finland's language and physical features are related to those of

a)

Northern Ireland

b)

Northern Russia

c)

Finland

d)

Germany

47.

The Finnish language is not Germanic, or even Indo-European, but Uralic

a)

true

b)

false

48.

"Land of Ten Thousand Lakes"

a)

Finland

b)

Sweden

c)

Norway

d)

Ireland

49.

The ________, who call themselves Sami, have tended reindeer in this region for thousands of years

a)

mallps

b)

lapps

c)

irish

d)

minise

50.

largest island in the world

a)

iceland

b)

greenland

c)

Sweden

d)

Australia

51.

_________, Iceland's national assembly founded in 930, the oldest parliamentary assembly still in existence in the world

a)

Althing

b)

Heklan

c)

Scandinavia

d)

telefonoem

52.

Iceland holds the largest glacier in Europe, Vatnajokull

a)

true

b)

false

53.

largest country in Europe

a)

Europe

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

54.

longest river in France

a)

Normandy River

b)

Loire River

c)

Blanc River

d)

Lyon River

55.

highest mountain in the Alps

a)

Mont Blanc

b)

Mont Lyon

c)

Mont Rhone

d)

Mont Marseille

56.

third-largest city in France, lies in the Rhone River valley

a)

Lyon

b)

Loire

c)

France

d)

Blanc

57.

Massif Central- mountainous plateau in south-central France has poor soils making this region only useful for grazing livestock

The Pyrenees Mountains- rise south of Toulouse and form the border with Spain

The _______ live in this mountainous area

a)

Basques

b)

Lasques

c)

Paques

d)

Oejoes

58.

polders

a)

parcels of land reclaimed from the sea

b)

harbor in ocean

c)

built in cave in the ocean

d)

parcels of ocean reclaimed from the land

59.

busiest river on the continent

a)

Rhine River

b)

Loire River

c)

Lyon River

d)

Blan River

60.

capital of the netherlands

a)

Amsterdam

b)

Bolgovia

c)

Brussels

d)

Flanders

61.

capital of the Belgium

a)

Amsterdam

b)

Bolgovia

c)

Brussels

d)

Flanders

62.

which of the following is not a official language of Belgium

a)

Dutch

b)

French

c)

German

d)

English

63.

one of Europe's oldest settlements

a)

Luxembourg

b)

Belgium

c)

Zandinviavian

d)

Zeelands

64.

most populous country in Europe (excluding Russia)

a)

Ur mom

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Switzerland