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Europe Test Part 1

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct answer for each question.

The capital city of Italy is_______?

a)
Milan
b)
Venice
c)
Florence
d)
Rome
2.

The city of the famous "leaning tower" is ______?

a)
Venice
b)
Pisa
c)
Rome
d)
Florence
3.

Mainland Europe's only active volcano is _____?

a)
Mount Etna
b)
Kilimanjaro
c)
Mount Vesuvius
d)
Mount Fuji
4.

The island at the toe of Italy's boot is _____?

a)
Malta
b)
Corsica
c)
Sardinia
d)
Sicily
5.

Italy is often called the "Home of the _______?"

a)
Renaissance
b)
Modernism
c)
Gothic
d)
Baroque
6.

Germany is often called the "Land of the ________?

a)

Reformation

b)

Vikings

c)

Midnight Sun

d)
Writers and Dreamers
7.

Adolf Hitler's desire to conquer led to _____?

a)
the outbreak of World War II
b)
the rise of communism in Europe
c)
the establishment of the League of Nations
d)
the signing of the Treaty of Versailles
8.

The Capital of Germany is______?

a)
Hamburg
b)
Munich
c)
Frankfurt
d)
Berlin
9.

Bach, Handel, and Beethoven were three famous German____?

a)
composers
b)
painters
c)

musicians

d)
scientists
10.

The country that was reunited in the spring of 1990 was_____?

a)
France
b)
Italy
c)
Poland
d)
Germany
11.

The German city that was divided after World War II was ______?

a)
Hamburg
b)
Berlin
c)
Munich
d)
Frankfurt
12.

Europe's most important inland waterway is the ______?

a)
Rhine River
b)
Danube River
c)
Volga River
d)
Seine River
13.

The leader of the National Socialist Party in Germany was

a)
Hermann Göring
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Joseph Goebbels
d)
Rudolf Hess
14.

One of the greatest scientific geniuses of all time was ______?

a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Nikola Tesla
c)
Galileo Galilei
d)
Isaac Newton
15.

the leader of the Protestant Reformation in France

a)
Huldrych Zwingli
b)
John Calvin
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Henry VIII
16.

the World War II hero who became the president of the Fifth Republic

a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Charles de Gaulle
17.

the Scientist who taught the world how to protect against germs

a)
Joseph Lister
b)
Robert Koch
c)
Alexander Fleming
d)
Louis Pasteur
18.

young peasant girl who led the French army to victory, but was later captured and burned at the stake

a)
Joan of Arc
b)
Cleopatra
c)
Catherine de Medici
d)
Marie Antoinette
19.

the French emperor who wanted to conquer all the world

a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Genghis Khan
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Julius Caesar
20.

For the next 10 questions if the statement is true choose true. If statement is false, change the underlined word(s) with the correct answer.

the highest peak in France is the Matterhorn

a)
Mont Blanc
b)
Puy de Dôme
c)
Eiffel Tower
d)
Aiguille du Midi
21.

The Capital of France is Madrid

a)
Paris
b)
Lisbon
c)
Rome
d)
Berlin
22.

A famous French landmark is the Eiffel Tower

a)
Notre-Dame Cathedral
b)
Louvre Museum
c)

True

d)
Arc de Triomphe
23.

Spain and Portugal are on the Iberian Peninsula

a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)

True

c)
Pyrenees Mountains
d)
Mediterranean Sea
24.

The capital of Spain is Lisbon

a)
Seville
b)

Madrid

c)

Barcelona

d)

Valencia

25.

The Strait of Gibraltar separates the Iberian Peninsula from Australia

a)
Africa
b)
Antarctica
c)
North America
d)
Asia
26.

The huge swamp in southern Spain is called The Tidelands

a)
The Wetlands
b)
The Marshlands
c)
The Bayou
d)

True

27.

The first man to sail around the world was Magellan.

a)
Vasco da Gama
b)
Cook
c)

True

d)
Columbus
28.

Matadors in Spain fight Lions.

a)
Tigers
b)
Bears
c)
Elephants
d)
Bulls
29.

The Iberian Peninsula is separated from the rest of Europe by the Ural Mountains

a)
Pyrenees Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Alps Mountains
d)
Rocky Mountains
30.

Choose the correct answer for each fact.

Italian painter of the Mona Lisa

a)
Pablo Picasso
b)
Vincent van Gogh
c)
Claude Monet
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
31.

Choose the correct answer for each fact.

Italian dictator and leader of the Fascists

a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Vittorio Emanuele III
c)
Giovanni Gentile
d)
Alberto Moravia
32.

Choose the correct answer for each fact.

first European to travel all the way across Asia

a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Marco Polo
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Vasco da Gama
33.

Choose the correct answer for each fact.

a great scientist

a)
Galileo Galilei
b)
Marie Curie
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Isaac Newton
34.

Choose the correct answer for each fact.

Italian sculptor of David and Moses

a)
Donatello
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Raphael
35.

Choose the correct letter for each location.

the Adriatic Sea

a)

V

b)

W

c)

Y

d)

H

36.

Choose the correct letter for each location.

the Baltic Sea

a)

V

b)

A

c)

Y

d)

H

37.

Choose the correct letter for each location.

the city of Athens

a)

X

b)

P

c)

R

d)

J

38.

Choose the correct letter for each location.

the city of Oslo

a)

D

b)

B

c)

E

d)

G

39.

Choose the correct letter for each location.

the country of Sweden

a)

D

b)

C

c)

E

d)

G

40.

Choose the correct letter for each location.

Helsinki

a)

D

b)

C

c)

E

d)

G

41.

Choose the correct letter for each location.

the Pyrenees mts.

a)

D

b)

L

c)

N

d)

U

42.

Choose the correct letter for each location.

the country of Portugal

a)

S

b)

T

c)

R

d)

U

43.

Choose the correct letter for each location.

the city of Paris

a)

I

b)

L

c)

M

d)

N

44.

Choose the correct letter for each location.

the Rhine River

a)

I

b)

L

c)

K

d)

N

45.

Choose the correct answers for the blanks

Norway is called the "Land of the Midnight___." Its capital city is ___. The Coastline has many long, narrow inlets of the sea with high, rocky banks called____.

a)
cliffs
b)
Bergen
c)
Sunset
d)
Sun, Oslo, fjords
46.

Choose the correct answers for the blanks

On the Jutland Peninsula is the country of _____. The most famous writer from this country was Hans Christian____. The world's largest island, _____, is owned by this country.

a)

Denmark,Andersen, Greenland

b)
Norway, Iceland
c)
Sweden, Faroe Islands
d)
Germany, Svalbard
47.

Choose the correct answers for the blanks

Because of all the volcanoes, hot springs, and geysers found alongside its glaciers, Iceland is called the "Land of ____ and _____"

a)
Water and Stone
b)
Earth and Sky
c)
Sand and Snow
d)
Fire and Ice
48.

Choose the correct answers for the blanks

North of the Arctic Circle in the Frigid Zone are the _____ regions. No trees grow in this region because it is above the _____. In the winter, Inuits sometimes live in temporary snow-blocked shelters called______.

a)
tropical; equator; tents
b)
temperate; frost line; cabins
c)
polar; tree line; igloos
d)
desert; sea level; yurts
49.

Choose S if the fact is about Switzerland. Choose N if the fact is about The Netherlands.

1. The alps.

a)
S and N
b)
N
c)
The mountains of The Netherlands
d)
S
50.

Choose S if the fact is about Switzerland. Choose N if the fact is about The Netherlands.

2. tulips, windmills, lowlands

a)
chocolate, watches, mountains
b)
N
c)
canals, cheese, tulips
d)
bicycles, dikes, windmills
51.

Choose S if the fact is about Switzerland. Choose N if the fact is about The Netherlands.

Willian Tell and independence of country

a)
S
b)
Niels Bohr and quantum mechanics
c)
Tulip fields and agriculture
d)
Anne Frank and World War II
52.

Choose S if the fact is about Switzerland. Choose N if the fact is about The Netherlands.

International Red Cross

a)
S
b)
Neither S nor N
c)
S and N
d)
N
53.

Choose S if the fact is about Switzerland. Choose N if the fact is about The Netherlands.

Pilgrims who later came to America

a)
N
b)
Neither
c)
S
d)
N and S
54.

Choose S if the fact is about Switzerland. Choose N if the fact is about The Netherlands.

the book Heidi

a)
S
b)
War and Peace
c)
The Diary of a Young Girl
d)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
55.

Choose S if the fact is about Switzerland. Choose N if the fact is about The Netherlands.

cheese, chocolates, watches, music boxes

a)
bicycles
b)
tulips
c)
S
d)
windmills
56.

Choose S if the fact is about Switzerland. Choose N if the fact is about The Netherlands.

a neutral republic, landlocked

a)
a tropical island nation
b)
S
c)
a coastal monarchy
d)
a federal republic
57.

Choose S if the fact is about Switzerland. Choose N if the fact is about The Netherlands.

wooden shoes and dikes

a)
chocolate and cheese
b)
canals and tulips
c)
mountains and lakes
d)
N
58.

Choose S if the fact is about Switzerland. Choose N if the fact is about The Netherlands.

the capital city, Amsterdam

a)
the capital city, Bern
b)
the capital city, Brussels
c)
the capital city, Paris
d)
N