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Unit 4: Europe – Study Guide
Chapter 11 – Section 1: The Land
_____ 1. Landmass shared by Europe and Asia
______2. Landform located in far northern Europe
______3. Landform bordered by the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Black Sea
______4. Italian peninsula
______5. Landform politically divided into Spain and Portugal
Date: ________________
A. Scandinavian Peninsula
B. Apennine Peninsula
C. Balkan Peninsula
D. Iberian Peninsula
E. Eurasia
______6. Fjords are long, narrow inlets carved by ______.
a. Human activity
c. waves and water currents
b. Ancient glaciers
d. volcanic activity
______7. Iceland is a land of glaciers and ______.
a. Active volcanoes
c. sandy beaches
b. Long-dormant volcanoes
d. they all are islands
______8. Which statement is true of Sicily, Ireland and Britain?
a. They all are part of Scandinavia
c. they are all peninsulas
b. They all are part of mainland Europe
d. they all are islands
______9. The Alps stretch from southern France to which region?
a. Britain
c. the Balkan Peninsula
b. The Iberian Peninsula
d. southern Italy
______10. In ______ earthen dikes hold back the sea.
a. Ireland
c. Rhineland
b. The Netherlands
d. Italy
Chapter 11: Section 2 – Climate and Vegetation
______1. Trees bearing cones (such as pine and spruce)
______2. Warm Atlantic current
______3. Shrubs and small trees
______4. Trees that lose their leaves (such as oak and maple)
______5. Strong north wind from the Alps
a. Gulf Stream
b. coniferous
c. deciduous
d. mistral
e. chaparral
______6. Foehns are winds that can trigger ______.
a. Fjords
c. avalanches
b. Glaciers
d. loess
______7. Ireland’s original forests ______.
a. Cover 50% of the continent
b. Were mostly cut for firewood and to clear land for farms
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a.
b.
c.
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a.
b.
c. are large and vast
d. are located along the northern coast
Iceland and northern Scandinavia have ______ climates.
Subarctic and tundra
c. subarctic and marine west coast
Permafrost
d. steppe
9. Eastern and part of northern Europe have humid ______.
Continental climates
c. and warm winters
Tropical climates
d. subtropical climates
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______10. Where are coniferous trees found in western Europe?
a. Around the Bay of Biscay
c. northern Spain and Portugal
b. Alpine mountain range
d. the Netherlands, Germany and the British Isles
Chapter 12: Section 1 – Population Patterns
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1. European country with the smallest population
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2. Location of the former country of Yugoslavia
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3. England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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4. Location of Italy
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5. The smaller of Belgium’s two main ethnic groups
A. Balkan Peninsula
B. Vatican City
C. Waloons
D. United Kingdom
E. Apennine Peninsula
______6. Europe’s most densely populated regions have ______.
a. Mountainous area and dry land
c. mountainous areas and waterways
b. Good soil, waterways and mineral resources
d. northern forests and mineral resources
______7. When did the growth of industrial cities begin in Europe?
a. In the early 1700s
c. in the late 1600s
b. After World War I
d. in the late 1700s
______8. In the 1950s and 1960s, many people immigrated to Europe
a. For the chance to farm
c. to receive free housing
b. To find plentiful jobs
d. to escape persecution at home
______ 9. The worst fighting in Europe since World War II occurred in the 1990s in ______.
a. Germany
c. Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo
b. Belgium
d. Sweden and Norway
______10. ______ is the most populated country in Europe.
a. Germany
c. Bosnia-Herzegovina
b. Belgium
d. England
Chapter 12: Section 2 – History and Government
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1. Dictator who controlled Italy after WW I
______
2. Currency shared by the European Union
______
3. Form of government that originated in ancient Greece
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4. Religion based on the teaching of the prophet Muhammad
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5. Form of Christianity practice in the Byzantine Empire
A. Eastern Orthodoxy
B. Democracy
C. Islam
D. Euro
E. Mussolini
______6. Europe’s first cities began as ______.
a. Invaded territories
c. industrial centers
b. Farming villages
d. meeting places of tribal hunters
______7. Greece and ______ laid the foundations of western civilization.
a. England
c. Crete
b. Alexandria
d. Rome
______8. In the 1400s, Spain sent Columbus across the Atlantic and the ______ sailed around Africa to Asia.
a. Portuguese
c. English
b. Italians
d. French
______9. Technology and industry brought many immigrants to Europe during the ______.
a. 19th century
c. Renaissance
b. 19th century
d. Reformation
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______10. After World War II, which German city was divided between western democracy and Soviet
communism?
a. Hamburg
c. Berlin
b. Bern
d. Stalingrad
Chapter 12: Section 3 – Cultures and Lifestyles
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1. Month-long period of fasting for Muslims
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2. Jewish festival of religious freedom
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3. Dutch ice-skating marathon
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4. Major tennis championship held in England
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5. German school of art and design
A. Wimbledon
B. Elfstedentocht
C. Hanukkah
D. Ramadan
E. Bauhaus
______6. Important European painters include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and ______.
a. Ludwig van Beethoven
c. Pablo Picasso
b. Miguel de Cervantes
d. William Shakespeare
______7. What anniversary does Bastille Day celebrate?
a. Beginning of the French Revolution
b. Formalization of French independence
c. England’s liberation from the Vikings
d. founding of the French Parliament
______8. Which of the following are not Romance languages?
a. Spanish and Portuguese
c. Finnish and Hungarian
b. Romanian and Italian
d. Italian and French
______9. The long dispute in Northern Ireland has centered upon ______.
a. Ethnic differences
c. religious and political ties
b. Language
d. claims to sacred lands
______10. One major obstacle to European unity is: ______
a. Lack of respect for education
c. wealthy lifestyles of eastern Europeans
b. Unequal standards of living
d. the continued spread of communism
Chapter 13: Section 1 – Living in Europe
______1. Train tunnel beneath the English Channel
______2. Television network in western Europe
______3. Germany’s superhighways
______4. France’s high-speed trains
______5. International satellite broadcasting system
A. Intelsat
B. Chunnel
C. TGVs
D. autobahn
E. Eurovision
______6. In 1992, the European Union was formed in ______.
a. Maastricht, the Netherlands
b. Berlin, Germany
c. London, England
d. Paris, France
______7. The European Union’s future plans include: ______.
a. A common currency and foreign policy
b. Rejection of eastern European countries
c. no environmental standards
d. a common national language
______8. Where are Europe’s largest mineral deposits and industrial regions located?
a. England, Germany, Italy and Sweden
c. France, Spain and Portugal
b. Mountainous regions of eastern Europe d. France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic
______9. Since the fall of communism, eastern Europe’s have ______.
a. Gained independence but lost some social services
b. Gained independence and government health care
c. gained greater job security and benefits
d. lost most hope of building a better life
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______ 10. In a command economy, the production of goods is based upon ______.
a. Decisions by government officials
c. what consumers and business will buy
b. Decisions by community leaders
d. predictions by economic experts
Chapter 13: Section 2 – People and Their Environment
______1. Polluted industrial area of central Europe
A. “black triangle”
______2. Carrier of pollutants from the Meuse & Rhine Rivers to the Netherlands & Denmark
B. Bialowieza Forest
______3. Home to Romania’s wild wolf population
C. Carpathian Mountains
______4. Unspoiled wilderness area in Poland and Belarus
D. North Sea
______5. Narrow channel between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic
E. strait of Gibraltar
______6. What are the main causes of eastern Europe’s environmental problems?
a. The rarity of forests and rivers
c. overfishing and timber harvesting
b. Rapid industrialization w/ few pollution controls d. strip mining and patterns of population density
______ 7. Acid rain has destroyed approximately ______ of Poland’s forests.
a. 25%
c. 50%
b. 30%
d. 89%
______8. Only some scientists agree that carbon dioxide emissions will ______.
a. Melt the polar ice caps and create extreme weather conditions
b. Create smog in urban areas
c. destroy entire forests
d. harm wildlife in rivers and streams