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Geography 8 - Practice Test
Chapter 1: Europe
Chapter 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. __________ has more in common with Finland than the other two Baltic states and is thus included as part
of Northern Europe.
a. Lithuania
b. Latvia
c. Estonia
d. Sweden
e. Belarus
2. Italy's economic core, no longer focused on Rome, is today located in ________.
a. the Alpine chain
b. Romania c. The Indus River Valley
d. Sicily e. Milan and Po River Valley
3. Forces which concentrate particular industries in particular locations are:
a. deglomerative
b. industrial inertia c. agglomerative
d. regional factors
e. none of these
4. __________ forces bind a nation together such as general satisfaction with the government.
a. Irredentist
b. Centripetal
c. Centrifugal
d. Charismatic
e. none of these
5. The landlocked country in Eastern Europe that was devastated in World War II and which is leaning toward
reuniting with Russia is:
a. Belarus
b. Hungary
c. Slovakia
d. Moldova
e. Yugoslavia
6. The voluntary association of three or more countries is known as:
a. devolution
b. irredentism
c. conurbation
d. supranationalism
e. CBD
7. The only European country with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and the North Sea is:
a. the Netherlands
b. Austria
c. Spain
d. France
e. Norway
8. The major river in Germany, which enters the North Sea through the Netherlands and which passes by the
Ruhr industrial area is the:
a. Rhine
b. Danube
c. Loire
d. Thames
e. Seine
9. Which of the following statements is false?
a. Austria is for the most part a unilingual country, while Switzerland is multilingual.
b. Europe's physical geography is marked by sharp diversity with respect to climate, topography, and soils.
c. Europe may be delineated as a region due to its cultural homogeneity.
d. Much of Switzerland is dominated by the Alps.
e. Norway has declined to join the European Union.
10. The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by which mountain chain:
a. Apennines
b. Alps
c. Appalachians
d. Pyrenees
e. Carpathians
11. The following are statements describing the demographic and economic conditions which may be generally
connected to the European Realm. Which one is not accurate?
a. Europe constitutes one of the great population clusters of the world.
b. Europe's population is highly urbanized.
c. European countries are adding new, somewhat independent, zones of economic power, such as the Four
Motors of Europe.
d. European agriculture exhibits a ringed pattern (Von Thünen model) centered on lands facing the North Sea.
e. Economic development (wealth) in Europe decreases from east to west.
12. Europe's relative location:
a. has proven inefficient for international trade
b. is one of inferior global accessibility
c. is one of centrality within the land hemisphere
d. is disadvantaged by its proximity to the sea
e. is disadvantaged by its closeness to Australia
13. What is the name of the country that was formed by a peaceful devolution with its western part (now known
as the Czech Republic.) This eastern part wanted to continue a Soviet-style economic system.
a. Belarus
b. Hungary
c. Moldova
d. Slovakia
e. Yugoslavia
14. The Danube River empties into:
a. the Adriatic Sea
b. the Mediterranean Sea c. The Caspian Sea
d. the Black Forest
e. the Black Sea
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Geography 8 - Practice Test
Chapter 1
15. The term "balkanization" is commonly associated with:
a. A rift in the Serbian plain.
b. A peculiar language spoken in Bulgaria.
c. The imposition of the Slavic religion
d. The landmass located just north of Italy.
e. The division and fragmentation of the Eastern Europe region
16. When a state seeks to protect an ethnically related people in a neighboring country by building political and
cultural links to this group and often by attempting to take over the territory, it is known as:
a. irradiation
b. irrational
c. interference
d. irredentism
e. irresponsible
17. For many years after World War II, Yugoslavia was held together by a Croatian war hero named:
a. Walesa
b. Stalin
c. Belgrade
d. Tito
e. Kosovo
18. Due to ethnic affiliation, most Moldovians would likely seek unification with which of the following?
a. Bulgaria
b. Moldavia
c. Romania
d. Russia
e. Belarus
19. The largest and most populous of the Eastern European nations is:
a. Poland
b. Belarus
c. Romania
d. Hungary
e. Ukraine
20. The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy and,
in some cases, win independence is known as:
a. conurbation
b. irredentism
c. devolution
d. supranationalism e. CBD
21. In political geography the difference between a nation and a state is: (see also Intro chapter and class notes)
a. the term state only refers to a sub-national political boundary, for example the state of North Dakota, while
nation always refers to one of the countries of the world.
b. a state refers to a political entity while a nation always refers to a religious movement, for example the
Nation of Islam.
c. a nation is made up of a diverse set of ethnic groups under a single political system, while a state has only
one dominant ethnic group.
d. a state has a government recognized by most other countries, while a nation can refer to a group of people
who have very much in common but do not necessarily have their own country.
e. merely linguistic, since the terms nation, state, and country are always interchangeable.
TRUE or FALSE
22. The United Kingdom consists of England, Wales, Scotland, and the Republic of Ireland.
a. true
b.
false
23. The 3 largest Nordic countries all have their major concentrations of population in their southern land area.
a. true
b.
false
24. Northern Europe is hilly, with poor soils like Mediterranean Europe; however, Northern Europe with fewer
people is still heavily forested, while most of Mediterranean Europe’s has been deforested. (class notes!)
a. true
b.
false
25. Unlike other Eastern European countries, Poland has suffered little from environmental degradation.
a. true
b.
false
26. Albania is one of the poorest countries in European.
a. true
b.
false
27. Because of internal bickering, the European Union in the 1990s contains fewer member-states than it did
when founded in 1957.
a. true
b.
false
28. Now independent, Lithuania, has an internal capital that orients its trade toward the former Soviet Union.
a. true
b.
false
29. Bulgaria's advantageous situation as a lowland agricultural country has allowed it to never have significant
ties with Russia.
a. true
b.
false
30. All of the countries of the European Union have dropped their currency (money) in favor of the new Euro.
a. true
b.
false