SS Benchmark #1 Study Guide
**Study your political and physical maps of Europe along with this study guide.
1. If a country has a low literacy rate, their standard of living is probably _____ as
well.
2. Name some examples of natural resources.
3. What type of government would place the most restrictions on its citizens?
4. What branch of government is strongest in the UK?
5. What currency do a lot of countries in Europe use?
6. What government type has power split between the central government and the
states?
7. Who runs the government in an oligarchy?
8. What type of government would have a dictator?
9. What roles do the members of the executive branch (monarch and prime minister)
in the UK play?
10. The cabinet is a group within the Parliament in the UK. Who leads the cabinet?
11. What type of government would best reflect the “will of the people”?
12. What is the UK’s currency? (There is a picture of the queen on it)
13. Name some benefits of the European Union.
14. Overall, Europe’s literacy rate is _______.
15. What religion’s followers worship in a mosque?
16. There is a trade barrier between England (UK) and other countries in the EU
because England does not use the _____ as their currency.
17. There are fewer barriers interfering with European trade because of the
formation of the ________________ __________.
18. A lot of different countries have different languages. This may prevent people
from communicating with one another. That makes it a ______________ barrier.
19. What mountain range forms a natural barrier between France and Spain?
20. If a person is skiing in the mountains of Switzerland and Northern Italy, what
mountain range are they skiing in?
21. The countries of Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar make up the
_______________ Peninsula.
22. When all of a government’s power lies in one single agency, what type of
government is that?
23. A government where strong states come together and form an alliance is a
_____________________.
24. What religion believes in God, but believes the Messiah has not come yet?
25. UK, Germany, and Russia all have ______________________ governments.
26. The Muslim set of beliefs and traditions is known as the
______________________________________.
27. Constitutional Monarchy, Parliamentary Democracy, Unitary Government describes
the government of the __________________________________.
28. Name 2 Romance languages.
29. Name 2 Germanic languages.
30. Where do Christians worship?
31. What religion that we talked about is the oldest?
32. What causes the UK’s mild climate?
33. The rights of the citizens in Germany, Russia, and the UK are all very
______________.
34. What keeps all of Russia’s natural resources from being accessed?
35. How are the ports in the UK and Russia different?