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European Landforms, Culture, Language Quiz
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1
Most of eastern Europe is what climate?
Humid Continental
Marine West Coast
Polar
Mediterranean
2
Which island nation is growing at a fast rate (population)?
Greenland
Iceland
Sicily
Britain
3
What peninsulas have the most active earthquake zones in Europe?
Anatolean and Peloponnesian Peninsula
Anatolean and Jutland
Anatolean and Iberian
Italian and Anatolean
4
Where did at least 25% of the old Soviet Union's food supply come from?
Siberia
Lake Baikal
Steppes
North European Plains
5
What natural resource is Sweden most known for?
Commercial Forestry
Iron Ore Deposits
Petroleum and Natural Gas
Coal Deposits
6
Where is Protestantism mainly located in Europe?
Northern
Northwest
Southeastern
Italy
7
What kind of terrain do most of the Mediterranean Islands have?
flat with deserts
uninhabited by animal-life
rugged and mountainous
8
Which of these is NOT a Romance language?
Spanish
Italian
Czech
Portuguese
9
What countries have major conflicts about religion?
Portugal
France
Russia
Northern Ireland
10
How many time zones are located in Russia?
9
10
12
11
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What river runs through London?
Thames
Danube
Seine
Volga
12
What is the architecture of the Medieval Times called?
Parisian
Renaissance
Baroque
Gothic
13
Who is the leader of the Roman Catholic church?
Nuns
The priest
The Pope
The preacher
14
Which environmental factor is Europe most affected by?
Oil Spills
Acid Rain
Cadium
Air Pollution
15
What are the mountains that separate Asia and Europe?
Alps
Apennines
Urals
Carpathians
16
Why are Sweden and Finland not densely populated?
The climate is too extreme
Too mountainous
They are landlocked
People can only have 1 child per family
17
Which of these countries would be part of Western Europe?
Croatia
Greece
Portugal
Sweden
18
Where is Transylvania located in Europe? (Home of Dracula)
Carapathia
Anatolia
Alps
Crimea
19
What is the volcano that buried the Italian City?
Mt. Pompeii
Mt. Everest
Mt. Etna
Mt. Vesuvius
20
Why is the temperature in Siberia so cold?
Within the Arctic Circle
Near the equator
Near Iceland
Near Antarctica
21
What did the ROMANTIC period reveal?
Realism
Love
Time Period
Emotions
22
What country is the Anatolean Peninsula?
Turkey
Greece
Crimea
Italy
23
Which small country has the greatest population density (people per square mile)?
Norway
Belgium
Japan
United States
24
Which nation is part of the Benelux Nations?
Belgium
France
Swizerland
Germany
25
What are the two longest rivers in Europe?
Elbe and Volga
Volga and Danube
Danube and Thames
Seine and Thames
26
Where does Europe rate according to size to the other continents?
4th out of 7
6th out of 7
1st of 7
3rd of of 7
27
What is the ocean north of Europe?
Atlantic
Pacific
Mediterranean
Arctic
28
What is a "gulag"?
Soviet Railway
Soviet Prison Camp
Soviet Farm
Soviet Police
29
Which of these countries makes up the Jutland Peninsula?
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Sweden
30
What was the type of art that the Sistine Chapel and the art of Da Vinci considered?
Impressionism
Muslim
Gothic
Baroque
31
Along with volcanoes and geysers, what can be found in Iceland?
penguins
hot springs
earthquakes
heat waves
32
What is the famous British tennis tournament?
US Open
CAMBRIDGE
WIMBLEDON
BRITISH OPEN
33
What is a peninsula?
a landlocked landmass
a landmass surrounded on 3 sides by water
a chain of islands
an grouping of volcanoes
34
What is the oldest and deepest lake in the world?
Lake Titicaca
Lake Baikal
Lake Caspian
Lake Superior
35
What are the glaciers that cut deep valleys in the ocean during the Ice Age?
Steppes
Plateaus
Glaceau
Fjords
36
Where does Europe rate for world population?
4th of 7
6th of 7
1st of 7
3rd of 7
37
What major environmental issue is off the coast of Britain and Denmark?
radioactive contamination of seas
highest concentration of acid rain
Air pollution
Oil spill pollution
38
How many different languages are in Europe?
30
50
40
20
