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Geography Ch. 4 Europe
Geography Ch. 4 Europe
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Students will review aspects of modern Europe as related in the National Geographic textbook.
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1
What is the term for a nation’s control over its own affairs?
sovereignty
cuisine
Eurozone
privatization
2
Who wrote the first modern novel,
Don Quixote
?
Dante
Austen
Dickens
Cervantes
3
What gives art greater depth in the Renaissance?
perspective
assimilation
totalitarianism
jurisprudence
4
What was formed in 1957 to provide closer ties for Europe by joining the EEC?
Cuisine
Common Market
borscht
Marshall Plan
5
What foods are considered “staples?”
borscht, goulash & milk
bread, meat & cheese
tomatoes, potatoes & oats
pitas, salads & desserts
6
Who commented on social issues like poverty in
Oliver Twist
?
Austen
Locke
Dante
Dickens
7
Who helped spread the popularity of novels with his invention?
Dante
Gutenberg
Dickens
Beethoven
8
What is the most dominant religion in Europe?
Capitalism
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
9
Which means a city has a variety of cultures and influences?
Egregious
Condescending
Ethnocentric
Cosmopolitan
10
What type of citizens of eastern European countries believe the communists offered security?
parents
immigrants
old
young
11
Where do potatoes grow well?
Romania, Italy & Belgium
Ireland, Germany & Great Britain
Russia, Italy & Bulgaria
Iceland, France & Belgium
12
What is the Eastern European nation with the greatest success in a market economy?
Estonia
Poland
Romania
Latvia
13
What is a long work of fiction called?
Cuisine
Novel
Baroque
Epic
14
What is the term for characteristics or the profile of a human population?
demographics
digitalization
consumerism
assimilation
15
Who is an example of an impressionist artist?
Dante
Shakespeare
Dickens
Monet
16
What are two reasons why many people want to go to Europe?
jobs & political unrest
troubadours & cuisines
tariffs & eurozone
common market & Orange Revolution
17
About how many countries are in Europe?
50
20
30
40
18
What art period (early 1800’s) is when artists moved away from religious themes to landscapes?
Abstract
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
19
What has made Europe more diverse?
troubadours
immigration
assimilation
genres
20
Where are Slavic languages spoken in Europe?
East
South
West
North
21
What finally happened in 1991 to the Soviet Union?
collapsed
civil war
joined EU
became communist
22
Which is a good example of a cosmopolitan city because its shops reflect other origins?
Rome
Paris
London
Budapest
23
What happened after WWII to many Eastern European countries?
loaned money to Greece & Ireland
joined the EU
raised taxes and cut spending
became communist
24
What is the term used for cooking traditions?
Tariffs
Baroque
Cuisine
Classical
25
What is NATO?
single market
cuisine
eurozone
defensive alliance
26
What happened in Yugoslavia in 1991 because of the ethnic groups?
civil war
Orange Revolution
demographics
privatization
27
What is the common currency of modern Europe?
Dollars
Lira
Euros
Marks
28
What are the sources of European artistic achievements?
Egypt & Persia
Southard & Browell
Spain & Italy
Greeks & Romans
29
What is a long poem that tells the adventures of a hero called?
Eurozone
Genre
Epic
Assimilation
30
What is a market in which a nation trades across borders without tariffs?
Boston Market
Single Market
Government-controlled market
Jurisprudence
31
What is the term for a regional variety of a language?
Dialogue
Dilect
Diabetes
Didactic
32
What did Jane Austen write, using humor to examine women’s role in society?
Ulysses
Oliver Twist
Sense & Sensibility
The Sorrows of Young Wether
33
What is
borscht
?
beef stew
bread
potatoes & tomatoes
beet soup
34
Who is an example of a composer from the Classical and Romantic periods?
Napoleon
Beethoven
Dante
Shakespeare
35
What country peacefully rebelled against communism in 1981, starting a chain reaction.
USSR
Poland
France
Ukraine
36
What did Enlightenment ideas inspire in the mid 1700’s?
Common Market
Revolutions
Baroque music
Romantic art
37
Where are Catholic populations are most common?
North
East
South
West
38
Where is
borscht
made?
Italy
Sweden
Russia
Hungary
39
What food is Ukraine is known for producing?
spaghetti
goulash
borscht
bread
40
What is the climate like in Mediterranean countries?
arid & cool
hot & dry
temperate
cool & wet
41
Who is in NATO?
all of these
western Europe
United States
democracies
42
What are forms of literature called?
Generals
Geriatrics
Genres
Genetics
43
Who was one of the greatest writers of the early Renaissance that wrote in Italian?
Homer
Dickens
Dante
Virgil
44
What was the plan to rebuild Europe after WWII?
Consumer Plan
Marshall Plan
Classical
Baroque
45
What is the fastest-growing religion in Europe?
Islam
Hinduism
Capitalism
Christianity
46
Who did not join the EU because it doesn’t want to give up control of its own affairs?
Turkey
United States
Norway
Soviet Union
47
What are two examples of Romantic languages?
German & English
Italian & Spanish
German & Spanish
French & English
48
Who are the two Enlightenment writers mentioned in your text?
Cervantes & Virgil
Voltaire & Locke
Austen & Beethoven
Dante & Dickens
49
What is an example of a country with more than one official language?
Belarus
France
Belgium
Germany
50
What was the kind of economy former Communist countries changed from?
market
traditional
government-run
troubadour
51
What was formed in 1992 by 27 European nations in what was once called the Common Market?
Union pacific
Universal healthcare
Soviet Union
European Union
52
What influenced much of the art of the Middle Age?
Religion
Democracy
Landscapes
Taxes
53
How large the land of Europe area is compared to the US?
Quarter
Third
Half
Double
54
Who wrote an epic poem about the founding of Rome called
The Aeneid
?
Dickens
Homer
Dante
Virgil
55
What did the countries of the Eurozone have to do to help Greece and Ireland?
all of these
loan them money
cut spending
cut taxes
56
What did Greece and Ireland have to do in return for help?
raise taxes and cut spending
cut taxes and increase spending
raise taxes and spending
cut taxes and spending
57
What is the term for government-owned businesses changing to individual ownership?
troubadour
privatization
democratization
cuisine
58
What is an economy that determines prices and quantities produced based on buyers and sellers?
government-directed
traditional
troubadour
market
59
What means to be absorbed into a culture?
exchange
cuisine
assimilation
troubadour
60
Where is
goulash
made?
Italy
Hungary
Russia
Sweden
61
What do younger citizens of eastern Europe believe can help solve their countries’ problems?
troubadours
communism
democracy
Bixby Spartans
62
What is
goulash
?
bread
potatoes & tomatoes
beet soup
beef stew
63
Where are Germanic languages are spoken in Europe?
East
North
South
West
64
What is a Mediterranean climate ideal for producing?
olives, tomatoes & garlic
dumplings, borscht & goulash
bread, meat & cheese
potatoes, milk & cheese
65
What are two former communist nations that have developed stable national governments?
France & Germany
Poland & Hungary
Britain & Norway
Iceland & Belarus
66
What is the term for changing one currency for another, usually for a fee?
cuisine
exchange
privatization
consume
67
How did the aging population affect the work force?
increased immigration
all of these
lowered government spending
increased tariffs
68
What do many Europeans believe should be done like Australia?
tariffs
limited immigration
unlimited immigration
common currency
69
What is the art form that emphasized light and color to capture a moment?
Baroque
abstract
impressionism
Romantic
70
Where is Protestantism most common?
East
South
North
West
71
What is the term for the 17 nations that use the common currency?
Warsaw Pact
Cuisine
NATO
Eurozone
72
What is one of the requirements for joining the EU that has kept some nations under review?
tariffs
stable democracy
unionism
adoption of Euros
73
Who were the singers of the Middle Age that sang about knights and love?
Baroques
Banners
Vassals
Troubadours
74
What period was inspired by the new instruments and included the opera form of art?
Classical
Impressionist
Romantic
Baroque
75
Which of these is a tariff?
tax on imports
potato
cuisine
borscht
