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