Fall Semester Test Review General Knowledge

Italy, Greece and Spain are all on what sea?

When it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?

What is the money of the European Union called?

The Parthenon is a historical archeological achievement found in:

____________ painted a giant mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

An economic system in which business leaders use profits to expand their companies:

What country is Denmark’s only neighbor?

What kind of state assumes the primary responsibility for the social welfare of its citizens?

Which is not a famous leader of Communist Russia:

Which of the following is a famous European mountain range:

What is the name of the Peninsula that includes Spain and Portugal?

What country did a caravan of people leave from to try and come to America?

A long, steep-sided glacial valley now filled by sea water:

What is the money of Great Britain called?

The Colosseum is a historical archeological achievement found in:

The time known for it’s “rebirth” of knowledge and the arts was

The idea that society should be based on public ownership and communal control of property:

If it’s 6:00am in Tyler what time is it in California?

Who is the leader of Russia now?

Perspective gave paintings ____________ and dimension.

What country occupied Latvia?

What is the equinox?

The transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases when Europeans arrived in the New World?

In the 1100s European Christians fought Muslims in a series of wars called the:

Which is not the a part of the United Kingdom (U.K.):

Which is a famous European river?

Which country did Mexico fight a war against in 1846?

Which country’s economy is described as one of the least developed in Southern Europe?

What man made feature in Panama is essential to North and South American trade?

Dikes and polders are found in which European country: