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1
What percent of Europe's forests are affected by acid rain?
50%
10%
30%
25%
2
What two countries launched the age of exploration?
Spain and Great Britain
America and France
Portugal and Spain
France and Palestine
3
France has long had a deep rivalry with what other country based in part on cultural differences?
Germany
Greece
Turkey
France
4
On the Scandinavian Peninsula what scoured away at the rich topsoil and left only thin, rocky soil to farm?
Erosion
Swampland
Glaciers
High Wind Speed
5
What is gradually happening to Venice?
It's moving
It's falling apart
It's becoming independent
It's sinking
6
What have people been doing to the forest of Europe since ancient times?
Clearing the forests
Farming
Waging war
Creating Countries
7
What was one of the first nation-states?
Greece
Britain
Germany
France
8
Several Greek city-states fought a costly series of wars with whom?
Persia
Germany
Serbia
Rome
9
What helped cause WW1?
Pearl Harbor
Competition and Rivalry on Power
Old Grudges
Discrimination against the Jews
10
What is Portugal's biggest industry?
Lumber
Coffee
Textiles
Cocoa Beans
11
The period between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance is called what?
Age of Kings
The Plague
Mid-evil Times
The Middle Ages
12
What percent of the Netherlands was once under the sea?
43.7%
40%
60%
10&
13
Because Ireland lacks energy sources the Irish use what for fuel?
Peat
Fossil Fuels
Hydro-Electric Power
Geothermal
14
What two sports did the British develop?
Soccer and Fútbol
Cricket and Rugby
Rugby and Kickball
Cricket and Soccer
15
How did Venice begin?
They thought it was a beautiful landscape
They had been exiled from Britain due to their religion
They were hiding from invaders and took shelter there
The water made transportation easy
16
From where did Christianity spread across the Roman Empire?
Jerusalem
Serbia
Israel
Palestine
17
Who made himself emperor of this nation-state in 1804?
Thomas Jefferson
Napoleon Bonaparte
Alexander the Great
Adolph Hitler
18
What did Eastern Europe's outdated factories create heavy amounts of?
Unused Energy
Pollution
Uneducated Workers
Stagnant Water
19
What often leads to advances in knowledge?
The spread of language
The spread of culture
The spread of diseases
The spread of ideas
20
How many countries does the Danube River flow through?
11
7
9
3
21
Nuclear plants produce 70% percent of France's electricity
False
True
22
Who launched the Crusades?
Spain
European Christians
The Templar Knights
England
23
What country is the largest producer of agricultural products in Western Europe?
Germany
Spain
Sweden
France
24
What creates much of Europe's water pollution?
Sewage
Automobiles
Mine and Factories
Cut and Slash Technique
25
Nuclear plants produce 75% of Finland's electricity
True
False