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Northern and Southern Europe
Northern and Southern Europe
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1
True or False? Finland has a continental climate?
True
False
2
What country was the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Italy
Spain
Greece
3
True or False? Taxes are low in Northern Europe.
True
False
4
True or False? Iceland is an island.
False
True
5
True or False? The Protestant Reformation was more successful in Northern than Southern Europe.
True
False
6
Sicily and Sardinia belong to which Southern European Country?
Italy
Portugal
Greece
7
True or False? After fighting a Civil War in the 1930s, Spain did not fight in World War II.
False
True
8
Which Northern European country uses geothermal energy to hear its capital city?
Iceland
Denmark
9
What two countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?
Spain and Greece
Spain and Italy
Spain and Portugal
10
Why does the Baltic Sea freeze so easily?
It is isolated from other bodies of water
It has a low concentration of salt
11
Why did Emperor Constantine move the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople?
He preferred Constantinople's climate
He wanted a new site that could be protected from Barbarians
12
Why is the climate in Eastern Norway colder than the western part of the country?
Mountains reduce the flow of warm air from Norwegian Current
Eastern Norway has a higher elevation causing it to be cold
13
Which statement about the Roman Empire is accurate?
The Eastern Empire lasted about 1000 years longer than West
The Roman Empire sat entirely on the Iberian Peninsula
14
True or False? Macedonia was the first known democracy.
True
False
15
True or False? Apples grow well in the scrublands near the Mediterranean.
False
True
16
What type of climate is most common in Southern Europe?
Mediterranean
Mountainous
17
Why has whaling lessened as an industry in Northern Europe?
Shrimping was much more profitable and not as dangerous
Many large whales were becoming endangered
18
Which was an early center of the Renaissance?
Florence
Constantinople
19
True or False? During WII, Italy sided with Germany.
False
True
20
True or False? The literacy rate is very low in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
True
False
21
About how much of Finland is covered in forests?
about 15%
about 75%
22
True or False? The countries of Southern Europe are known as the Nordic countries.
False
True
23
How did Galileo prove Copernicus's theory that planets, including the Earth, orbit the sun?
Telescope
Binoculars
24
Which of the following was known as the first known democracy?
Macedon
Athens
25
True or False? One of the most important crops of Southern Europe is barley.
False
True
26
How were Greek Christians treated under the Ottoman Empire?
They had to practice their religion in secret
Had limited rights, but could practice their own regions
