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Geography Unit 3 Test--"Europe and Russia"
Geography Unit 3 Test--"Europe and Russia"
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Test review for Unit 3--"Europe and Russia" #europe #geography #russia
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1
Oktoberfest is a local festival held in southeast ______.
France
Germany
Russia
Austria
2
The longest single rail line in the world is the
Trans-African
Trans-Canadian Railroad
Trans-Siberian
Transcontinental Railroad
3
A warm ocean current that keeps temperatures in Northern Europe relatively mild is the
Gulf Stream
West Nile Current
North Atlantic Drift
Labrador Current
4
The Northern European Plain is
a mountainous region that is difficult to live in
mostly below sea level
about the size of Rhode Island
home to the region's best farmland and largest cities
5
The capital of Ireland is
Montgomery
Dublin
Cloverdale
London
6
Tourists often come to Iceland to see
pine forests and lumber mills
volcanoes, glaciers, and geysers
historical monuments
fjords and emerald green hills
7
The form of the Greek alphabet used in Russia today is
Phonetic
Cyrillic
Phoenician
Redneckian
8
The ethnic group to which about 80% of Russians belong are the
Georgians
Alabamians
Slavs
Croats
9
Russia's economic system
remains a command economy
is moving from market to command economy
is moving from command to market economy
remains a market economy
10
What changes occurred in Poland in 1989?
Poland joined the Commonwealth of Independent States
Poland rejected Communism and elected new leaders
Poland got its independence from the Soviet Union
they declared a policy of neutrality
11
What landform stretches from the Atlantic coast into eastern Europe?
Alps
Northern European Plain
Balkan Peninsula
Jura Mountains
12
The city that was once the center of a great empire in what is now Ukraine is
Kiev
Zip City
St. Petersburg
Moscow
13
The vast forest that covers much of Russia is called the
uplands
taiga
tundra
steppe
14
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the governments of many Eastern European countries
became Communist
became CIS members
became democracies
became EU members
15
Forcing out or killing ethnic or religious groups is called
fratricide
matricide
homicide
ethnic cleansing
16
A period of great creativity and arts in Europe which started about 500 years ago was the
Renaissance
American Revolution
Imperial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
17
What are the highest mountains in Europe?
the Pindus
the Alps
the Apennines
the Pyrenees
18
The President of Russia who ordered the attacks against a neighboring country (Ukraine) in 2014 and 2022 is ___________.
Boris Yeltsin
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Gorbachev
19
A former comedian on TV, this person has been the President of Ukraine during the invasion by Russia.
Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
20
The name for a Russian emperor is
czar
Geography Teacher
king
caesar
21
What architectural style has high pointed ceilings, stained glass windows, and tall towers?
Gothic
Norman
Roman
Frankish
22
Much of the violence that occurred in the Balkans in the 1990s resulted from
bullying in the 7th Grade Hall
poor economic planning
Soviet domination
ethnic conflict
23
The title of the leader of the Parliament in Germany is
President
Chancellor
Prime Minister
Assistant Principal
24
Bad economic planning under ______ control has caused economic problems in many countries.
Allied
Soviet
European Union
United States
25
The Industrial Revolution helped
the Vikings gain colonies
the United Kingdom build an empire
Ireland win its independence
the United Kingdom limit trade
26
All of the countries of Southern Europe have long coastlines on the
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Lake
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
27
The Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral are two famous landmarks in ________.
Paris
Cloverdale
Washington D.C.
London
28
Early Scandinavian warriors who attacked ports around Europe were called
Freudians
Alabamians
Samurais
Vikings
29
Once a divided city, this is now the capital of Germany
London
Paris
Berlin
Bonn
30
Norway's oil fields in the _________ are expected to run dry in the next century.
Mediterranean Sea
Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean
North Sea
31
The spiritual head of the Roman Catholic Church is the
pope
cardinal of France
bishop of Rome
teacher of 7th Grade English
32
The conflict in Northern Ireland
was finally resolved in the 1990s
is between Catholics and Protestants
is between judges and elected officials
never affected the United Kingdom
33
During the fall of the Soviet Union (1989-1990), its leader was
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Mrs. Barnett's husband
Mikhail Gorbachev
34
The site of a terrible nuclear accident in 1986 was
Moscow
Zip City
Kiev
Chernobyl
35
Russia's capital and largest city is
Baku
Moscow
Tbilisi
Kiev
36
What influenced the beginning of the Renaissance?
Italians overthrew Muslim rulers
rich merchants and bankers supported artists
nationalism swept through Italy
Rome ruled a vast empire
37
The largest French city, center of culture, business, finance, and learning is
Bonn
Paris
London
Berlin
38
The mountains which form a border between Spain and France are the
Rockies
Himalayas
Alps
Pyrenees