Europe Test Review

Question 1

Fjords are associated with which of the following countries?

Accepted Answer

Norway

Question 2

Which country continues to maintain a network of colonies & an interest in former colonies?

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France

Question 3

The North European Lowland:

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is the most densely populated of Europe’s landscape regions

Question 4

The only country with coasts on the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, and North Sea (Tristen) is:

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France

Question 5

The country located on the Jutland Peninsula and the smallest state (in area) in Norden is:

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Denmark

Question 6

The capital and leading city in Poland is:

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Warsaw

Question 7

Southern Italy is known as the:

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Mezzogiorno

Question 8

A country's leading urban center, large and expressive of national feelings, is known as the:

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primate city

Question 9

The emergence of modern Europe after the Dark Ages is known as the:

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Renaissance

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a Mediterranean crop?

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Rice

Question 11

_______ dominates Western Europe demographically and economically.

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Germany

Question 12

The region in eastern Spain south of the Pyrenees Mountains centered on Barcelona is known as:

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Catalonia

Question 13

The capital and primate city of Greece is:

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Athens

Question 14

The process whereby regions within a state demand political strength and autonomy is known as:

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devolution

Question 15

__________ forces tie a nation together.

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Centripetal

Question 16

A country that was divided into two political units after World War II was:

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Germany

Question 17

Which one of these countries is the smallest?

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Luxembourg

Question 18

The term “Balkanization” refers to:

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the division and fragmentation of the Eastern Europe region

Question 19

Lands reclaimed from the sea are known as:

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polders

Question 20

The major chain of mountains in Europe is referred to as the:

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Alpines

Question 21

The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by which mountain chain?

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Pyrenees

Question 22

Which of the following is not a state created by the devolution of former Yugoslavia?

Accepted Answer

Slovakia

Question 23

What sea separates Italy and Croatia?

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Adriatic

Question 24

Which of the following is not a Nordic country?

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Netherlands

Question 25

Which of the following languages is not a Slavic language?

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Romanian

Question 26

Translyvania is located in:

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Romania

Question 27

The island contested between Greece and Turkey is:

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Cyprus

Question 28

Which of the following is not in the Western Uplands?

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Switzerland

Question 29

Which of the following is not an area of previous or potential devolution?

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Sweden

Question 30

The US plan to aid Europe after World War II was known as the _______ Plan.

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Marshall

Question 31

Benelux refers to:

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the Low Countries of Western Europe (Belgium & Netherlands)

Question 32

Which of the following European countries is landlocked?

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Switzerland

Question 33

The Danube River empties into the:

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Black Sea

Question 34

Northern and Southern Italy are divided by the:

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Ancona Line

Question 35

Which of the following is not a portion of the United Kingdom?

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Faroe Islands

Question 36

The United Kingdom was often protected from European wars by the:

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English Channel

Question 37

The largest Greek island is:

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Crete

Question 38

Which of the following rivers does not flow through French territory?

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Danube

Question 39

____ on the Iberian peninsula is one of Europe’s poorer countries.

Accepted Answer

Portugal

Question 40

The European country that has purported to practice strict neutrality is:

Accepted Answer

Switzerland

Europe Test Review

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Europe Test Review

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