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The European Realm Chapter 5 Complete Test Bank

Package Title: Testbank

Course Title: The World Today 8e

Chapter Number: 05

Question Type: Multiple Choice

1) Europe’s relative location is ____.

a) inefficient for international trade

b) one of inferior global accessibility

c) disadvantaged by its proximity to the sea

d) one of centrality within the land hemisphere

e) disadvantaged by its closeness to Africa

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Have an overview of Europe’s main physiographic regions and climates, its central location in the northern hemisphere, and an understanding of the increase in extreme weather events.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Physical Geography

2) The North European Lowland _____________.

a) contains the mountain ranges of the Alps

b) is the most densely populated of Europe's landscape regions

c) does not include England

d) has historically functioned as a barrier to contact and communication

e) contains the plains of Greece

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Have an overview of Europe’s main physiographic regions and climates, its central location in the northern hemisphere, and an understanding of the increase in extreme weather events.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Physical Geography

3) The Industrial Revolution in Europe ________________.

a) produced the first specialized industries anywhere in the realm

b) triggered a large immigration of workers from other parts of the world to fill the available jobs in the factories

c) initially was focused in Britain, where machinery was invented and the use of steam to power engines emerged

d) gave enormous situational advantage to large cities such as London and Paris, both positioned on coal fields and near iron ores

e) confirmed the superior quality of European products, which were already beating inferior textiles and other wares from India and China before the Industrial Revolution even began

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss two main aspects of Europe’s modern history and the impact on present‐day geography (including population distribution): the industrial revolution and the emergence of a modern state system.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Modern Historical Geography

4) Europe's political revolution ___________________.

a) helped to end absolutist states, in which monarchs held all the power and the people had few if any rights.

b) ended with the division of the German state in 1945

c) was stimulated by the new weaponry produced by the Industrial Revolution

d) originated as a reaction to the oppression of the Roman Empire

e) was an anticolonial rebellion that threw off Moorish and Ottoman yokes

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss two main aspects of Europe’s modern history and the impact on present‐day geography (including population distribution): the industrial revolution and the emergence of a modern state system.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Modern Historical Geography

5) Which of the following was once a clear example of a European nation-state?

a) Yugoslavia

b) Northern Ireland

c) France

d) Belgium

e) Ukraine

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss two main aspects of Europe’s modern history and the impact on present‐day geography (including population distribution): the industrial revolution and the emergence of a modern state system.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Modern Historical Geography

6) __________ forces divide a nation.

a) Situational

b) Centripetal

c) Centrifugal

d) Charismatic

e) Infrastructural

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Understand the historic origins of unification, differentiate between membership of the EU, the Schengen Area, and the Euro Zone.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: European Unification

7) According to Figure 5-2, the Mediterranean climate belongs to which major climate type?

A map shows the extent of Europe’s climate zones. The E, Cold Polar Climate is found on the northern half of Iceland, and along the Barents Sea coast of northernmost Norway and an arm of inland Sweden. The D, Humid Cold Climate group is found in Finland, the northern two-thirds of Sweden, and Eastern Europe from the Baltics through eastern Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and to northern Bulgaria. Some pockets of BS climate, Semiarid, are found in Spain and southern Ukraine. The rest of the continent, including all of the British Isles, the southern half of Iceland, and virtually all the coastal areas not already mentioned, are C, Humid Temperate, climates. Northern and Western Europe are Cf climates with no dry season, while Southern Europe including all the Mediterranean coastal regions as well as the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula, are Cs climates with a summer dry season—the Mediterranean climate. The highest areas of the Alps in and around Switzerland are type H, Undifferentiated Highland Climate.

a) Dry

b) Humid Temperate

c) Humid Cold

d) Cold Polar

e) Highland

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Have an overview of Europe’s main physiographic regions and climates, its central location in the northern hemisphere, and an understanding of the increase in extreme weather events.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Physical Geography

8) Figure 5-3 shows which two physical landscapes on the Iberian Peninsula?

A map of Europe illustrates the broad physical regions of the realm. The Western Uplands include Iceland and Ireland; the Scottish Highlands, Pennines, and Cambrian Plateau of Britain; the Plateau of Brittany in northwest France; the Iberian Peninsula, and the Scandinavian Peninsula. The North European Lowland is a wide arc from western France to the Baltics, Western Russia, and Ukraine, including the Jutland Peninsula and the eastern half of Britain. The Central Uplands include the Massif Central and Jura in southern France, most of Western Germany, and the Erzgeb and Sudeten Mountains in the Czech Republic. The Alpine System includes the Sierra Morena and Sierra Nevada ranges in southern Spain; the Cantabrian Mountains and Pyrenees in northern Spain; the Alps, Dolomites, and Apennines in Italy; the Dinaric Alps, Tatras, Carpathians, Transylvania Alps, Balkan, Balkan Peninsula, Rhodope Mountains, and Pindus Mountains of Eastern and southeastern Europe, as well as the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Crete, and Cyprus in the Mediterranean. Canals run between the following set of rivers: Seine River and Rhine River; Rhine River and Danube River; Elbe River and Oder River; Drava River and Tisza River; between the tributaries of Vistula River and Dnieper River.

a) Western Uplands and North European Lowland

b) Western Uplands and Central Uplands

c) Central Uplands and Alpine System

d) Western Uplands and Alpine System

e) North European Lowland and Alpine System

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Have an overview of Europe’s main physiographic regions and climates, its central location in the northern hemisphere, and an understanding of the increase in extreme weather events.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Physical Geography

9) Which of the following nations did not unify until the late 19th century?

  1. Spain
  2. Germany
  3. France
  4. Belgium
  5. The Netherlands

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss two main aspects of Europe’s modern history and the impact on present‐day geography (including population distribution): the industrial revolution and the emergence of a modern state system.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Modern Historical Geography

10) Which major city is not located in the North European Lowland?

  1. London
  2. Paris
  3. Amsterdam
  4. Rome
  5. Berlin

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Have an overview of Europe’s main physiographic regions and climates, its central location in the northern hemisphere, and an understanding of the increase in extreme weather events.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Physical Geography

11) What was the U.S.-sponsored economic program designed to rebuild Western Europe after World War II?

  1. The Common Market
  2. NATO
  3. The Marshall Plan
  4. The Warsaw Pact
  5. The Eurozone

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the historic origins of unification, differentiate between membership of the EU, the Schengen Area, and the Euro Zone.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: European Unification

12) Regions that produce surpluses of goods needed elsewhere exhibit ______.

a) complementarity

b) balkanization

c) supranationalism

d) irredentism

e) local functional specialization

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the general geography of Europe in terms of culture and language; Europe as an economic functional region; and Europe as a highly urbanized realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm

13) Which of the following is CORRECT regarding immigration trends in Europe?

a) There are no immigrants in Europe.

b) Immigrants in Europe come mostly from other countries in Europe.

c) Immigrants are well integrated into European societies.

d) Immigration in Europe is offsetting some of the population decline.

e) Most immigrants arriving in Europe are Christian.

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Outline the general geography of Europe in terms of culture and language; Europe as an economic functional region; and Europe as a highly urbanized realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm

14) Europe's unofficial lingua franca (common language) today is ____________.

a) French

b) English

c) German

d) Spanish

e) Euro

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Outline the general geography of Europe in terms of culture and language; Europe as an economic functional region; and Europe as a highly urbanized realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm

15) Which of the following groups have formed a rapidly growing minority presence in many European countries?

a) Muslims

b) Chinese

c) Hispanics

d) Russians

e) Evangelical Christians

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Outline the general geography of Europe in terms of culture and language; Europe as an economic functional region; and Europe as a highly urbanized realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm

16) Figure 5-7 shows that the Polish language belongs to this language group.

A European map highlights the languages of Europe, color-keyed by language groups in the Indo-European Family, Uralic Family, Altaic Family, and Basque. The Romance Group, including languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian, predominate in these countries. The Germanic Group, including languages such as Dutch, German, English, Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic, predominates in the Northern and Western European countries that are mostly named for these languages. Pockets along the fringes of the British Isle and northwest France note the presence of Celtic Group languages such as Breton, Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic. Eastern Europe, from Russia, through Ukraine and Poland and south to the Balkans, is dominated by the Slavic Group languages such as Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian. The Thracian/Illyrian Group’s sole member is Albanian, spoken predominantly in Albania. The Greek language is the only representative of the Hellenic Group, and is spoken in Greece. The final branch of the Indo-European Family is the Baltic Group, with Latvian and Lithuanian spoken in those Baltic states. The Uralic language Family is represented by the Finn-Ugric Group, with languages such as Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian spoken in those countries, respectively, and pockets of Saami language in Finland, and an exclave of Hungarian in Romania. The Altaic language Family’s Turkic Group can be found spoken in Turkey. Areas with significant concentrations of other languages (usually adjacent national languages) can be found throughout Europe, notably in Spain with Galician and Catalan from the Romance Group, and Basque—which is a language with its own Group and Family. A number of languages and dialects belonging to smaller groups and found in smaller areas can be found throughout Europe.

a) Germanic Group

b) Slavic Group

c) Celtic Group

d) Romance Group

e) Baltic Group

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Outline the general geography of Europe in terms of culture and language; Europe as an economic functional region; and Europe as a highly urbanized realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm

17) Which of the following is NOT an example of European supranationalism?

a) Benelux

b) the euro currency

c) the European Union

d) the Schengen Agreement

e) the United Kingdom's position on the European Monetary Union

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the historic origins of unification, differentiate between membership of the EU, the Schengen Area, and the Euro Zone.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: European Unification

18) Which of the following describes the European integration process?

a) political corporation

b) introduction of a single currency

c) harmonization of national laws

d) abolition of protectionist policies

e) All of the answer choices are correct

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Understand the historic origins of unification, differentiate between membership of the EU, the Schengen Area, and the Euro Zone.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: European Unification

19) The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as ______________.

a) devolution

b) irredentism

c) complementarity

d) supranationalism

e) transferability

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss three major impacts of unification: the creation of a single market, the emergence of selected new high growth regions, and lessening state power.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Consequences of Unification

20) Which of the following cities is NOT part of one of the Four Motors of Europe?

a) Brussels

b) Milan

c) Stuttgart

d) Barcelona

e) Lyon

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss three major impacts of unification: the creation of a single market, the emergence of selected new high growth regions, and lessening state power.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Consequences of Unification

21) Based on Figure 5-9, which part of Europe is the poorest?

A map shows the uneven distribution of economic development across Europe, mapping 2016 G D P per capita in Euros by subnational region. In the highest category, regions generating over 35,000 Euros include all of Iceland; southern Ireland; major urban areas of Scotland, England, Spain, and France; most of the Netherlands and central Belgium; Luxembourg; southern and parts of western Germany; Switzerland; western Austria; northern Italy; the southwest coast of Norway; and the areas containing the capitals of countries other than the Balkans. Regions in the lowest category, under 20,000 Euros, include northern Portugal and southwestern Spain; Sicily and southern Italy; Greece outside of Athens; most of the Balkans, Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary; eastern Slovakia; most of Poland; Lithuania outside of Vilnius; Latvia; and northern and west-central England. The overall pattern present is that large urban areas, particularly capitals, generate the most G D P per capita, in addition to a core of economic activity running from northern Italy through the Alps and western Germany to the Benelux countries, and to a lesser extent on to the British Isles and Scandinavia. Aside from their capitals, Eastern and Southern Europe generate the lowest G D P per capita.

a) Northern Europe

b) Central Europe

c) Western Europe

d) Southwestern Europe

e) Eastern Europe

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss three major impacts of unification: the creation of a single market, the emergence of selected new high growth regions, and lessening state power.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Consequences of Unification

22) Based on Figure 5-10, which country is NOT currently affected by forces of devolution?

A map of Europe indicates states and areas affected by devolutionary pressures. The devolutionary areas and the corresponding affected states are as follows: Scotland, in northern United Kingdom; Wales, in western United Kingdom; Northern Ireland - Affected State: United Kingdom. Galicia in northwest Spain - Affected State: Spain Basque Region, area straddling the border between France and Spain near the Bay of Biscay - Affected States: France and Spain. Catalonia in northeast Spain – Affected State: Spain. Corsica (French) Island - Affected States: France and Italy. Sardinia (Italian) Island - Affected State: Italy. Padania in north-central Italy - Affected State: Italy. South Tyrol in northern Italy - Affected State: Italy. Belgium - Affected State: Belgium. Finn mark (Saamia) in northernmost Scandinavia - Affected State: Norway. Latgale in easternmost Latvia - Affected State: Latvia. Polish Area in southern Lithuania - Affected States: Lithuania and Poland. Kaliningrad (Russia), on the Baltic Sea in northeast Europe - Affected States: Lithuania and Poland. Upper Silesia in southern Poland - Affected States: Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Russian Sphere in eastern Ukraine - Affected State: Ukraine. Trans-Nistria in eastern Moldova - Affected States: Moldova and Ukraine. Transylvania in central and northern Romania - Affected State: Romania. Slavonia, in Croatia north of Bosnia - Affected States: Croatia and Serbia. Bosnia - Affected States: Croatia and Serbia. Kosovo - Affected State: Serbia. North Macedonia - Affected State: Serbia. Northern Cyprus, northern regions of the island - Affected State: Cyprus.

a) United Kingdom

b) Germany

c) Spain

d) Italy

e) Norway

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss three major impacts of unification: the creation of a single market, the emergence of selected new high growth regions, and lessening state power.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Consequences of Unification

23) According to Figure 5-11, which country was NOT a member of NATO in 1949?

A map categorizes NATO members in Europe based on the joining dates. In 1949, NATO was founded by the following states: Portugal, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the United States, and Canada. The countries that joined after 1949 are Spain, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey. The potential candidates include Ukraine and Georgia.

a) United Kingdom

b) France

c) Spain

d) Italy

e) Belgium

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the importance of NATO to Europe and the implications of NATO expansion towards the east; discuss different aspects of the current geopolitical situation in the Baltic region; discuss the refugee crisis and its impact on the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: European Geopolitics

24) Germany's Ruhr Basin industrial complex is linked via the Rhine River to the port of ___________.

a) London

b) Genoa

c) St. Petersburg

d) Rotterdam

e) Rhinestad

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

25) Prague lies in the upper basin of the _____, its traditional outlet through northern Germany to the North Sea.

a) Rhône River

b) Danube River

c) Elbe River

d) Rhine River

e) Seine River

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

26) German reunification __________________.

a) occurred in 1990

b) has resulted in economic equalization between the former East and West Germany

c) has led to a country with eight Autonomous Communities

d) took place immediately after the end of World War II

e) is still only partially completed

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

27) The only European country with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and the North Sea is __________________.

a) the Netherlands

b) Germany

c) Belgium

d) France

e) Austria

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

28) The administrative headquarters of the European Union is located in ______________.

a) Geneva

b) Paris

c) Brussels

d) Strasbourg

e) Berlin

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

29) Which of the following cities is located in the Randstad conurbation?

a) Berlin

b) Amsterdam

c) Copenhagen

d) Vienna

e) Brussels

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

30) Identify the country in Europe’s Mainland Core that is NOT a member of the European Union.

a) Austria

b) France

c) the Netherlands

d) Switzerland

e) Belgium

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

31) Significant oil and natural gas supplies have been found beneath the _________________.

a) Baltic Sea

b) Irish Sea

c) North Sea

d) River Thames

e) English Channel

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

32) The number of Protestants in Northern Ireland is _____________________.

a) increasing

b) made up of refugees from Wales

c) declining

d) about the same as the number of Roman Catholics

e) because of the Celtic Tiger phenomenon

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

33) According to Figure 5-19, residents of this city are the wealthiest in France.

A map shows the Régions of France, 2016 G D P per capita in Euros, railroads, roads, and major urban population centers. Île-de-France surrounding Paris is the only region of France with the G D P per capita exceeding 35,000 Euros; Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes around Lyon and Grenoble is the only region with a G D P per capita of 30,000 to 35,000 Euros; the rest of France, including Corsica, have a per capita G D P of 22,000 to 30,000 Euros. The capital Paris is the largest city, with over 5,000,000 residents; Lille, Lyon, and Marseille have populations ranging between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 each; cities with populations between 250,000 and 1,000,000 include Nantes, Le Havre, Tours, Orléans, Nancy, Strasbourg, Dijon, Saint Étienne, Grenoble, Nice, Montpellier, Toulouse, and Bordeaux; a number of smaller cities dot the country. Railroad and highway networks crisscross the entire country connecting all the major cities, and a general pattern of transportation networks converging on Paris can be seen.

a) Lille

b) Paris

c) Bordeaux

d) Strasbourg

e) Marseille

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Western Europe

34) Northern Europe _______________________.

a) is comprised of the Scandinavian countries, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden

b) has a higher-latitude climate

c) is entirely separated by water from the rest of Europe

d) is the least developed region of Europe, due to its peripheral location

e) has always been able to exploit abundant natural resources

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

35) Which of the country’s economy in Northern Europe has been transformed by the bounty of oil and natural gas discovered beneath the floor of the North Sea?

a) Denmark

b) Norway

c) Iceland

d) Finland

e) Sweden

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

36) The country located on the Jutland Peninsula and the smallest state (in area) in Northern Europe is _________________.

a) Sweden

b) Norway

c) Estonia

d) Iceland

e) Denmark

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

37) Which city in the Northern Europe serves as a break of bulk, or entrepôt, city?

a) Stockholm

b) Copenhagen

c) Oslo

d) Reykjavik

e) Helsinki

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

38) ___________ has more in common, ethnically and linguistically, with Finland than its other neighboring states.

a) Estonia

b) Latvia

c) Lithuania

d) Kaliningrad

e) Sweden

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

39) The Russian exclave located between Lithuania and Poland is called _______________.

a) Kaliningrad

b) Belarus

c) Latvia

d) Estonia

e) the Baltic Corridor

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

40) Which country in Mediterranean Europe was a charter member of the European Union?

a) Italy

b) Spain

c) Greece

d) Portugal

e) Slovenia

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

41) The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by which mountain range?

a) Apennines

b) Alps

c) Pyrenees

d) Pennines

e) Carpathians

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

42) Which country in Mediterranean Europe confronts a significant devolutionary movement among its Basque population?

a) Portugal

b) Spain

c) Cyprus

d) Italy

e) Greece

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

43) Italy's economic core and leading industrial complex, no longer focused on Rome, is today located in __________________.

a) Sicily

b) the Po River Basin

c) the Naples-Venice conurbation

d) the border zone centered on the Ancona Line

e) the Mezzogiorno

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

44) Which of the following cities is located in Italy's and Europe's core area?

a) Milan

b) Rome

c) Barcelona

d) Naples

e) Geneva

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

45) Northern and Southern Italy are divided by the _____________.

a) Alps

b) Apennines

c) Po River

d) Ancona Line

e) Strait of Gibraltar

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

46) The land body located directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from southernmost Spain is _____________.

a) the Iberian Peninsula

b) North Africa

c) Italy’s “boot”

d) the Balkan Peninsula

e) Scandinavia

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

47) The Autonomous Community located in northeastern Spain just south of the Pyrenees Mountains and is Spain’s leading industrial agglomeration is known as _____________.

a) Portugal

b) Andalusia

c) Catalonia

d) Gibraltar

e) Basque Country

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

48) By 2019, Greece was doing somewhat better economically, especially ____________________, indicative of an urban-rural divide that seems to be widening across Europe.

a) Sparta

b) Malta

c) Athens

d) Cyprus

e) Cyclades

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

49) The divided eastern Mediterranean island contested by both Greece and Turkey is __________________.

a) Cyprus

b) Crete

c) Malta

d) Sicily

e) Gibraltar

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

50) The international community recognizes which government on Cyprus?

a) Greek government

b) Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

c) Islamic

d) Maltese

e) Ottoman

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

51) The term balkanization refers to _______________.

a) a hybrid language spoken in Bulgaria and Romania

b) the landmass located just to the west of the Adriatic Sea

c) Serbian supranationalism

d) the recurrent division and fragmentation of a region

e) the imposition of the Slavic religion

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

52) Which state contains Serb, Croat, and Muslim populations that were finally convinced to end their fighting in 1995 at a U.S.-run peace conference?

a) Bosnia

b) Macedonia

c) Kosovo

d) Montenegro

e) Slovenia

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

53) An unusual aspect of Albania is its ______________.

a) location on both the Black and Adriatic seas

b) majority Eastern Orthodox population

c) unexpected recent admission to the EU

d) population growth rate, which is the slowest in all of Europe

e) dominantly (60%) Muslim population

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

54) Which of the following is not a state created by the breakup of former Yugoslavia?

a) Bosnia

b) Macedonia

c) Croatia

d) Slovakia

e) Slovenia

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

55) The Danube River empties into the ________________.

a) Adriatic Sea

b) Mediterranean Sea

c) Aegean Sea

d) Black Sea

e) North Sea

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

56) Which of the following countries does not belong to the European Union?

a) Bulgaria

b) Hungary

c) Ukraine

d) Croatia

e) Romania

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

57) The industrial heartland of Poland is located in ______________.

a) the Bohemian Basin

b) the Warsaw area

c) the Vistula Valley

d) Silesia

e) the Baltic coastal zone

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

58) Which former Soviet Socialist Republic, also called White Russia, is still strongly linked to Moscow?

a) Belarus

b) Lithuania

c) Moldova

d) Estonia

e) Ukraine

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

59) Slovakia sits north of and shares a long border with _____.

a) Czechoslovakia

b) Hungary

c) Serbia

d) Yugoslavia

e) Russia

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

60) When a state has open-support for fellow ethnics residing in nearby countries, this is termed _____________________.

a) colonization

b) devolution

c) interference

d) irredentism

e) balkanization

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

Question Type: True-False

61) Of the four landscape regions in Europe, the Central Uplands has been the realm's leading avenue for internal migrations.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Have an overview of Europe’s main physiographic regions and climates, its central location in the northern hemisphere, and an understanding of the increase in extreme weather events.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension

Section Reference: Physical Geography

62) The Treaty of Westphalia is key to understanding the origin of modern Europe’s state system.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss two main aspects of Europe’s modern history and the impact on present‐day geography (including population distribution): the industrial revolution and the emergence of a modern state system.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Modern Historical Geography

63) Most countries in Europe exhibit significant population growth.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the importance of immigration into the EU as well as migration within the EU; understand the difficulty of distinguishing between migrants and refugees; understand the importance of immigration to demographic stability.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Migration, Multicultural Challenges, and Prospects of Integration

64) The number of adherents to Christianity is growing in Europe.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Outline the general geography of Europe in terms of culture and language; Europe as an economic functional region; and Europe as a highly urbanized realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm

65) In the North European Lowlands, manufacturing complexes can still be seen today in the Czech Republic’s Bohemia, Germany's Ruhr, and Poland's Silesia.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss two main aspects of Europe’s modern history and the impact on present‐day geography (including population distribution): the industrial revolution and the emergence of a modern state system.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Modern Historical Geography

66) Transferability is the ease with which a commodity can be transported by producer to consumer.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the general geography of Europe in terms of culture and language; Europe as an economic functional region; and Europe as a highly urbanized realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm

67) The spatial interaction principle of complementarity refers to the ability to move a good at a bearable cost.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Outline the general geography of Europe in terms of culture and language; Europe as an economic functional region; and Europe as a highly urbanized realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm

68) The law of the primate city holds that a country's leading city is disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of its country’s culture and usually the capital.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the general geography of Europe in terms of culture and language; Europe as an economic functional region; and Europe as a highly urbanized realm.

Section Reference: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm

69) According to Box 5-5, the modern era of supranationalism in Europe began in the 1940s.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the historic origins of unification, differentiate between membership of the EU, the Schengen Area, and the Euro Zone.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: European Unification

70) According to Box 5-5, the European Parliament meets in Strasbourg, France.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the historic origins of unification, differentiate between membership of the EU, the Schengen Area, and the Euro Zone.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: European Unification

71) Because of internal bickering, the European Union in 2016 contained fewer member-states than it did when it was founded in 1957.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the historic origins of unification, differentiate between membership of the EU, the Schengen Area, and the Euro Zone.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: European Unification

72) Each of the three Benelux countries is a member of the European Union.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Understand the historic origins of unification, differentiate between membership of the EU, the Schengen Area, and the Euro Zone.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: European Unification

73) The United Kingdom held a referendum to leave the EU in 2016.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Understand three important current challenges: the growing diversity in the EU due to continued expansion; the challenges of a single currency, and the complexities involved in any member withdrawing from the EU (Brexit).

Section Reference: Recent Challenges of Integration

74) Switzerland is neither a NATO nor an EU member.

Difficulty Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the importance of NATO to Europe and the implications of NATO expansion towards the east; discuss different aspects of the current geopolitical situation in the Baltic region; discuss the refugee crisis and its impact on the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: European Geopolitics

75) The United Kingdom does not use the euro as its prevailing currency.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

76) The realm’s most populous country and largest economy is Germany.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

77) The Ruhr is located in the Paris Basin.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

78) The city of Paris has great advantages of site, but major disadvantages in its situation.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

79) Although reunified since 1990, former East Germany still lags economically behind former West Germany.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

80) The Randstad conurbation connects the capital cities of Belgium and the Netherlands.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

81) Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

82) Northern England, well endowed with major industrial areas, is the United Kingdom’s most affluent subregion.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

83) The northeastern corner of Ireland historically was a haven for English and Scottish Protestants and remains under British control.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

84) The Republic of Ireland (Eire) is situated in the northern portion of that island and is today once again ruled by the British government.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

85) Regionally, Iceland is a part of Northern Europe.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

86) Due largely to its peripheral location, Northern Europe remains largely underdeveloped.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

87) Northern Europe's three largest countries in territorial size all contain their major concentrations of population in the southern part of their national territory.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

88) Stockholm is Norway’s capital city.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

89) Denmark, because of its location south of the waterways that lead to the entrance of the Baltic Sea, is not considered part of the region of Northern Europe.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

90) An entrepôt, such as Copenhagen, is a place where goods are collected, stored, and transshipped.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

91) After its medieval period of prominence, the Po River has lost nearly all of its national importance within Italy.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

92) Although the Po River area has great agricultural advantages, this lowland today is experiencing the greatest development of manufacturing in Mediterranean Europe.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

93) The balkanization of a region implies its strong political unification.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

94) According to Figure 5-22, the Basque region of Spain is one of the poorest in the country.

A map of Portugal and Spain shows the 2016 G D P per capita in Euros, the European Core boundary, railroads, roads, and urban population centers. Portugal occupies the northwest tip of the Iberian Peninsula, while Spain is bordered by France and the microstate of Andorra to the north, and takes up the rest of the Peninsula. The area surrounding Madrid in central Spain, and the Basque Country area surrounding Bilbao on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, have per capita G D P over 35,000 Euros. Catalonia and Navarre each have per capita G D P of 30,000 to 35,000 Euros. The rest of the region, including all of Portugal, has per capita GDP of 15,000 to 30,000 Euros. The areas within the European Core Boundary include major regions of northern Spain, including the urban areas of Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Bilbao, and Gijón. Several major railroads and roads serve both countries, connecting the major cities and converging on Madrid. Some of the railroads and road extend into France. The capital of Spain, Madrid has a population of over 5,000,000 people. Porto and Lisbon (capital of Portugal) in Portugal each have a population between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000. The rest of the cities of the Peninsula have under 1,000,000 residents. An inset map shows Gibraltar, a United Kingdom possession, located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered by Spain on the north and surrounded by the waters of the Bay of Gibraltar to the west, Alboran Sea to the east, and the Strait of Gibraltar to the south. A narrow strip of land between Spain and Gibraltar is labeled the Neutral Zone.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

95) There are no members of the European Union in the region of Eastern Europe.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

96) Bratislava is to Slovakia as Sofia is to Bulgaria.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

97) Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

Question Type: Fill-in-the-blank

98) A country's leading urban center, disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of its country’s culture, is known as its ___ city.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

99) ____________ voted in a referendum in 2014 to remain part of the United Kingdom.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

100) The voluntary association in economic, political, or cultural spheres of independent states willing to yield some measure of sovereignty for their mutual benefit is known as ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Understand the historic origins of unification, differentiate between membership of the EU, the Schengen Area, and the Euro Zone.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: European Unification

101) The northernmost territorial component of the United Kingdom, which is today prone to devolution, is ___.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

102) ___ is the general term for a large, megalopolis-like urban complex that is formed by the coalescence of two or more cities.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Western Europe

103) The country in Northern Europe that is NOT located on the European mainland is ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

104) Even more than the United Kingdom, the European country that has benefited most from the North Sea oil boom is ___.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Northern Europe

105) __________ is Russia’s exclave in Europe.

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Eastern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Eastern Europe

106) The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by a high range named the ___ Mountains.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

107) Italy's economic core, no longer focused on Rome, is now centered on the city of ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

108) According to Figure 5-24, after the breakup of Yugoslavia this state ended up with the largest concentration of Muslims.

A map visualizes the distribution of ethnic groups in the Balkans. Croats occupy all of Croatia, and are found in the western and southern regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) inhabit northwestern and central-southeastern regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbs can be found in Serbia, the northernmost extent of Kosovo, and the northern and eastern areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Montenegrins are found in Montenegro. The cities marked are Niksic and Podgorica (Capital). Albanian Muslims inhabit all of Albania and Kosovo, as well as a narrow strip on the Serbia side of the Serbia-Kosovo east of Pristina, and parts of northwestern region of North Macedonia. Macedonians live in most of North Macedonia. The Dayton Accords Partition Line runs along the northern and central regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, dividing the territory associated with the Bosnian Muslims from that of the Serb “Republic” areas within Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Mediterranean European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Mediterranean Europe

109) Review Figure 5-12. Why is the Suwalki Gap so strategic?

A map of the Baltic region shows NATO members, Non-NATO countries, countries aligned with Russia, and the route of the undersea Nord Stream 2 pipeline. NATO members in the Baltic region include Germany, Denmark, Norway, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Non-NATO countries include Sweden, Finland, and Ukraine. Belarus is indicated as aligned with Russia, and the Suwalki Gap forming the Lithuania-Poland border separates Belarus from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline runs from the northeastern coast of Germany, across the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, and splits as it reaches two terminals in Russia.

a) It connects Russian forces in the heart of NATO territory.

b) It is a rift valley that continues to spread.

c) It is a mountain pass that engineers have been unable to build a road across.

d) It is an area of great mining and mineral production.

e) None of the choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the importance of NATO to Europe and the implications of NATO expansion towards the east; discuss different aspects of the current geopolitical situation in the Baltic region; discuss the refugee crisis and its impact on the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: European Geopolitics

110) According to Figure 5-13, refugees in Europe tend to _____.

A map shows the distribution of refugees across EU member countries in 2017. Germany has taken in over 1,000,000 refugees. France and Sweden have each accepted 200,000 refugees. Countries that accepted between 20,000 and 200,000 refugees, in declining order of number of refugees accepted, are: the United Kingdom and Italy; Netherlands and Austria; Belgium, Denmark, and Greece. Spain, Finland, and Bulgaria each have 20,000 refugees, and Poland, Cyprus, Malta, Romania, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Luxemburg, Czech Republic, and Lithuania each has taken in between 2,000 and 20,000 refugees. Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Croatia, and Slovenia each has less than 2,000 refugees.

a) be relocated to countries with lower population densities

b) travel to areas with majority Muslim populations

c) avoid Catholic countries

d) settle in the richest and most well-developed urban centers

e) None of the choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the importance of NATO to Europe and the implications of NATO expansion towards the east; discuss different aspects of the current geopolitical situation in the Baltic region; discuss the refugee crisis and its impact on the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: European Geopolitics

111) According to Figure 5-17, the most affluent areas of Germany border _____.

A map of Germany shows the States (Länder) of Germany, color coded to indicate the 2016 G D P per capita in Euros, as well as major urban centers, roads, and railways. The former East-West German border is also indicated, as it follows the border between Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse and Thüringia, and Bavaria and Thüringia. States with G D P per capita over 35,000 Euros include Baden-Wurttemberg, almost all of Bavaria, significant regions of southern Hesse and western North Rhine-Westphalia, regions around the city of Bremen and Hamburg, eastern Lower Saxony, and the area immediately surrounding Berlin. Most of the rest of the former West Germany has a G D P per capita between 30,000 and 35,000 Euros, except for a small area bordering Luxembourg and the Schleswig-Holstein in the north. With the exception of Berlin and its environs, the entirety of the former East Germany is also in this lowest G D P per capita category of 24,000 to 30,000 Euros. An elaborate network of railroads and roads crisscrosses all through the country linking the major cities of all states, as well as connecting to cities in neighboring countries. The capital Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg are the three largest cities of Germany, each with a population between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000; Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Wuppertal, Essen, Bielefeld, Bremen, Hannover, Leipzig, Dresden, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Frankfurt, Mainz, and Wiesbaden have populations between 250,000 and 1,000,000 each; the populations of each of the rest of the fourteen towns marked range between 50,000 and 250,000.

a) Northern Europe

b) Eastern Europe

c) the Baltic Sea

d) the North Sea

e) Western Europe

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Western Europe

112) Review Figure 5-19. What classic primate city feature does Paris display?

A map shows the Régions of France, 2016 G D P per capita in Euros, railroads, roads, and major urban population centers. Île-de-France surrounding Paris is the only region of France with the G D P per capita exceeding 35,000 Euros; Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes around Lyon and Grenoble is the only region with a G D P per capita of 30,000 to 35,000 Euros; the rest of France, including Corsica, have a per capita G D P of 22,000 to 30,000 Euros. The capital Paris is the largest city, with over 5,000,000 residents; Lille, Lyon, and Marseille have populations ranging between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 each; cities with populations between 250,000 and 1,000,000 include Nantes, Le Havre, Tours, Orléans, Nancy, Strasbourg, Dijon, Saint Étienne, Grenoble, Nice, Montpellier, Toulouse, and Bordeaux; a number of smaller cities dot the country. Railroad and highway networks crisscross the entire country connecting all the major cities, and a general pattern of transportation networks converging on Paris can be seen.

a) It is the largest city that is not the capital of the country.

b) It is the center of the road and rail transportation networks for the country.

c) It is located in the geographic center of the country.

d) It is a port city with the largest amount of economic activity of any city.

e) None of the choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Western European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Western Europe

113) Review Figure 5-15 and Figure 5-21. What is the most likely reason much of the European Core encompasses the southern portion of Northern Europe?

A map of Europe shows the major regions of Europe along with the European Core Boundary. Countries identified as Western Europe are Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Netherlands. Countries identified as Northern (Nordic) Europe are Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. Countries recognized as Mediterranean Europe are Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, and Cyprus. Countries identified as Eastern Europe are Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, regions of Ukraine and Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The European Core Boundary includes almost all of Ireland and the United Kingdom, vast areas of Spain and Italy, all of France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Estonia, and the most-populated southern regions of Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

A map shows the Northern Europe region and its major urban population centers; railroads and roads; oil and gas fields, and pipelines. The region includes Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. Norway is on the west coast of the Scandinavian Peninsula, and its capital Oslo is its largest city, with a population between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000. Only six other Norwegian cities exceed 250,000 residents, including Trondheim and Bergen. The core area of Norway runs along the North Sea coast including the cities Skien, Drammen, Oslo, and Frederikstad. Sweden is located east of Norway, with the Gulf of Bothnia on the east. The capital, Stockholm, is Sweden’s largest city with a population of 1,000,000 to 5,000,000. Goteborg and Malmo each has a population between 250,000 and 1,000,000. The core area of Sweden comprises the eastern region including the cities Vasteras, Uppsala, and Stockholm. Finland is bordered by Norway on its north, Russia to the east, and Sweden in the northwest. Its capital city, Helsinki, is the country’s largest, with a population of 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 residents. No other cities in Finland exceed 250,000 residents. The core area of Finland runs along the coast of Gulf of Finland including the cities, Turku, Hango, and Helsinki. Denmark is located in peninsula of Jutland (Jylland) and shares a land border only with Germany to the south. The capital city, Copenhagen, is the largest city of Denmark with a population of 1,000,000 to 5,000,000. Alborg, Randers, Aarhus, Esbjerg, and Odense have populations between 250,000 and 1,000,000 each. The core area of Denmark comprises its northern and eastern regions including Alborg, Randers, Aarhus, Vejle, and Copenhagen. Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, is its largest city with a population ranging between 50,000 and 250,000. No other city in Iceland exceeds 50,000 residents. The core area of Iceland comprises the lands along the western shores, including Borgarnes and Reykjavik. A minimal network of railroads and roads run throughout the Northern European countries connecting the cities in a linear fashion. The oil and gas fields are all located in Norwegian and Danish waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; oil and gas pipelines run between offshore operations and terminals in coast Norway and near Esbjerg in Denmark. All the major population centers of the region lie within the European Core Boundary.

a) All the land areas in this subregion are close to the ocean and major ports.

b) It neighbors or encompasses the wealthy areas of Western Europe, as well.

c) It contains significant oil and gas resources.

d) It contains the largest population clusters in the realm.

e) All of the choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Northern European region and of the countries in this region.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Northern Europe

114) How many countries are in the European realm?

a) 22

b) 28

c) 36

d) 40

e) 43

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss basic geographic features of the realm, and the difficulty of defining its eastern boundary.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

115) What religion or religious branch has not been widely spread throughout Europe’s history?

a) Christian Orthodox

b) Islam

c) Roman Catholic

d) Judaism

e) None of the choices are correct?

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss basic geographic features of the realm, and the difficulty of defining its eastern boundary.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

116) Approximately how many people live in Europe?

a) 200 million

b) 400 million

c) 600 million

d) 1 billion

e) 1.2 billion

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss basic geographic features of the realm, and the difficulty of defining its eastern boundary.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

117) The eastern geographic extent of Europe_____.

a) is bounded by a natural barrier

b) has been debatable

c) has been unchanged since the end of WWII

d) has been unchanged for over two centuries

e) None of the choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss basic geographic features of the realm, and the difficulty of defining its eastern boundary.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

118) What part of Europe is classified as a transition zone?

a) Northern Europe

b) Southern Europe

c) Eastern Europe

d) Western Europe

e) Mediterranean Europe

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss basic geographic features of the realm, and the difficulty of defining its eastern boundary.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

119) This is not classified as one of the Four Motors of Europe.

a) London

b) Rhône-Alpes Region

c) Lombardy

d) Catalonia

e) Baden-Württemberg

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss three major impacts of unification: the creation of a single market, the emergence of selected new high growth regions, and lessening state power.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Consequences of Unification

120) This has been causing recent problems within the EU.

a) Brexit

b) the Euro

c) uneven regional development

d) integrating Eastern European countries into a “Western” system

e) All of the choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand three important current challenges: the growing diversity in the EU due to continued expansion; the challenges of a single currency, and the complexities involved in any member withdrawing from the EU (Brexit).

Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension

Section Reference: Recent Challenges of Integration

121) What was the leading reason the UK voted to leave the EU?

a) it constrained the British economy

b) it took British money and distributed it to other states

c) it would make the UK take in more refugees and immigrant workers

d) it would force a closer alignment with other EU countries

e) All of the choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand three important current challenges: the growing diversity in the EU due to continued expansion; the challenges of a single currency, and the complexities involved in any member withdrawing from the EU (Brexit).

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Recent Challenges of Integration

122) Approximately what percentage of Europe’s GDP is allocated to the EU budget?

a) 1

b) 4

c) 10

d) 12

e) 15

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand three important current challenges: the growing diversity in the EU due to continued expansion; the challenges of a single currency, and the complexities involved in any member withdrawing from the EU (Brexit).

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Recent Challenges of Integration

123) This country had not joined the EU by 2019?

a) Serbia

b) Bosnia

c) Macedonia

d) Kosovo

e) All of the choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand three important current challenges: the growing diversity in the EU due to continued expansion; the challenges of a single currency, and the complexities involved in any member withdrawing from the EU (Brexit).

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Recent Challenges of Integration

124) What year was NATO created?

a) 1946

b) 1949

c) 1953

d) 1961

e) 1975

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the importance of NATO to Europe and the implications of NATO expansion towards the east; discuss different aspects of the current geopolitical situation in the Baltic region; discuss the refugee crisis and its impact on the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: European Geopolitics

125) Europe’s working-age population is expected to shrink by _____between 2015-2030.

a) 2%

b) 4%

c) 10%

d) 15%

e) 6%

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the importance of immigration into the EU as well as migration within the EU; understand the difficulty of distinguishing between migrants and refugees; understand the importance of immigration to demographic stability.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Migration, Multicultural Challenges, and Prospects of Integration

126) Muslims in Europe are concentrated in_____.

a) rural areas

b) suburban areas

c) small cities

d) medium cities

e) metropolitan areas

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the importance of immigration into the EU as well as migration within the EU; understand the difficulty of distinguishing between migrants and refugees; understand the importance of immigration to demographic stability.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Migration, Multicultural Challenges, and Prospects of Integration

127) What European city elected a Muslim mayor in the mid-2010s?

a) Paris

b) Rome

c) London

d) Brussels

e) Milan

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the importance of immigration into the EU as well as migration within the EU; understand the difficulty of distinguishing between migrants and refugees; understand the importance of immigration to demographic stability.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Migration, Multicultural Challenges, and Prospects of Integration

128) Approximately what percentage of EU asylum-seekers are under age 35?

a) 15

b) 30

c) 50

d) 70

e) 80

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the importance of immigration into the EU as well as migration within the EU; understand the difficulty of distinguishing between migrants and refugees; understand the importance of immigration to demographic stability.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Migration, Multicultural Challenges, and Prospects of Integration

129) This number of people live in EU member countries.

a) 200 million

b) 400 million

c) 450 million

d) 600 million

e) 1 billion

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general historic achievements and current challenges to European integration.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Europe’s Future Prospects

130) Which of the following is not a major challenge to the EU?

a) war among member countries

b) Islamic in-migration

c) lack of democratic histories by some member countries

d) possible conflict with Russia

e) All of the choices are incorrect.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general historic achievements and current challenges to European integration.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Europe’s Future Prospects

131) What is the so called “democracy deficit” in the EU?

a) countries without a democratic history

b) member country citizens feeling they are not being heard

c) countries with communist and socialist governments

d) countries who refuse to pay EU dues and are therefore unable to vote on EU measures

e) None of the choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general historic achievements and current challenges to European integration.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Europe’s Future Prospects

132) Which of the following is a success of the EU and NATO?

a) economic progress

b) political stability

c) territorial expansion

d) war prevention

e) All of the choices are correct

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general historic achievements and current challenges to European integration.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension

Section Reference: Europe’s Future Prospects

133) Which of the following is incorrect regarding EU immigrants?

a) a lot of them are terrorists

b) they speak different languages

c) they are of different cultures

d) they are of different faiths

e) None of the answers is correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general historic achievements and current challenges to European integration.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Europe’s Future Prospects

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