GEOG Chap 2
Which of the following is an Indo-European language?
Albanian
What sort of protections does the European Union provide today?
All of the above: subsidies to preserve historic sites, acceptance of many language, freedom of religion, protected designation of origin for agricultural products
Which of the following, general language-region associations in Europe is incorrect:?
Celtic in the east Other Choices: Romance in the south, Germanic in the north, Slavic in the east
Which of the following is not a Celtic language?
English Other Choices: Breton, Welsh, Gaelic
Which of the following is not a Romance language derived from early Latin?
Greek Other Choices: French, Italian, Spanish
Which of the following, general religion-region associations in Europe is incorrect:?
Islam in the British Isles Other Choices: Orthodoxy in the east, Catholicism in the south. Lutheranism (Protestantism) in the north
All of the following were notable Roman construction projects except:
Mosques and synagogues Other Choices: fortified towns and walled cities, aqueducts and canals, extensive roads
What empire controlled much of the Mediterranean in the 1800s?
Ottoman
All of the following are notable religious minorities in Europe except:
Shintoists Other Choices: Hugenots, Quakers, Jews
Which of the following is not a major Indo-European language family in Europe?
Uralic Other Choices: Slavic, Romance, Germanic
Muslim migrants to Europe from former colonies have tended to:
cluster in poorer sectors of the cities, and not assimilate
Which cultural traits in Europe are hard to connect to a specific source area?
modern democracies from the ancient Greeks
What caused the Protestant Reformation in northern Europe?
resentment of the materialism and excesses of the Catholic Church
What early European civilization controlled routes in the Mediterranean and Black Seas around 600 B.C.?
the Greeks
What notable area in Europe was under Arab (Moorish) control until 1492?
the Iberian Peninsula
What early European civilization controlled trade around the Mediterranean area by the 8th century B.C.?
the Phoenicians
What early European civilization provided most European languages with the beginnings of our modern Latin alphabet?
the Phoenicians
What European civilization reached its maximum extent around 120 A.D. and controlled most of Europe south and west of Germania?
the Romans
What event set in motion the eventual schism between the Roman Church (Catholicism) and the Eastern Orthodox Church?
the division of the Roman Empire between Rome and Constantinople
Why have Pakistani migrants to the United Kingdom fared worse than Indian migrants?
they were less well educated and spoke Urdu