GES 104 Chapter 8

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Which body of water separates the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula?

Adriatic Sea

Where do most immigrants to France originate?

Africa

In 2015, which country in Europe had the highest child mortality rate?

Albania

This European country has a Muslim majority

Albania

What European mountain range is over 500 miles long with peaks reaching 15,000 feet?

Alps

Which capital city is further South than the others?

Athens

Which of the following pairings of climate type and regions in Europe is correct?

Atlantic Coast: maritime climate

Liechtenstein borders

Austria

Vienna is the capital city of

Austria

In which of the following countries are you most likely to meet Flemish speakers?

Belgium

The capital city of Switzerland is...

Bern

The most rural country in Europe, with less than 50% of its population living in urban areas, is

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Which of the following languages is not Romance?

Breton

Which of the following is NOT one of the four seas that encircle Europe? (Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea, Black Sea)

Caspian Sea

Which of the following is NOT one of the four seas that encircle Europe? (Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea)

Caspian Sea

Following the split between western Christianity and eastern Orthodox churches, what other great split occurred within Christianity in the 16th century?

Catholicism and Protestantism

Manx is a language that belongs in this group

Celtic

This is not one of the cities of the Randstadt

Cologne

Which European city is located in an area with high population density?

Cologne

This country is a neighbor of Slovenia

Croatia

What alphabet is used by Slavic-speaking nations with close ties to the Orthodox Church like Bulgaria and Serbia?

Cyrillic

What is Europe's longest river?

Danube

Until recently in which region of Europe were environmental conditions the worst?

Eastern Europe

In which country of Europe did the Industrial Revolution start?

England

What is the second-most widely spoken Germanic language in Europe?

English

This is a Uralic language

Estonian

What language is spoken by the Basque in Spain and France?

Euskara

The European population is characterized by which stage of the demographic transition?

Fifth

Which of the following languages is not considered as Indo-European?

Finnish

In 2004, the government drew on this country's constitutional separation of state and religion to ban a key symbol of conservative Muslim life —the head scarf (hijab)— for female students in public schools because, officials argued, it interfered with the educational process

France

Which country depends on nuclear power for more than half of its energy needs?

France

Which country of Europe has a large Muslim migrant population?

France

Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic? (German, Gaelic, Norwegian, Flemish, English)

Gaelic

Ninety percent (90%) of Europe's population speak languages from which three groups?

Germanic, Romance, Slavic

Foreigners comprise about 10 % of the population in

Germany

Which country of Europe has the largest population in the region?

Germany

Which nation in Europe has taken in more asylum-seekers than any other over the past five years?

Germany

What small British territory guards the narrow strait between Africa and Europe?

Gibraltar

In 2015, this European country became the focus of the debt crisis

Greece

In recent years, this country has had to deal with an influx of Syrian refugees

Greece

Which European nation is NOT predominately Roman Catholic? (Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, France)

Greece

In this country, it's against the law to sell contraceptives

Hungary

This country does not border Switzerland

Hungary

This country does not border Switzerland (Hungary, France, Italy, Austria, Germany)

Hungary

Which Eastern European nation does NOT speak a Slavic language? (Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia or Poland)

Hungary

Portugal is located in

Iberia

Which nation is NOT a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? (Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal)

Ireland

What term was given to the entire border area representing the division of Europe into two separate geopolitical and economic blocs following World War II?

Iron Curtain

In which country will you find Sardinian spoken?

Italy

Which of the following regions is NOT Protestant? (northern Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Italy, Scandinavia)

Italy

This port city is on the Seine

Le Havre

The largest city in Europe is

London

This country is the most vulnerable to sea-level rise

Netherlands

Which country of Europe has the highest population density?

Netherlands

Which country of Europe is primarily located on the European Lowland?

Netherlands

NATO stands for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

In which European country did the tensions between Catholics and Protestants lead to "the Troubles"?

Northern Ireland

In which European country would you find fjords?

Norway

Which nation was once a member of Warsaw Pact?

Poland

Which nation in Europe is generally not affected by acid precipitation?

Portugal

What European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France?

Pyrenees

Which European Romance language contains many Slavic words?

Romanian

The northern subregion of Europe is also known as

Scandinavia

Kosovo has been in a protracted conflict with this country

Serbia

Bratislava is the capital city of

Slovakia

Which of the following was never part of Yugoslavia?

Slovakia

Catalonia is a region in which country?

Spain

Which is NOT a major migratory flow within Europe? (Morocco to Spain, Sweden into Ukraine and Russia, Africa into Italy and onward into France and Germany, Turkey, to Greece and onward into Germany, Ukraine into Poland and Slovakia)

Sweden into Ukraine and Russia

Which of the following European countries is NOT a member of the European Union? (Switzerland, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Portugal)

Switzerland

Which of the following countries is not a member of the European Union?

Switzerland

Why have many European countries encouraged immigration of foreign populations in the recent past?

They had low or negative growth, and needed immigrants to fill gaps in their labor force.

Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia were part of the former

Yugoslavia

What is a fjord?

a flooded valley originally carved out by glaciers

What was the Cold War?

an ideological struggle between the United States and the former Soviet Union that lasted from 1946-1991, and included Soviet occupation of several European countries

What term describes the fragmented geopolitical processes involved with small-scale independence movements and the phenomenon of mini-nationalism as it develops along ethnic fault lines?

balkanization

What is the word for an array of nonaligned or friendly states that cushion or protect a larger country from invasion, as happened with the former Soviet Union and its Eastern European neighbors?

buffer zone

Currently what is the most urgent environmental issue for Europe?

climate change

Which of the following was a major determinant of the early industrial regions of Europe?

coal

Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War II centered on what commodity (commodities)?

coal and steel

The Schengen Agreement, signed in 1985, meant that

crossing a European border required neither paperwork nor government approval.

The Schengen Agreement, signed in 1985, meant that...

crossing a European border required neither paperwork nor government approval.

What is the currency of the European Monetary Union?

euro

Which one of the following is TRUE regarding Europe's population and settlement patterns?

high levels of urbanization

Berlin and Budapest are located within which climate zone?

humid continental

The region known as the Jewish Pale was located...

in cities and villages of the Kingdom of Poland

What is the word for a state policy of reclaiming lost lands or lands inhabited by people of the same ethnicity in another state?

irridentism

Benefits of family-friendly policies include all of the following EXCEPT (guarantees continued employment, nanny services using immigrant labor, extensive child-care facilities, cash subsidies for having children, full-pay maternity leave)

nanny services using immigrant labor

The Rhine, Loire, Thames, Danube and Elbe are all

rivers

A major characteristic of Europe's demography is

very low natural increase

A major characteristic of Europe's demography is...

very low natural increase


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