Chapter 8
When did the Industrial Revolution emerge?
1730 - England
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
Which of the following factors does NOT explain the environmental diversity of Europe?
El Niño
Ninety percent of Europeans speak an Indo-European language. German is the largest, with 90 million native speakers. However, another language is considered dominant, given the large number of Europeans who can speak it fluently as a second language. What is the dominant language of Europe?
English
What is the currency of the European Monetary Union?
Euro
France's efforts to preserve local foods, culture, and especially language against the encroachment of other cultures (especially U.S. culture), is an example of cultural assimilation.
False
What progress has Europe made toward meeting the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol?
Fell short of 8% reduction --- 1% England and Germany reduced emissions over 10% by cutting coal usage, using more solar power etc.
Which country of Europe has the region's largest percentage of Muslims?
France
Which of these countries has the most fertile soils?
France
Which of these cities of Germany has the smallest population?
Frankfurt
What is the second-most widely spoken Germanic language in Europe?
German
Why did the population of Jews in Europe drop from 9.5 million before World War II to less than 2 million today?
German Nazis murdered approximately 6 million Jews in the Holocaust.
As their first language, 90 percent of Europe's population speak languages from what three groups?
Germanic, Romance, and Slavic
One country on the map is a NATO member but has an area that indicates it was a former member of the Warsaw Pact. Which country fits this description?
Germany
Which European country has the largest population?
Germany
Which country of Europe has the largest population in the region?
Germany
Which country of Europe has the region's largest population?
Germany
Which of these is the most likely reason why nearly half of Germany is shown as former Warsaw Pact territory?
Germany was once divided into two countries.
Drawing from your knowledge of physical geography and your review of the map of Europe above, which country would you expect to be most seismically active?
Iceland
What kind of organization is the European Union?
Initially monetary, then developed to political and security
In which of these countries is the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) closest to at replacement level?
Ireland
Which of these countries has experienced the least impact from acid rain?
Ireland
From 1945 until 1990, Europe was divided into two geopolitical and economic blocs, east and west, separated by the infamous
Iron Curtain
What is the word for a state policy of reclaiming lost lands or lands inhabited by people of the same ethnicity in another state?
Irredentism
What is the most significant aspect of Europe's Alpine mountain system?
It forms the physiographic spine of Europe.
Which of these is the most likely reason for the small region of fertile soil present at the southern tip of Finland?
It is not part of the Fenno-Scandian Shield and therefore has thicker soils.
Which non-European country signed an agreement to become Germany's military ally and set the scene for World War II?
Japan
Before the 1890s, "the Pale" was home to many members of a specific religion in Europe. What is the religion, and in what country did its adherents live?
Jewish people living in Poland
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was founded in 1957 with six members. Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands were among them. Which country was the sixth member?
Luxembourg
Which country has the highest immigration rate in Europe?
Luxembourg
Which of the following types of climate dominates the British Isles?
Marine West Coast
Which country of Europe has the highest population density?
Monaco
Which country of Europe is primarily located on the European Lowland?
Netherlands
What do the letters in NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Based on your interpretation of the map, which of the following countries has the lowest population density?
Norway
In which European country would you find fjords?
Norway
To date, potential future European Union members include all but which of the following countries?
Norway
When NATO was founded, its primary enemies were the USSR and its allies, all members of the Warsaw Pact. Which of the countries on the map once belonged to the Warsaw Pact but are now members of NATO?
Poland and Hungary
What European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France?
Pyrenees
How long will it take for the redevelopment of the Royal Docks to be realized?
Redevelopment of the Royal Docks is expected to take at least ten years
What has been an important source of conflict in Northern Ireland?
Religion (Catholic v.s Protestant)
In Europe, with what type of feature are the names Rhine, Loire, Thames, Danube, and Elbe associated?
Rivers
Europe's largest ethnic minority are the _____
Roma
Which European Romance language contains many Slavic words?
Romanian
Of the former Yugoslav republics, only ___________has actually achieved membership in the EU, although all Balkan countries have begun the lengthy and complex EU membership process.
Slovenia
Which country has the only subtropical steppe in Europe?
Spain
Which two countries are separated by the Pyrenees Mountains?
Spain and France
All but one of the following countries of Europe could accurately be described as a nation-state. Which country is a multicultural state?
Switzerland
Which country of western Europe, located in the heart of the continent, is not a European Union member?
Switzerland
Which of these rivers most likely contributes the least amount of coastal pollution to the North and Baltic Seas?
Thames
Which part of Europe is the region's unquestionable focus of intensive agriculture, large cities, and major industrial activities?
The European Lowland
What event has been an important cause of the surge of immigration to European countries such as Germany since the beginning of the 1990s?
The collapse of the Soviet Union
How does the environment of Eastern Europe compare to that of Western Europe?
The environment in Eastern Europe was much more polluted than that of Western Europe, until recent efforts to rectify the situation, with the help of the European Union.
Balkanization is the term used to describe the geopolitical processes of small-scale independence movements based on ethnic fault lines. In the 1990s, Yugoslavia experienced Balkanization, as ethnic factionalism and nationalism produced a decade of violence in this region. What was the main event that aided in the unraveling of political stability in Yugoslavia?
The fall of communism and the lessening of Soviet control in other parts of eastern Europe.
"One of narrow, winding streets, crowded with three- or four-story masonry buildings with little setback from the street." This describes which of the following?
The medieval landscape
Which of these is the most likely explanation for the location of the subtropical steppe climate (a drier climate that than of the surrounding region) at the center of Spain?
The region is isolated from large sources of moisture.
what do Vienna, Warsaw, London, Cologne, and Paris have in common?
They are all located on some of Europe's major rivers.
The collapse of the Soviet Union played a key role in the recent surge of immigration to European countries.
True
The countries of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are all part of Scandinavia.
True
Germany's population includes a large number of guest workers (and their descendants) from which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa?
Turkey
You are one of two million people with a migration background in Germany. What is the most likely country of your birth or ancestry?
Turkey
One of the major characteristics of Europe's population and settlement patterns is its high level of
Urbanization
Besides the division between western and eastern churches, the other great split within Christianity occurred between whom (or what).
Use of the Cyrillic alphabet v.s Latin
The Ottoman Empire expanded its borders almost to the gates of what European city in the middle of the 16th century?
Vienna
Ninety percent of Europeans speak Germanic, Romance, or Slavic languages. If you are part of that 10 percent who speaks a language from a different linguistic group, which of these languages would you speak?
Welsh
What countries of Europe comprise the region of Scandinavia?
While the term Scandinavia is commonly used for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the term the Nordic countries is used unambiguously for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland, including their associated territories (Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the Åland Islands).
Where is the southernmost point of Europe located?
about 35°N
Which part of Europe consistently has the highest population density?
cities
If you were traveling in a straight south-to-north line from Sardinia to Norway and purchased something in each country through which you passed, how many currencies would you need?
four
Probably the most striking characteristic of Europe's demography is
the lack of natural growth
Which of these urban landscape features is most characteristic of Europe's medieval landscape?
three-story buildings densely packed along narrow, winding city streets in San Miniato, Italy
Which of these descriptions is the clearest example of pollution that has spread beyond its national boundary?
water pollution carried by the upper Rhine River to the Netherlands from the Alpine region of Europe
Which of these rivers is not located in France?
Elbe
Which of the following countries in Europe has the highest Human Development Index (HDI) score?
Norway
Why have many European countries encouraged immigration of foreign populations into their borders in the recent past?
They were experiencing low or negative growth, and needed immigrants to fill gaps in their labor force.
One would be likely to hear a Celtic language spoken in Wales.
True
The number of speakers of Romance and Germanic languages in Europe is roughly equal. About how many speakers does each group have in Europe?
170 - 200 million
The symbolic end of the Cold War occurred when East and West Berliners joined forces to rip apart the Berlin Wall. In what year did this event take place?
1989
Today, Europe has about ________ million Catholics
250
How many countries make up the European Union (EU)?
28
How many countries does Europe contain?
42
What is the approximate population of Europe?
531 million
According to the figure, which of the following cities is located in the area with the highest population densities?
Bucharest
What is the Royal Wharf project?
A development project that will build housing for as many as 10,000 residents
Which of the following products would have been produced by the earliest manufacturing facilities of the Industrial Revolution?
A woolen blanket
Where do most immigrants to France come from?
Africa Former colonies in both northern and Sub-Saharan Africa
In what part of Europe is Protestantism the dominant religion?
All of the answer choices are correct (Norway, Sweden, northern Germany, and England).
What mountain range in Europe is over 500 miles long and has peaks reaching 15,000 feet.
Alps - part of the Alpine Mountain System
Which of these cities is at the lowest elevation?
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
What was the first country that Germany annexed in 1938, thus setting off World War II?
Austria
In which country of Europe would the parents of a young child be most concerned about his or her survival?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The term ________ is used to describe the geopolitical processes of small scale independence movements based upon ethnic fault lines.
Balkanization
Which group is seeking complete autonomy from Spain?
Basques
Where is NATO headquarters located?
Belgium
Besides the division between western and eastern churches, the other great split within Christianity occurred between
Catholicism and Protestantism.
Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War I centered on what commodity?
Coal and steel
What was the Cold War?
Democracy vs communism. US and Europe vs Soviet Union
Which of these countries was not formerly a member of the Warsaw Pact and is currently a member of NATO?
Denmark
Which of these is a member of both NATO and the European Union?
Denmark
