Diversity Among Globalization - Chapter 8: Europe

Legal migrants now make up roughly what percent of the total population of the European Union?

10%

As of 2016, how many members of the 28-nation strong Eurozone use the euro as their currency?

19

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

Atlantic Coast: maritime climate

Which set of nations is landlocked?

Austria, Switzerland and Hungary

Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic?

Basque

The most densely populated region of Europe tends to be

Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg

Which nation, formerly part of Yugoslavia, is deeply divided along ethnoreligious lines, with large minorities of Muslims, Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians?

Bosnia & Herzegovina

The charter members of the European Union were

Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy and the Netherlands

The most widely practiced religion in contemporary Europe is

Roman Catholicism

Which nation narrowly voted in 2014 to remain a part of the United Kingdom?

Scotland

Which of the following places is the most likely source region for an immigrant to the United Kingdom?

South Asia (India and Pakistan)

Which country played a major role in the economy of the countries of Eastern Europe in the decades following WWII?

Soviet Union

Which of the following is NOT a traditional industrial region of Europe?

Spanish-Portuguese borderlands

Which European country has the highest representation of women in parliamentary offices?

Sweden

Which of the following EU member states does NOT use the Euro as its national currency?

Sweden

Which two nations have accepted the largest number of asylum seekers on a PER CAPITA (i.e. as a percent of their total population)?

Sweden and Denmark

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

Switzerland

What plan did Europe introduce in 2005 to help the region fight climate change?

an emission trading scheme

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

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

availability of coal

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

buffer zone

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

coal and steel

Large number of French-speaking Africans and Arab Muslims live in what areas of the cities of western Europe (most notably Paris)?

in high-density apartment buildings in the suburbs with little diversity

Catalan is a language primarily spoken

in the region around Barcelona, Spain

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

In what part of Europe is Protestantism the dominant religion?

northern Germany

The former Yugoslavia has fragmented into how many independent nation-states?

seven

The dominant national sport across Europe is

soccer

By what other name is The European Lowland known?

the North European Plain

What is the currency of the European Monetary Union?

the euro

Which European country divided into two in a peaceful "Velvet Divorce"?

Czechoslovakia

What is Europe's longest river?

Danube

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

Fifth

The nation at the epicenter of the 2015 European Debt Crisis was

Greece

The Apennines are found primarily in which nation?

Italy

Where is there still currently an internecine Christian conflict between Protestants and Catholics?

Northern Ireland

Which nations in Europe currently are most at risk from acid rain?

Poland and the Czech Republic

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

Pyrenees

Which was NOT a reason for the present economic crisis in Europe?

widespread Soviet interference in eastern Europe's economies

Which nation was NOT part of the former Yugoslavia?

Albania

What mountain range in Europe is over 500 miles long and has peaks reaching 15,000 feet?

Alps

In which nation(s) of Europe do Muslims comprise a majority of the population?

Bosnia, Kosovo and Albania

Which of the following cities will have a continental climate in Europe?

Budapest

Which nation never had part of its current national territory occupied by the former AustroHungarian Empire?

Bulgaria

How does Europe compare in size (area) to the United States?

It is roughly two-thirds of the United States.

The fastest growing nation currently in Europe is

Kosovo

What event was an important cause of the surge of immigration to European countries (such as Germany) in the early 1990s?

the collapse of the Soviet Union

What is the major factor determining whether a particular Slavic language uses the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet in its written form?

the dominant religion of the people who speak that language

Which European city is considered to be the most "bicycle-friendly" in the world?

Copenhagen

Which nation has an ambitious goal to meet half of its energy needs through wind power by 2020?

Denmark

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, with roughly 60 million speakers?

English

Where do most immigrants to France come from?

Former French colonies in North Africa and West Africa

Which country of Europe has a large Muslim migrant population?

France

The nation often described as the economic engine which drives much of Europe is

Germany

Which nation has accepted the highest total number of migrants, taking in an estimated 140,000 alone in 2016?

Germany

Which of the following languages is NOT a Romance (Latin-based) language?

Greek

Which nation does NOT speak a Slavic language?

Hungary

Which two war-torn nations have produced an enormous number of migrants seeking asylum in Europe, most notably Germany, in recent years?

Iraq and Syria

What was the metaphorical name given to the policy of separation that divided Europe into two separate geopolitical and economic blocs after World War II?

Iron Curtain

Why did the population of Jews in Europe drop from 9.5 million before World War II to less than 2 million today?

Nazis and their sympathizers murdered approximately six million Jews in the Holocaust

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

Netherlands

What do the letters in NATO stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

In which European country would you find fjords?

Norway

The highest GNI per capita in Europe are found in which trio of nations?

Norway, Sweden, Denmark

Your native language is Danish. Which language will likely be the easiest for you to understand?

Swedish

A sizeable percentage of the Muslim population residing in Germany are immigrants from which nation?

Turkey

Which two nations reunified shortly after the end of the Cold War?

West Germany and East Germany

Europe was the battleground for which wars during the 20th century?

World War I, World War II, and the Cold War

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

The Schengen Agreement, signed in 1985, meant that

crossing a European border required neither paperwork nor government approval.

France depends on more than half of its energy supply from

nuclear power

Which of the following has NOT been mentioned as a potential result of Brexit?

stronger economic ties between England and the European Union

Which of the following was a geopolitical result of WWII?

the formation of an "Iron Curtain" separating a democratic Western Europe from a communist Eastern Europe

Which of the following was a prime factor for the economic collapse in Eastern Europe immediately following the end of the Cold War?

the loss of subsidized natural gas and oil from the Soviet Union coupled with the collapse of Soviet markets made it impossible for Eastern European industries to operate and compete

What best describes the natural growth rate in contemporary Europe?

there is a lack of natural growth as death rates exceed birth rates

What percentage of Europe's population lives in urban areas?

three-fourths (75%)

The most vexing problem facing European urban planners is

traffic congestion

Which of the following is NOT a future challenge facing Europe because of low (or zero) population growth?

widespread unemployment