Chapter 10 Test Review

Question 1

The continent of Europe is a peninsula located east of the Ural Mountains.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What countries make up the Low Country?

Answer 2

Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Question 3

What is the name of the landmass that consists of the continents of Asia and Europe?

Answer 3

Eurasia

Question 4

What supports the Rhine and Danube Rivers?

Answer 4

The Alps

Question 5

What is the coast of Norway made up off?

Answer 5

Fiords

Question 6

What are Fiords?

Answer 6

Long, narrow and deep inlets of the sea.

Question 7

What is the population of Greenland?

Answer 7

58,000 people

Question 8

What is the population of Germany’s Rhine-Rhur region?

Answer 8

500,000.

Question 9

Who is natural head of State for Great Britain?

Answer 9

The Prime Minister.

Question 10

Define “Cultural Borrowing”

Answer 10

Absorbing ideas or customs from other countries.

Question 11

Define “Cultural Diffusion”

Answer 11

Spreading cultural traits from one culture to another.

Question 12

What is the Gross Domestic Product?

Answer 12

Total value of all goods and services produced in a country each year.

Question 13

What is a Taiga?

Answer 13

A thick forest of coniferous trees.

Question 14

What is a Peninsula?

Answer 14

An area of land almost completely surrounded by water but connected to the mainland.

Question 15

What is the type of government of Great Britain and most of Europe?

Answer 15

A Constitutional Monarchy (it has a Parliament)

Question 16

What is the “Cradle to Grave” system?

Answer 16

It is a system of basic services provided to citizens of Scandinavia at every stage of their life.

Question 17

What are “polders”?

Answer 17

They are areas of land reclaimed from lake bottoms or the seabeds.

Question 18

What is a “Constitutional Monarchy”?

Answer 18

It’s a system of government in which the laws in the constitution limit the monarch’s or emperor’s power.

Question 19

What makes up the Scandinavian countries?

Answer 19

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. They are located in the Arctic Circle.

Question 20

What is a “Tundra”?

Answer 20

An area with limited vegetation, such as moss and shrubs.

Question 21

What is a “Plain”?

Answer 21

A large area of flat or gently rolling land.

Question 22

What is the “Gross National Product” or “GNP”?

Answer 22

Annual income of a country’s companies and residents.

Question 23

What is “Reunification”?

Answer 23

It is the process of becoming unified again.

Question 24

What countries form the United Kingdom?

Answer 24

Britain, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Question 25

What is the purpose of the Dutch windmills?

Answer 25

They power pumps to drain water from land. This creates the Polders.

Question 26

Which event led to the reunification of East and West Germany?

Answer 26

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Question 27

Which European Union country has the largest population?

Answer 27

Germany.

Question 28

Which region of Europe has the richest historical traditions?

Answer 28

Southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece)

Question 29

What countries form the “Iberian Peninsula”?

Answer 29

Spain, Andorra and Portugal.

Question 30

What major political powers are located in Belgium?

Answer 30

EU Headquarters (European Union) and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) a military alliance that includes the US, Canada and many European nations.