geography 3RD NINE WEEKS TESTS AND QUIZZES

Question 0

Western Europe is dominated by its largest nations of France and Germany
Another country in Western Europe is

Answer 0

Belgium

Question 1

Mediterranean Europe is the only region of Europe not defined by a location
If it was it would be described as what

Answer 1

Southern Europe

Question 2

Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland are part of Northern Europe, but more specifically they are part of what

Answer 2

The Nordic countries

Question 3

What dominated a large region in Eastern Europe after WWII

Answer 3

Soviet Union

Question 4

What are the 2 dominant countries of Western Europe

Answer 4

France

Germany

Question 5

What was the city-state that produced the first democracy

Answer 5

Athens

Question 6

What was the official religion of the Roman Empire

Answer 6

Christianity

Question 7

What were the Vikings the ancient inhabitants of

Answer 7

The Nordic countries

Question 8

What two religions were the Crusades fought between

Answer 8

Christian

Muslim

Question 9

Who filled the void when the great power of Greece fell

Answer 9

Rome

Question 10

Who had built a global empire by the 1800s

Answer 10

England

Question 11

No one has successfully invaded England on its own soil since who

Answer 11

William the Conqueror of the Normans in the 1000s

Question 12

Which region of Europe has great diversity because of its history as a cultural crossroads

Answer 12

Eastern

Question 13

What would be found in a region that had undergone Balkanization

Answer 13

Several small, hostile states

Question 14

What spread from Asia to Europe and caused the deaths of millions of people

Answer 14

Bubonic plague

Question 15

Who are famous musicians from Germany and Austria

Answer 15

Bach
Beethoven
Mozart

Question 16

Great Britain played a large role in the development of the modern world through what

Answer 16

Representative government

Spreading the industrial revolution

Question 17

What country has the oldest parliament in the world

Answer 17

Iceland

Question 18

The high-tech region known as Silicon Glen was located where

Answer 18

Northern Europe

Question 19

What is the place in Northern Europe with the greatest diversity

Answer 19

London, England

Question 20

What are two sports that England is really known for

Answer 20

Rugby

Cricket

Question 21

Hitler’s invasion of what country forced the allies to go to war

Answer 21

Poland

Question 22

In the 1980s, the Soviet Union had a reasonable leader come to power who worked with The West much more than his predecessors had. Who was he

Answer 22

Mikhael Gorbachev

Question 23

How do the people feel under communism

Answer 23

Not empowered

Question 24

In the 1980s, the city of Berlin was located where

Answer 24

East Germany

Question 25

Does Great Britain still rule over many countries today

Answer 25

No

Question 26

Is the Magna Carta a Swedish document

Answer 26

No

Question 27

What is the currency used through much of Europe today

Answer 27

Euro

Question 28

Why do the countries in Northern Europe pay high taxes

Answer 28

They have social welfare programs

Question 29

Did all of the countries avoid bloodshed when hey defeated communism

Answer 29

No

Question 30

What part of Europe is still suffering today as a result of the communist regimes that ruled for so long

Answer 30

Eastern

Question 31

Would the Nordic countries, based on their location on the globe, do better in the summer or Winter Olympics

Answer 31

Winter

Question 32

Who never conquered the German territory

Answer 32

Rome

Question 33

What part of Europe has a national healthcare system

Answer 33

Northern

Question 34

Who dominated the satellite nations of Eastern Europe following WWII

Answer 34

Soviet Union

Question 35

What is the most likely religion of the people living in the Nordic countries

Answer 35

Protestant

Question 36

What country is famous for its high-speed trains, high-fashion clothes, and gourmet foods

Answer 36

France

Question 37

The country that was formed after England took over Wales, Soctland, and Ireland is called what

Answer 37

United Kingdom

Question 38

Who were the Muslims from turkey who conquered part of Eastern Europe in the 1400s

Answer 38

Ottomans

Question 39

What was the movement begun in the 1500s to correct problems in the Catholic Church

Answer 39

Reformation

Question 40

In the early 1900s, independence was declared by four of the six republics of what

Answer 40

Yugoslavia

Question 41

The period of renewed interest in learning and the arts, which began in Italy in the 14th century

Answer 41

Renaissance

Question 42

After World War II, this country was divided into east and west, but in 1990, the two nations reunified into what nation called

Answer 42

Germany

Question 43

What does Yugoslavia mean

Answer 43

"Land of the South Slavs"

Question 44

Many people of this ethnic group sided with Hitler and had Serbs and Jews killed during WWII

Answer 44

Croatians

Question 45

The communist leader who kept Yugoslavia independent of Soviet Rule and managed to calm ethnic tensions

Answer 45

Josip Broz Tito

Question 46

Serbia looked to expand its territory and seize territories that had large Serbian minorities in the

Answer 46

1990s

Question 47

Who was the Serbian leader that was arrested for war crimes and died in prison

Answer 47

Slobodan Milosevic

Question 48

To eradicate a certain ethnic group using violence

Answer 48

Ethnic cleansing

Question 49

The mountain range that separated the Northern European and West Siberian plain

Answer 49

Ural Mountains

Question 50

What do the Caucasus mountains form the border between

Answer 50

Russia | Transcaucasia

Question 51

The fertile soul found on the Northern European plain

Answer 51

Chernozem

Question 52

The longest river on the European continent

Answer 52

Volga

Question 53

The oldest and deepest lake in the world

Answer 53

Lake Baikal

Question 54

A region known for frigid temperatures as well as it's many natural resources

Answer 54

Siberia

Question 55

The term used to describe a region's distance away from the moderating influence of the sea

Answer 55

Continentality

Question 56

One type of vegetation that is not found in Russia and the republics

Answer 56

Swamp

Question 57

What was damages by efforts to use its waters for irrigation of nearby farms

Answer 57

Aral Sea

Question 58

The term that is used to describe the permanently frozen subsoil in Siberia

Answer 58

Permafrost