Exam 4: Europe

The idea that loyalty to the nation should supersede loyalties to clan,family,or monarchs is known as:

What energy source has been losing support across Europe despite France relying on it for more than 78 percent of its energy needs?

By the nineteenth century,__________ had become the world's greatest economic power.

What is the official currency of the EU countries?

The symbol __________ is used to denote the euro.

__________ is the strategy for increasing a country's power and wealth by acquiring colonies and managing all aspects of their production and trade for the colonizer's benefit.

What movement arose to challenge the elitist practices of the Catholic Church?

In medieval Europe,serfs were free to travel from community to community in search of more productive land and a better standard of living.

What river empties into the North Sea,its delta forming Europe's largest port city?

The peninsula shared by Portugal and Spain is:

What measure,which has acted to raise food prices,has European governments used to encourage high and diversified domestic agricultural production?

In Central Europe,the moderate and mild climate allows for a long,productive growing season.

What term describes the class of people in a feudal system who do not own land but support the noble (land-owning)class through revenues generated by crop production?

In Europe,acceptance of immigrants tends to rise with:

Poland's leading coal-producing area is:

One resident of Europe averages about __________ the energy consumption of the average North American resident.

Seawater remains in the Mediterranean Sea for approximately __________ before it flows back into the Atlantic Ocean.

The euro is the currency for all of the countries of the EU.

In winter the Mediterranean-type climate is characterized by warm and dry conditions.

Many European traditions of art and literature are based on Egyptian and Southwest Asian sources.