Question 1

Match each country with its capital.
-Romania

Accepted Answer

A) Kiev 
B) Oslo 
C) Bucharest 
D) Riga 
E) Zagreb
F)Madrid
G)Paris
H)Dublin
I)Lisbon
J)Sofia 
A) Kiev 
B) Oslo 
C) Bucharest 
D) Riga 
E) Zagreb
F)Madrid
G)Paris
H)Dublin
I)Lisbon
J)Sofia

Question 2

Besides the Black Death, what was the other factor halting the "great medieval colonization?"

Accepted Answer

A)  swidden agriculture 
B)  financing by princes 
C)  the Irish Potato Famine 
D)  collapse of the Roman Empire 
E)  Little Ice Age 
A)  swidden agriculture 
B)  financing by princes 
C)  the Irish Potato Famine 
D)  collapse of the Roman Empire 
E)  Little Ice Age

Question 3

Match each country with its capital.
-Spain

Accepted Answer

A) Kiev 
B) Oslo 
C) Bucharest 
D) Riga 
E) Zagreb
F)Madrid
G)Paris
H)Dublin
I)Lisbon
J)Sofia 
A) Kiev 
B) Oslo 
C) Bucharest 
D) Riga 
E) Zagreb
F)Madrid
G)Paris
H)Dublin
I)Lisbon
J)Sofia

Question 4

What was the Cold War? When did it begin and end? Why did the Soviet Union establish a buffer zone in Eastern Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Cold War was a period of political t

Question 5

What does the German word gastarbeiter mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  German nationalism 
B)  internal passport 
C)  guest worker 
D)  foreigner 
E)  none of these 
A)  German nationalism 
B)  internal passport 
C)  guest worker 
D)  foreigner 
E)  none of these

Question 6

________ are long narrow mountain ranges that stretch out like long cords along the edges.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cordilleras 
B)  Meseta 
C)  Stabbur 
D)  Altiplano 
E)  none of the above 
A)  Cordilleras 
B)  Meseta 
C)  Stabbur 
D)  Altiplano 
E)  none of the above

Question 7

Match each country with its capital.
-Bulgaria

Accepted Answer

A) Kiev 
B) Oslo 
C) Bucharest 
D) Riga 
E) Zagreb
F)Madrid
G)Paris
H)Dublin
I)Lisbon
J)Sofia 
A) Kiev 
B) Oslo 
C) Bucharest 
D) Riga 
E) Zagreb
F)Madrid
G)Paris
H)Dublin
I)Lisbon
J)Sofia

Question 8

The principal industry of the Alpine region is:

Accepted Answer

A)  sheep farming 
B)  manufacturing 
C)  banking 
D)  fishing 
E)  tourism 
A)  sheep farming 
B)  manufacturing 
C)  banking 
D)  fishing 
E)  tourism

Question 9

This is the best estimate of Europe's contribution to the world's aggregate GNP.

Accepted Answer

A)  13% 
B)  23% 
C)  33% 
D)  43% 
E)  73% 
A)  13% 
B)  23% 
C)  33% 
D)  43% 
E)  73%

Question 10

Almost all Western Europeans live in a European Union member country.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Dutch Muslim population of between five and six million is the largest in Western Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Enclaves are culturally distinct territories that are surrounded by the territory of a different cultural group, whereas exclaves are portions of a country or of a culture group's territory that lie outside its contiguous land area.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

After World War II, this German city was divided between two countries, one under democratic rule, the other under Communist rule.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bonn 
B)  Dortmund 
C)  Berlin 
D)  Amsterdam 
E)  Munich 
A)  Bonn 
B)  Dortmund 
C)  Berlin 
D)  Amsterdam 
E)  Munich

Question 14

A country that has a centralized, autocratic government and values nation and race over the individual is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  communism 
B)  democracy 
C)  command economy 
D)  fascism 
E)  socialism 
A)  communism 
B)  democracy 
C)  command economy 
D)  fascism 
E)  socialism

Question 15

After an unsuccessful initiative program, this became the goal of COMECON.

Accepted Answer

A)  economic self-sufficiency 
B)  mutual trade among the Soviet bloc 
C)  a move to Chinese Communism 
D)  export production for the West European market 
E)  capitalist investment 
A)  economic self-sufficiency 
B)  mutual trade among the Soviet bloc 
C)  a move to Chinese Communism 
D)  export production for the West European market 
E)  capitalist investment

Question 16

All European States are now net migration countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Discuss Muslims in Europe. Where are the majority of Europe's Muslims located? What events contributed to the migration of Muslims to Europe? What are some of the problems Muslims face living in the largely Christian European realm?

Accepted Answer

Muslims in Europe make up a significant

Question 18

Less than 3% of the European Union workforce is employed in this sector of the economy.

Accepted Answer

A)  agriculture 
B)  industry 
C)  services 
D)  manufacturing 
E)  office work 
A)  agriculture 
B)  industry 
C)  services 
D)  manufacturing 
E)  office work

Question 19

The cost advantages that accure to individual firms because of their location among functionally related activities is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  economies of scale 
B)  agglomeration economies 
C)  subsistence economies 
D)  growth pole economies 
E)  nodal economies 
A)  economies of scale 
B)  agglomeration economies 
C)  subsistence economies 
D)  growth pole economies 
E)  nodal economies

Question 20

Most of the immigrants going to the Netherlands are from former colonies in Indonesia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Match each country with its capital. -Romania

Besides the Black Death, what was the other factor halting the "great medieval colonization?"

Match each country with its capital. -Spain

What was the Cold War? When did it begin and end? Why did the Soviet Union establish a buffer zone in Eastern Europe?

What does the German word gastarbeiter mean?

________ are long narrow mountain ranges that stretch out like long cords along the edges.

Match each country with its capital. -Bulgaria

The principal industry of the Alpine region is:

This is the best estimate of Europe's contribution to the world's aggregate GNP.

Almost all Western Europeans live in a European Union member country.

The Dutch Muslim population of between five and six million is the largest in Western Europe.

Enclaves are culturally distinct territories that are surrounded by the territory of a different cultural group, whereas exclaves are portions of a country or of a culture group's territory that lie outside its contiguous land area.

After World War II, this German city was divided between two countries, one under democratic rule, the other under Communist rule.

A country that has a centralized, autocratic government and values nation and race over the individual is referred to as:

After an unsuccessful initiative program, this became the goal of COMECON.

All European States are now net migration countries.

Discuss Muslims in Europe. Where are the majority of Europe's Muslims located? What events contributed to the migration of Muslims to Europe? What are some of the problems Muslims face living in the largely Christian European realm?

Less than 3% of the European Union workforce is employed in this sector of the economy.

The cost advantages that accure to individual firms because of their location among functionally related activities is called:

Most of the immigrants going to the Netherlands are from former colonies in Indonesia.

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Exam 2: Europe

Match each country with its capital. -Romania

Besides the Black Death, what was the other factor halting the "great medieval colonization?"

Match each country with its capital. -Spain

What was the Cold War? When did it begin and end? Why did the Soviet Union establish a buffer zone in Eastern Europe?

What does the German word gastarbeiter mean?

________ are long narrow mountain ranges that stretch out like long cords along the edges.

Match each country with its capital. -Bulgaria

The principal industry of the Alpine region is:

This is the best estimate of Europe's contribution to the world's aggregate GNP.

Almost all Western Europeans live in a European Union member country.

The Dutch Muslim population of between five and six million is the largest in Western Europe.

Enclaves are culturally distinct territories that are surrounded by the territory of a different cultural group, whereas exclaves are portions of a country or of a culture group's territory that lie outside its contiguous land area.

After World War II, this German city was divided between two countries, one under democratic rule, the other under Communist rule.

A country that has a centralized, autocratic government and values nation and race over the individual is referred to as:

After an unsuccessful initiative program, this became the goal of COMECON.

All European States are now net migration countries.

Discuss Muslims in Europe. Where are the majority of Europe's Muslims located? What events contributed to the migration of Muslims to Europe? What are some of the problems Muslims face living in the largely Christian European realm?

Less than 3% of the European Union workforce is employed in this sector of the economy.

The cost advantages that accure to individual firms because of their location among functionally related activities is called:

Most of the immigrants going to the Netherlands are from former colonies in Indonesia.

World Regions in Global Context

The Russian Federation, Central Asia, and the Transcaucasus

Middle East and North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

The United States and Canada

Latin America and the Caribbean

East Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific

Filters