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Part Four - Europe
Concept Review
Concept Review
This multiple choice exercise will help you to understand the important concepts in Part 4. For each question, choose the best answer among the options.
This activity contains 30 questions.
What European landform is the most disruptive?
Choice # 1 - volcanoes
Choice # 2 - earthquakes
Choice # 3 - floods
Choice # 4 - hurricanes
Choice # 1 and Choice # 2 (Both)
What trait predominates and defines Europe today?
Christian heritage
religious freedom
freedom of speech
freedom to travel
Indo-European languages prevail
capitalist economies
What spatial pattern is evident in European transportation?
core-periphery
east-versus-west
north-south divide
regional
What landform has served as refuge for Celtic people, and in its turn created a distinctive regional culture?
coastal hills
Dinaric mountain range
Carpatheans
Hungarian Basin
Great European Plain
Meseta
What socioeconomic measure do your authors use to rate the quality of living in Europe?
infant mortality
literacy
life expectancy
per capita income
What mountain range frames northern Italy?
Andes
Alps
Pyrenees
Dinaric
Carpathian
none of the above
What is the climate type for Western Europe?
marine west coast climate
humid continental climate
Mediterranean climate
humid subtropical
dry subtropical
steppe
When we examine infant mortality rates in Europe, what kind of spatial pattern prevails?
east-versus-west
north-versus-south
core-versus-periphery
regional
language related
Where is the Mezzogiorno?
southern Italy
Piedmont
Rome
Milan
Florence
Sicily
Identify the correct climate type for Eastern Europe:
humid continental
marine west coast
humid subtropical
steppe
Mediterranean
dry subtropical
What features would the preindustrial core city of Europe have?
low-rise buildings
church spires dominate skyline
expensive housing
no expressways
all of the above
Where would Padania be located?
northern Italy
southern Italy
Iberia
Belgium
Germany
France
What climate type is characteristic of the southern peninsulas of Iberia, Italy, and the southern Balkans?
Mediterranean
humid continental
marine west coast
humid subtropical
dry subtropical
steppe
What type of person is most involved with counterurbanization?
affluent, professional people
middle-class young families
lower income looking for cheap rents
wealthy
The climate of the Mediterranean region is very similar to which U.S. regional climate?
west coast
east coast
gulf coast
North Carolina coast
Hawaii
The defining deed that created Spanish national identity was:
successful warfare against the Moors
war against England
colonizing most of Central and South America
domination by the Castilians
In what general direction do the rivers of Europe flow?
southeast to northwest
northeast to southwest
northwest to southwest
north to south
east to west
What is the most potent expression today of an east-versus-west division within Europe?
EU
NATO
NAFTA
COMCOM
EEC
WTO
What do the authors claim as an explanation for Europe's greatness?
human resources
mineral resources
climate
Where is the notorious "Black Triangle" located?
borders of Germany, Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia
borders of Germany, France, and Italy
borders of Poland, Hungary, Czechia, and Slovakia
borders of Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and France
Which group of the following activities listed below
are not
considered to be a "producer service" according to your textbook?
Coal mining and distribution.
Banking and accounting.
Marketing and wholesaling.
Legal services and insurance.
Research and development.
Which of the following countries has the highest proportion of its workforce working in the Mining, Forestry, Fishing, and Agriculture segment of its economy?
Greece.
Albania.
Moldova.
The United Kingdom.
Spain.
Sweden.
The only
major
portion of the Iberian Peninsula not under control of the Spanish government is ...
Portugal.
Andorra.
Castille.
Aragon.
Andalusia.
The Basque Region.
The United Kingdom has several political problems in the country that are bothersome for the government in London. Which of the following items
is not
a bother for the London government?
The expansion of London's "Underground" (subway system) into the suburban London residential districts.
Many people in Scotland desire to be independent from the United Kingdom and have established their own separate parliament.
The Welsh have also established a separate parliament.
The coal and steel districts of the United Kingdom are in decay.
Irish separatists want the entire island of Ireland to be part of the Irish Republic.
Which region below is not considered to be a major
"technopole"
in modern Europe?
The "greater" Helsinki metropolitan region.
Silicon Glen in Scotland.
The Randstad in the Netherlands.
Britain's M-4 Corridor.
France's "Scientific City" near Paris.
Southern Germany's Bavarian complex.
All of the following statements are true about Belgium
except
...
In 1830 Belgium with its Catholic population, and the approval of the "Great Powers" of Europe broke away from Catholic dominated France.
In 1830 Belgium with its Catholic population, and the approval of the "Great Powers" of Europe broke away from Protestant dominated Great Britain.
In 1830 Belgium with its Protestant population, and the approval of the "Great Powers" of Europe broke away from the Catholic dominated Netherlands.
In 1830 Belgium with its Catholic population, and the approval of the "Great Powers" of Europe broke away from Protestant dominated Netherlands.
The origins of the Swiss state can be traced to a core area in the late 1200s around ...
The area near modern day Switzerland known as Basel.
Lake Lucerne.
Lake Geneva.