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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.

Question 1
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Hint for Question 1 in a new window.		 What European landform is the most disruptive?
 
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Question 2
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Hint for Question 2 in a new window.		 What trait predominates and defines Europe today?
 
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Question 3
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Hint for Question 3 in a new window.		 What spatial pattern is evident in European transportation?
 
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Question 4
4 What landform has served as refuge for Celtic people, and in its turn created a distinctive regional culture?
 
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Question 5
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Hint for Question 5 in a new window.		 What socioeconomic measure do your authors use to rate the quality of living in Europe?
 
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Question 6
6 What mountain range frames northern Italy?
 
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Question 7
7 What is the climate type for Western Europe?
 
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Question 8
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Hint for Question 8 in a new window.		 When we examine infant mortality rates in Europe, what kind of spatial pattern prevails?
 
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Question 9
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Hint for Question 9 in a new window.		 Where is the Mezzogiorno?
 
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Question 10
10 Identify the correct climate type for Eastern Europe:
 
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Question 11
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Hint for Question 11 in a new window.		 What features would the preindustrial core city of Europe have?
 
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Question 12
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Hint for Question 12 in a new window.		 Where would Padania be located?
 
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Question 13
13 What climate type is characteristic of the southern peninsulas of Iberia, Italy, and the southern Balkans?
 
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Question 14
14 What type of person is most involved with counterurbanization?
 
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Question 15
15 The climate of the Mediterranean region is very similar to which U.S. regional climate?
 
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Question 16
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Hint for Question 16 in a new window.		 The defining deed that created Spanish national identity was:
 
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Question 17
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Hint for Question 17 in a new window.		 In what general direction do the rivers of Europe flow?
 
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Question 18
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Hint for Question 18 in a new window.		 What is the most potent expression today of an east-versus-west division within Europe?
 
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Question 19
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Hint for Question 19 in a new window.		 What do the authors claim as an explanation for Europe's greatness?
 
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Question 20
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Hint for Question 20 in a new window.		 Where is the notorious "Black Triangle" located?
 
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Question 21
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Hint for Question 21 in a new window.		 Which group of the following activities listed below are not considered to be a "producer service" according to your textbook?
 
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Question 22
22 Which of the following countries has the highest proportion of its workforce working in the Mining, Forestry, Fishing, and Agriculture segment of its economy?
 
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Question 23
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Hint for Question 23 in a new window.		 The only major portion of the Iberian Peninsula not under control of the Spanish government is ...
 
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Question 24
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Hint for Question 24 in a new window.		 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?
 
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Question 25
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Hint for Question 25 in a new window.		 Which region below is not considered to be a major "technopole" in modern Europe?
 
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Question 26
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Hint for Question 26 in a new window.		 All of the following statements are true about Belgium except ...
 
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Question 27
27 The origins of the Swiss state can be traced to a core area in the late 1200s around ...
 
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Question 28
28 According to your textbook France is an "old and stable country." France grew from an original nucleus called the ...
 
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Question 29
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Hint for Question 29 in a new window.		 Which of the following countries has the lowest proportion of its workforce working in the Mining, Forestry, Fishing, and Agriculture segment of its economy?
 
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Question 30
30 The greatest of the mountain ranges of southern Europe are ...
 
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