Review Questions for Unit TEST

Review Questions for Unit TEST

1) Why can Europe be called a peninsula of peninsulas?

Because is it is one major peninsula of Asia made of little peninsulas.
2) Where does the Danube flow?

Through the heart of Europe, west to east.
3) What is the most important plain in Europe?

The North European plain.
4) What resources does Europe have in abundance?

Coal and iron ore.
5) Why do the Irish burn peat?

It creates fuel for their lack of energy resources.
6) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?

It provides land for agriculture but also divides groups of people and makes for hard travel. An example would be the alps.
7) What is the North Atlantic Drift?

A current of warm water from the tropics, flow's near Europe's west coast.
8) What parts of Europe benefit from the Mediterranean climate?

From Spain to Greece.
9) Why do trees not grow in upper Scandinavia?

Because of permafrost.

10) What percentage of the Netherlands was once under the sea?

40%
11) Why did Venice grow?

When invaders took shelter on inhospitable islands in a lagoon, it became a trading post.
12) What problems face Venice today?

Severe water pollution and sinking.
13) What actions have led to deforestation in Europe?

Trees cut down for fuel and support for venice and acid rain.
14) Why was Ancient Greece important?

The first democracy.
15) What are some of Rome's cultural legacies?

 religions, Latin languages, and government.
16) What were the crusades?

The battle to take the Holy Land from the Muslims.
17) How has Mediterranean Europe's economy changed since WWII.

It went from a mainly agricultural area to a industry dominant area.
18) Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe?

Abundances of coil and resources lead to an early industrial revolution.
19) How did language differences develop in Western Europe?

The leading power in history changed from Germanic and Romantic languages.
20) Why was the Berlin Wall built?  When did it come down?

It was built to divide the Communist Germany from the non- Communist Germany. It came down in 1989, thanks to Ronald Reagan. 

21) List the four sub-region of Europe.  Be able to list the countries in each sub-region.

Mediterranean(Portugal, Spain, Andorra,Italy,Greece,Malta.) Eastern(Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg,Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria) Western(Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Bosnia) and Northern Europe(Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, United Kingdom.
22) What is the history of Northern Europe?

Vikings conquered places all over Europe.
23)  What country in Northern Europe chose not to join the EU?

Norway.
24) Where did the industrial revolution start?

Great Britain.
25) Why has there been turmoil in Eastern Europe?

There is cultural division between ethnic groups.
26) What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under Communist rule?

Out dated technology, racism, and lack of trade because of communism.
27) How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?

Catholics broke off from the church creating the protestant church.