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Q: All economists agree that bailout money for EMU countries should be used to stimulate growth through massive government projects that create jobs and allow for consumption.

Q: The Deutschemark is the currency of the European Monetary Union.

Q: Europe's first industrial districts developed in areas with a cheap labor force.

Q: Eastern Europe is not as rich in natural resources as western Europe.

Q: The European Union is an example of geopolitical devolution in Europe.

Q: Of the former Yugoslav republics, only Slovenia and Croatia are members of the EU.

Q: France and Britain declared war on Germany after Germany's invasion of Poland.

Q: When states attempt to reclaim lost territory or peoples is called balkanization.

Q: The Cold War ended due to U.S. pressure on the Soviet Union to allow for democratic reforms.

Q: Early post-World War II cooperation in Western Europe centered on transportation.

Q: After they were forced to leave Palestine by the Romans, Jews clustered in Muslim lands of the Iberian Peninsula because Islam showed greater tolerance for Judaism than had Christianity.

Q: Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion in the southern part of Europe.

Q: The schism between western and eastern Christianity occurred because Greek missionaries refused to accept the control of Roman bishops.

Q: One would be most likely to hear a Romance language spoken in the Netherlands.

Q: Romanian is a Slavic language but contains many Romance words.

Q: Romance languages evolved from French.

Q: The Basque language is spoken only in a small region of Spain.

Q: Women's workforce participation is highest in eastern Europe and the Balkans.

Q: Basketball is unquestionably Europe's national sport.

Q: The largest number of migrants to France are from North Africa.

Q: The Schengen Agreement paved the way for the reunification of East and West Germany.

Q: Many European countries have pro-growth policies such as free contraception.

Q: Europe is in stage 3 of the demographic transition.

Q: The historic medieval landscapes of many European cities have become the focus of gentrification.

Q: The Danube is Europe's longest river.

Q: Iceland lies on a tectonic boundary and has many active volcanoes.

Q: The Apennines mountain range separates France and Spain.

Q: Fjords, which were created by glaciers, are found in France.

Q: Germany has a Mediterranean climate.

Q: The Mediterranean climate has a dry summer and a wet winter.

Q: The Atlantic Coast of Europe has a maritime climate.

Q: Europeans generate more CO2 emissions than do Americans.

Q: Many European countries are now importing coal from North America.

Q: More frequent heat waves are a possible outcome of climate change in Europe.

Q: The loss of more than 90% of the aquatic life in Poland's rivers was due to industrial waste.

Q: Which of the following European countries is NOT a member of the European Union?A) AustriaB) DenmarkC) PortugalD) SwitzerlandE) United Kingdom

Q: Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War II centered on what commodity (or commodities)? A) telegraph and telephones B) transportation C) textiles D) computers and information technology E) coal and steel

Q: Which of the following was a major determinant of the early industrial regions of Europe? A) coal B) a large labor force C) access to banking and finance D) mild climate E) All of the choices are correct.

Q: In which country of Europe did the Industrial Revolution start? A) England B) Germany C) Spain D) France E) Italy

Q: Which was not a reason for the present economic crisis in Europe? A) Soviet interference in eastern Europe's economies B) cheap credit available to weak economies C) overspending by consumers D) overspending by governments

Q: What is the currency of the European Monetary Union? A) the euro B) the franc C) the Deutschemark D) the pound E) the dollar

Q: Which non-European country played a major role in the economy of the countries of Eastern Europe? A) China B) Japan C) Soviet Union D) United States E) All of the choices are correct.

Q: Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina was carried out against which group(s)? A) Serbs B) Croats C) Muslims D) Serbs and Muslims E) Muslims and Croats

Q: What term describes the fragmented geopolitical processes involved with small-scale independence movements and the phenomenon of mini-nationalism as it develops along ethnic fault lines? A) feudalism B) gastarbeiter C) balkanization D) irredentism E) secularization

Q: What is the word for a state policy of reclaiming lost lands or lands inhabited by people of the same ethnicity in another state? A) balkanization B) collectivism C) feudalism D) irredentism E) privatization

Q: Which of the following led to WWII? A) reassertion of power by the Ottoman Empire B) a treaty of cooperation between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany C) redrawing the map to acknowledge the nationalistic aspirations of unrepresented peoples D) the dissolution of Poland and Czechoslovakia

Q: Europe was the battleground for which wars during the 20th century? A) World War I and the Cold War, but not World War II B) World War I, World War II, and the Cold War C) World War II, but not World War I D) World War I, but not World War II E) World War I and World War II, but not the Cold War

Q: Which European country divided into two after 1990? A) Czechoslovakia B) Yugoslavia C) Germany D) Ireland E) Romania

Q: What is the word for an array of nonaligned or friendly states that cushion or protect a larger country from invasion, as happened with the former Soviet Union and its Eastern European neighbors? A) Balkan region B) homelands C) buffer zone D) convection cells E) distributaries

Q: What do the letters in NATO stand for? A) National Anti-Terrorism Organization B) North Austrian Transportation Organization C) Norway-Austria Treaty Organization D) North Atlantic Treaty Organization E) Netherlands Against Terrorism Organization

Q: What was the Cold War? A) armed warfare between Eastern Europe and Western Europe from 1968-1973 B) the nickname given to efforts by the cold, northern countries of Europe to resolve their energy crisis in the 1990s in order to avoid deaths caused by hypothermia C) an armed conflict between the United States and the USSR that lasted from 1946-1991 and included occupation of several European countries by the United States D) an ideological struggle between the United States and the former Soviet Union that lasted from 1946-1991, and included Soviet occupation of several European countries E) armed warfare between Eastern Europe and Western Europe that lasted from 1986-1991

Q: What was the metaphorical name given to the policy of separation that divided Europe into two separate geopolitical and economic blocs after World War II? A) Berlin Wall B) Iron Curtain C) Kremlin D) Autobahn E) buffer zone

Q: Which country of Europe has a large Muslim migrant population? A) Sweden B) Ireland C) Spain D) France E) Italy

Q: In what part of Europe is Protestantism the dominant religion? A) northern Germany B) Sweden and Norway C) England D) only England and northern Germany E) England, northern Germany, Sweden and Norway

Q: Why did the population of Jews in Europe drop from 9.5 million before World War II to less than 2 million today? A) Their birth rates dropped as their urbanization rate increased, and the creation of Israel caused most to emigrate to the Middle East. B) The creation of Israel caused most Jews to emigrate from Europe to the Middle East. C) Their birth rates dropped as rates of urbanization increased. D) German Nazis murdered approximately 6 million Jews in the Holocaust. E) All of the choices are correct.

Q: What is the major factor determining whether a particular Slavic language uses the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet in its written form? A) the latitude of the country in which the language is spoken B) the dominant religion of the people who speak that language C) time period over which the language evolved D) the political system of the country E) the economic system of the country

Q: What is the second-most widely spoken Germanic language in Europe? A) English B) Swedish C) Danish D) Norwegian E) German

Q: Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic? A) Basque B) English C) Danish D) Norwegian E) Swedish

Q: Large number of French-speaking Africans and Arab Muslims live in what areas of the cities and towns of western Europe? A) close to the central city B) in highly integrated and diverse neighborhoods C) in high-density apartment buildings in the suburbs D) in the central city and in highly integrated and diverse neighborhoods

Q: Which European country has the highest representation of women in parliamentary offices? A) Cypress B) the United Kingdom C) Germany D) Denmark E) Sweden

Q: What event was an important cause of the surge of immigration to European countries such as Germany since the beginning of the 1990s? A) the release of the last German colony in Africa in 1989 B) the expulsion of many foreign-born immigrants from France C) an environmental disaster in the Balkans D) Germany's mild climate E) the collapse of the Soviet Union

Q: Which EU country has recently established formal border controls along one of its borders? A) Germany B) France C) Italy D) Belgium E) Denmark

Q: The Schengen Agreement, signed in 1985, meant that A) crossing a European border required passport and auto insurance documentation. B) crossing a European border was not possible without government permission. C) crossing a European border required neither paperwork nor government approval. D) crossing a European border became more difficult for the ethnic minority Roma. E) crossing a European border was only available to people from countries that were EU members.

Q: The European population is characterized by which stage of the demographic transition? A) First B) Second C) Third D) Fourth E) Fifth

Q: What is the natural growth rate in Europe? A) extensive population decline in every country B) uniformly negative rate of growth C) very slow rate of growth D) moderate rate of growth E) extremely high rate of growth

Q: The Renaissance-Baroque period of urban development was characterized by A) a dense landscape with few open space. B) narrow, winding streets. C) expansive ceremonial buildings and squares. D) clustering of factories. E) rebuilding from war's destruction.

Q: What three historical eras are represented in European city landscapes? A) Renaissance-Baroque, industrial, post-modern B) medieval, Renaissance-Baroque, art deco C) medieval, Renaissance-Baroque, industrial D) pre-modern, medieval, modern E) colonial, industrial, post-modern

Q: Which of the following places is the LEAST likely source region for an immigrant to the United Kingdom? A) the Caribbean B) India and Pakistan C) Turkey D) Hong Kong E) Anglophone countries in Africa

Q: Where do most immigrants to France come from? A) Eastern Europe B) France's former colonies in Africa C) India and Pakistan D) Hong Kong E) Quebec, Canada

Q: Foreigners comprise about 10% of the population in A) Denmark. B) Italy. C) Germany. D) Belgium. E) Ireland.

Q: What plan did Europe introduce in 2005 to help the region fight climate change? A) a program to become the world's leader in solar energy B) a tree-planting plan C) an emission trading scheme D) a research program to perfect carbon sequestration E) All of the choices are correct.

Q: What are the current impacts of climate change in Europe? A) Sea ice is dwindling. B) There is sparse snow cover in arctic Scandinavia. C) There are frequent droughts in the water-starved Mediterranean region. D) Dwindling sea ice, and sparse snow cover in arctic Scandinavia.

Q: 35% of the energy in France is generated from this source. A) nuclear power B) coal C) natural gas D) wind E) solar

Q: When the EU entered the 1997 Kyoto negotiations, it proposed a target of a reduction of what percent below 1990 greenhouse gas emissions? A) 10 B) 2 C) 8 D) 15 E) 12

Q: Currently what is the most urgent environmental issue for Europe? A) deforestation B) climate change C) acid rain D) air pollution E) fresh water sources

Q: What is Europe's longest river? A) Thames B) Rhine C) Loire D) Danube E) Rhone

Q: How does Europe compare in size (area) to the United States? A) It is roughly two-thirds of the United States. B) It is about the size of the state of Texas. C) It is the same size as the United States. D) It is equal in size to the continental United States plus Alaska and Hawaii. E) It is the largest continent on the planet, far larger than the United States.

Q: In which European country would you find fjords? A) France B) Norway C) Netherlands D) Italy E) Germany

Q: What is a fjord? A) a flooded valley originally carved out by glaciers B) an intermontaine plateau formed by the erosion of two neighboring mountains into a shared valley C) a fan-shaped deposit of sediments dropped by a river or stream flowing out of a mountain range D) hilly topographic features that mark the path of glaciers; they are composed of eroded material carried by glaciers and ice sheets E) a fine, wind-deposited sediment that makes fertile soil, but is vulnerable to water erosion

Q: What mountain range in Europe is over 500 miles long and has peaks reaching 15,000 feet? A) Pyrenees B) Alps C) Carpathians D) Himalayas E) Apennines