Chapter 3

1. Greeks had moved into Europe by:
1. 2500 B.C.
2. 2000 B.C.
3. 1500 B.C.
4. 1000 B.C

2. The Romans tied their far-flung empire together with:
1. human runners.
2. the Internet.
3. roads.
4. railroads.

3. The Vikings explored and raided from their base in:
1. Minnesota.
2. Scandinavia.
3. Germany.
4. Russia.

4. Welsh, Irish, Scottish, and Breton culture and language are:
1. Romance.
2. Celtic.
3. Germanic.
4. Russian.

5. The Slavs settled in:
1. Scandinavia.
2. France.
3. East Central Europe.
4. Mediterranean Europe.

6. The practice of individuals and corporations owning businesses and keeping the profits is called:
1. communism.
2. individualism.
3. statism.
4. capitalism.

7. Which of the following European countries began slavery and overseas colonialism in the 1400s?
1. The United Kingdom and France.
2. Belgium and the Netherlands.
3. Germany and Italy.
4. Spain and Portugal.

8. The Industrial Revolution began in:
1. Russia.
2. Germany.
3. Britain.
4. France.

9. The Westphalian system led to the development of:
1. Factories.
2. steam engines.
3. nation-states.
4. Gothic architecture.

10. Which country, noted for a great revolution, is touted for being the country in which nationalism began?
1. Germany
2. Italy
3. France
4. Poland

11. A system in which workers make economic and political decisions is called:
1. capitalism.
2. colonialism.
3. communism.
4. supranationalism.

12. The ocean current that gives Europe a warmer climate than other parts of the world at the same latitude is the:
1. Labrador Current.
2. Spanish Current.
3. British Current.
4. North Atlantic Drift.

13. The advantage of producing goods in an area where other companies are producing the same thing and there is a trained labor force, assembly and distribution systems of transportation, and support by financial and other services is called:
1. spatial analysis.
2. competitive advantage.
3. agglomeration economies.
4. headquarters function.
14. The process in which numbers of jobs in manufacturing decline and old factories in an area become derelict is:
1. deindustrialization.
2. tariff reduction.
3. welfare reform.
4. nationalism.
15. Foreign workers who have the right to work in a country but possess few other rights are called:
1. immigrants.
2. aliens.
3. guest workers.
4. guest immigrants.

16. A city that is particularly concerned about rising sea levels from global warming is
1. Venice.
2. Paris.
3. Berlin.
4. Plymouth.

17. The highest levels of acid precipitation in Europe are in:
1. England.
2. Germany.
3. Poland.
4. France.

18. The idea that different nations can cooperate closely, including sharing the same government, economy (including currency), military, and social policies is called:
1. supranationalism.
2. communism.
3. colonialism.
4. imperialism.

19. The conversion of formerly state-run businesses to private enterprise is called:
1. deindustrialization.
2. cooptation.
3. privatization.
4. rationalization.

20. The International Court of Justice is located in:
1. London.
2. Paris.
3. Brussels.
4. The Hague.

21. The largest port in the world is:
1. Amsterdam.
2. London.
3. Hamburg.
4. Rotterdam.

22. The political subdivisions of Germany are called:
1. provinces.
2. counties.
3. lander.
4. empires.

23. The largest number of refugees to come to Germany in recent years are from:
1. Iraq.
2. Russia.
3. South Africa.
4. Bosnia-Herzegovina.

24. Of the European countries, _____________ ranks highest in the number of women serving as representatives in government.
1. the Netherlands
2. the United Kingdom
3. France
4. Germany

25. The process in which wealthy people buy dilapidated buildings and rehabilitate or refurbish them for urban living is called:
1. welfare.
2. urbanization.
3. gentrification.
4. habitat.

26. Which of the following was not a result of the Industrial Revolution’s impact on agriculture in Europe?
1. concentration
2. abandonment
3. intensification
4. specialization

27. Before 1950, the main source of energy in Europe was:
1. oil.
2. gas.
3. wood.
4. coal.

28. The main beneficiaries of the North Sea oil and gas fields are:
1. Norway and the U.K.
2. Norway and Sweden.
3. Germany and Denmark.
4. France and Spain.

29. The only “Mediterranean” country that has no Mediterranean coast is:
1. Spain.
2. Italy.
3. Portugal.
4. Greece.

30. The Northern League in Italy draws its main support from:
1. farmers.
2. factory workers.
3. restaurant workers.
4. entrepreneurs.

31. During the Cold War, the line between Communist and non-Communist countries of Europe was called:
1. the Iron Curtain.
2. the Wall.
3. the Barbed-Wire Fence.
4. the Demilitarized Zone.

32. The “Velvet Divorce” separated:
1. East Germany from West Germany.
2. France from Belgium.
3. the Czech Republic from Slovakia.
4. Croatia from Serbia

33. As created after World War I, Yugoslavia was dominated by:
1. Croatia.
2. Serbia.
3. Bosnia.
4. Slovenia.

34. The Cyrillic alphabet is based on the:
1. Roman alphabet.
2. Arabic alphabet.
3. Greek alphabet.
4. Hebrew alphabet.

35. Politically, Europe is a very fragmented region.  T/F

36. Corn (maize) and the potato were unknown in Europe until after the voyages of discovery starting in the fifteenth century.  T/F

37. Under the nation-state idea, each nation can be free to govern itself only if it has its own state (country).  T/F

38. Since the 1800s, glaciers in alpine valleys have grown.  T/F

39. The Danube River is Europe’s longest and most used for transportation of freight. T/F

40. The barren landscape in Mediterranean regions today is partly the result of human activities.  T/F

41. The Black Triangle of chemical contamination is found along the Czech, Polish, and East German borders.  T/F

42. Russia is now a member of NATO.  T/F

43. Beginning in the 1970s, the European Union (EU) invested large sums of money to improve infrastructure in lagging regions of Europe.  T/F

44. Most decisions in France are made in Paris by a very centralized form of government.  T/F

45. Despite independence of the colonies, both the United Kingdom and France remain very involved in their former empires.  T/F

46. The conflict in Northern Ireland arises from a combination of political and religious causes.  T/F

47. The modern country of Austria includes most of the German-speaking parts of the Hapsburg Empire.  T/F

48. The Swiss Confederation is composed of cantons that all look to a strong central government.  T/F

49. Western Europe has some of the highest population growth rates in the world.  T/F

50. Agricultural production in Europe is high, but the number of farms continues to decline.  T/F

51. Because poorer land may be retired from production first, the decline in production is not always proportional to the amount of land retired.  T/F

52. Airbus is to the aerospace industry what the European Union is to the economy and politics of Europe.  T/F

53. Yugoslavia is still the name for the remaining parts of that country: Serbia and Montenegro.  T/F

54. The main role of the Mafia is conducting business through family connections.  T/F

55. A _________________ is an imagined community of a people who believe themselves to share common cultural features.

56. An attempt to exterminate all members of a particular group of people is called ________________.

57. A device to make crossing borders easier, especially for workers, within the European Union is the formation of ___________________________.

58. The combination of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg is called     __________________.

59. Producing less on the same amount of land is called _________________.

60. ________________ services serve other businesses rather than consumers directly.