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Unit Five Evaluation

1.Why is Europe called a peninsula?

a. It is surrounded on three sides by water.

b. It is the main landmass of Eurasia.

c. It has an unusually long coastline.

d. It has many mountains and rivers.

2. What generalization can be made about Europe's climate?

a. Mistral winds keep most of the continent cold and dry.

b. Currents, winds, and latitude result in varied climates throughout the continent.

c. Warm winds and ocean currents keep the climate in most of Western Europe very mild.

d. The winters everywhere are long and cold.

3. Why are the Rhine and Danube rivers important in Europe?

a. They can be used easily for transportation.

b. They run along mountain chains.

c. They serve as borders between countries.

d. They support agriculture and wildlife.

4. What has harmed the natural environment of the Mediterranean Sea?

a. large fish damaging the red coral

b. pollution, overfishing, and overdevelopment

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c. the creation of marine reserves

d. exploration, conservation, and transportation

5. The people of the Netherlands increased their farming industry through the use of

a. fjords.

b. canals.

c. erosion.

d. dikes and polders.

6. What landform stretches across France, Belgium, Germany, and Poland to Russia?

a. the Western Uplands

b. the Northern European Plain

c. the Central Uplands

d. the Alpine region

7.How did explorers help Europe's rulers in the 1400s?

a. They helped rulers improve fishing industries.

b. They built inland waterways and created new routes for transportation.

c. They helped rulers build empires and spread religious beliefs.

d. They forged alliances between European rulers.

8.What is the mistral?

a. an ocean current of warm water

b. land that has been taken from the seabed

c. water surrounded on three sides by land

d. a cold wind that brings cold, dry weather

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9.Which mountain chain stretches from Austria and Italy to Switzerland, Germany and

France?

a. the Carpathians

b. the Pyrenees

c. the Alps

d. the Apennines

10. What human-made water passage is used primarily for travel, shipping, and irrigation?

a. polder

b. fjord

c. canal

d. aqueduct

11. What was possibly the most lasting achievement of Greek civilization?

a. laying the groundwork for democracy

b. always having great leaders

c. enabling transportation and communication

d. having many city-states

12. What happened during the golden age of Greece?

a. Democracy, wealth, and culture flourished in Athens.

b. Alexander the Great conquered Greece.

c. Sparta became the center of wealth and the arts.

d. Tyrants ruled all the city-states.

13. What fact indicates that the Roman Empire was the most powerful empire in the

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a. It was peaceful during Augustus' rule.

b. Its rule extended over three continents.

c. It made Christianity the official religion.

d. It defeated barbarians from Germany.

14. What did Alexander the Great spread ideas about?

a. Macedonian approaches to government, religion, and power

b. his father's accomplishments in math, music, and history

c. ways to rule and extend an empire

d. Greek ideas about democracy, science, and philosophy

15. What was significant about the Twelve Tables of 450 B.C.?

a. It was a plan for rebelling against Etruscan King Tarquin.

b. Laws enacted gave women the right to vote.

c. They spelled out the rights and responsibilities of Roman citizens.

d. They marked the beginning of the Roman Empire.

16. The early form of government in Rome that lasted for over 400 years and would set the

stage for the birth of the Roman Empire was a

a. democracy.

b. republic.

c. oligarchy.

d. monarchy.

17. Which class of Roman citizens were mostly wealthy landowners?

a. plebeians

b. patricians
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c. philosophers

d. aristocrats

18. What is one of Rome's great engineering legacies?

a. the minting of Roman coins

b. the use of marble for buildings and statues

c. the network of roads connecting the empire

d. advanced weaponry to use against invaders

19. What were the most powerful influences on Europeans during the Middle Ages?

a. Roman Catholic Church and feudalism

b. Charlemagne and the Franks

c. Johannes Gutenberg and Martin Luther

d. Eastern orthodox church and the plague

20. What was "reborn" during the Renaissance?

a. arts, philosophy, and culture

b. war between Eastern and Western Europe

c. Europeans' hatred of tyrants

d. feudalism, manorialism, and the Crusades

21. What was taught in Prince Henry's navigation school?

a. how to establish a colony

b. where to find gold and spices

c. how to read maps and build ships

d. how to work as part of a larger project

22. What happened during the Industrial Revolution?

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a. Farmers produced many more crops.

b. Poor people overthrew the rich and took over government.

c. Canals were dug to connect waterways.

d. Workers produced goods by machine in factories

23.How old were the youngest Europeans who worked in factories and mines?

a. 5

b. 112

c. 15

d. 18

24. What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen guarantee?

a. equality, life, liberty and good governance

b. employment, shelter, and food

c. freedom, liberty, property, and security

d. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

25. What did Nelson Mandela struggle to end in his country?

a. nationalism

b. communism

c. apartheid

d. factory systems

26. During the 1800s, what effect did nationalism have in Europe?

a. Napoleon built an empire.

b. Industry grew and more factories were built.

c. Nations united to defeat Napoleon.

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d. The states in Italy and Germany unified.

27. Which country was blamed for World War I and punished by the Treaty of Versailles?

a. Austria

b. Bulgaria

c. Germany

d. Italy

28. Which country was responsible for the Nazi concentration camps during World War

II?

a. Germany

b. Japan

c. Soviet Union

d. Italy

29. Which countries were part of the Axis Powers during World War II?

a. Germany, Italy, Japan

b. Poland, Austria, Soviet Union

c. Great Britain, France, Poland

d. Japan, Soviet Union, Germany

30. The period of great tension between the United Sates and the Soviet Union that resulted

in the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact was called

a. the Iron Curtain.

b. the Holocaust.

c. the Cold War.

d. World War II.

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31. The language group that includes Italian, French, and Spanish is called

a. Germanic.

b. Latinic.

c. Romance.

d. Slavic.

32. The most widely practiced religion in Europe is

a. Christianity.

b. Hinduism.

c. Judaism.

d. Islam.

33. What did the Impressionist painters attempt to do?

a. emphasize natural scenes to convey emotion

b. present religious subjects as two-dimensional figures

c. use light and color to capture a moment

d. portray gods and goddesses with realistic human forms

34. European art and music developed out of the artistic achievements of ancient

a. France and German.

b. Greece and Rome.

c. India and Turkey.

d. Japan and China.

35. The period of European art in which emotions were conveyed through landscapes and

natural scenes was called the

a. Abstract period.
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b. Baroque period.

c. Renaissance.

d. Romantic period

36. Which book is considered to be the first modern novel?

a. Don Quixote

b. Hamlet

c. The Iliad

d. Sense and Sensibility

37. Which Greek poet wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?

a. Shakespeare

b. Dante

c. Virgil

d. Homer

38. The number of books available to people increased due to the development in the 1400s

of

a. the modern novel.

b. epic poetry.

c. the printing press.

d. writing pape

39. The cuisine of any European country is largely determined by its

a. landforms and climate.

b. seaports and villages.

c. economy and railroads.

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d. imports and exports.

40. The climate in Mediterranean countries allows them to produce which foods?

a. wheat and other grains

b. root vegetables such as turnips and beets

c. herring, deer, and elk meat

d. olives, tomatoes, and garlic

41. Why was the European Union formed?

a. as a way for the Common Market to extend their economic organization throughout Europe

b. to create a control for immigration from one-member nation to another

c. as a way for the countries of Western Europe to control human rights violations

d. as a way to increase tariffs between countries

42. What is the common form of currency used in the European Union countries?

a. sovereign

b. euro

c. tariff

d. dollar

43. Which European country has chosen not to join the European Union because it does

not want to give up sovereignty?

a. Portugal

b. Latvia

c. Norway

d. Greece
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44. There are 19 countries that currently use the common currency, what is the name given

to these 19 countries?

a. euro coin

b. eurozone

c. exchange

d. Common Market

45. What is one of the benefits of using a single currency in many EU countries?

a. It allows people, money, and goods to move freely from country to country.

b. It helps prevent member countries from going into heavy debt.

c. It helps create an open market in which goods can be traded using a tariff, or exchange.

d. It allows countries to maintain control of their own affairs.

46. What major event occurred in Eastern Europe in 1991?

a. the privatization of Romanian business

b. the collapse of the Soviet Union

c. the Orange Revolution

d. the rebellion of Polish workers

47. Which of the following best describes life in Eastern Europe under Soviet control?

a. Citizens enjoyed great democratic freedoms and high standards of living.

b. Citizens enjoyed great democratic freedoms but had low standards of living.

c. Citizens lacked democratic freedoms but had high standards of living.

d. Citizens lacked democratic freedoms and had low standards of living.

48. Many Eastern European countries began to rebuild their economies through

a. privatization.
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b. democratization.

c. tariff control.

d. government-controlled businesses

49. Europe's aging population is an example of the continent's changing

a. sovereignty.

b. democratization.

c. privatization.

d. demographics.

50. What is one reason why many people migrate to Europe?

a. to sell goods from back home

b. to have safe drinking water for their families

c. to escape conflicts in their countries of origin

d. to purchase homes of their own