GY101 EXAM 2 UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. The highest and most central part of the major Euro- C) Alps
pean mountain range is known as the:
A) Pyrenees
B) Balkans
C) Alps
D) Urals
2. The coastal zones of the North European Plain are best B) populous
described as:
A) arid
B) populous
C) tropical
D) poverty-stricken
3. The physical geography of Europe is best described C) a large peninsula,
as: emerging from the west-
A) an island region, separated from the landmass of ern edge of the Eurasian
Asia by large rivers continent, made up of
B) a plateau, raised up from sea level and surrounded many smaller peninsulas
by steep cliffs with few beaches and largely unnaviga-
ble rivers
C) a large peninsula, emerging from the western edge
of the Eurasian continent, made up of many smaller
peninsulas
D) a vast lowland covered with swampy areas, extend-
ing to the foot of the Ural Mountains
4. Which of the following is largely responsible for the A) the North Atlantic Drift
warm and wet climate of northwestern Europe?
A) the North Atlantic Drift
B) the intertropical convergence zone
, GY101 EXAM 2 UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
C) the Scandinavian chinook
D) the North African stream
5. What climate type dominates eastern Europe and con- C) humid continental
sists of hot summers and long, cold winters?
A) Mediterranean
B) temperate midlatitude
C) humid continental
D) North Atlantic European
6. Which of the following does NOT explain why the aver- C) European waste sys-
age European uses less energy than the average North tems are based more on
American? septic systems than sewer
A) European communities are denser, so more people systems
walk or bicycle (rather than drive cars)
B) Europeans tend to live in smaller dwellings
C) European waste systems are based more on septic
systems than sewer systems
D) Europeans drive smaller, more fuel-efficient cars
7. Air pollution is heavy over the North European Plain D) radioactive particles
due to all of the following factors EXCEPT: created by nuclear energy
A) large population
B) dense transport routes
C) heavy industry
D) radioactive particles created by nuclear energy
8. Why are the Mediterranean and Black seas prone to C) The Atlantic Ocean and
heavier loads of pollution than the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea are part
North Sea? of or closely connected
A) The countries bordering the Black and Mediter- to the circulating flow of
ranean seas are home to industries that create higher the world ocean, allowing
levels of pollution
, GY101 EXAM 2 UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
B) Higher temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean and them to disperse pollution
North Sea cause pollution to biodegrade much more more easily
quickly
C) The Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea are part of or
closely connected to the circulating flow of the world
ocean, allowing them to disperse pollution more easi-
ly
D) The Mediterranean and Black seas support heavier
populations, which create more human and industrial
waste
9. Which of the following was NOT a group targeted for D) Muslims
execution in the Holocaust?
A) homosexuals
B) the mentally ill
C) Jews
D) Muslims
10. In , businesses are owned privately; in , all C) capitalism; communism
farms, industry, and land are owned by the govern-
ment.
A) socialism; democracy
B) communism; a republic
C) capitalism; communism
D) central planning; capitalism
11. Which of the following is among the core ideas of the B) achieve economic, so-
EU? cial, and political integra-
A) strengthen boundaries to increase productivity tion
rates independently within member countries
B) achieve economic, social, and political integration
C) increase tariffs on European goods to generate
1. The highest and most central part of the major Euro- C) Alps
pean mountain range is known as the:
A) Pyrenees
B) Balkans
C) Alps
D) Urals
2. The coastal zones of the North European Plain are best B) populous
described as:
A) arid
B) populous
C) tropical
D) poverty-stricken
3. The physical geography of Europe is best described C) a large peninsula,
as: emerging from the west-
A) an island region, separated from the landmass of ern edge of the Eurasian
Asia by large rivers continent, made up of
B) a plateau, raised up from sea level and surrounded many smaller peninsulas
by steep cliffs with few beaches and largely unnaviga-
ble rivers
C) a large peninsula, emerging from the western edge
of the Eurasian continent, made up of many smaller
peninsulas
D) a vast lowland covered with swampy areas, extend-
ing to the foot of the Ural Mountains
4. Which of the following is largely responsible for the A) the North Atlantic Drift
warm and wet climate of northwestern Europe?
A) the North Atlantic Drift
B) the intertropical convergence zone
, GY101 EXAM 2 UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
C) the Scandinavian chinook
D) the North African stream
5. What climate type dominates eastern Europe and con- C) humid continental
sists of hot summers and long, cold winters?
A) Mediterranean
B) temperate midlatitude
C) humid continental
D) North Atlantic European
6. Which of the following does NOT explain why the aver- C) European waste sys-
age European uses less energy than the average North tems are based more on
American? septic systems than sewer
A) European communities are denser, so more people systems
walk or bicycle (rather than drive cars)
B) Europeans tend to live in smaller dwellings
C) European waste systems are based more on septic
systems than sewer systems
D) Europeans drive smaller, more fuel-efficient cars
7. Air pollution is heavy over the North European Plain D) radioactive particles
due to all of the following factors EXCEPT: created by nuclear energy
A) large population
B) dense transport routes
C) heavy industry
D) radioactive particles created by nuclear energy
8. Why are the Mediterranean and Black seas prone to C) The Atlantic Ocean and
heavier loads of pollution than the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea are part
North Sea? of or closely connected
A) The countries bordering the Black and Mediter- to the circulating flow of
ranean seas are home to industries that create higher the world ocean, allowing
levels of pollution
, GY101 EXAM 2 UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
B) Higher temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean and them to disperse pollution
North Sea cause pollution to biodegrade much more more easily
quickly
C) The Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea are part of or
closely connected to the circulating flow of the world
ocean, allowing them to disperse pollution more easi-
ly
D) The Mediterranean and Black seas support heavier
populations, which create more human and industrial
waste
9. Which of the following was NOT a group targeted for D) Muslims
execution in the Holocaust?
A) homosexuals
B) the mentally ill
C) Jews
D) Muslims
10. In , businesses are owned privately; in , all C) capitalism; communism
farms, industry, and land are owned by the govern-
ment.
A) socialism; democracy
B) communism; a republic
C) capitalism; communism
D) central planning; capitalism
11. Which of the following is among the core ideas of the B) achieve economic, so-
EU? cial, and political integra-
A) strengthen boundaries to increase productivity tion
rates independently within member countries
B) achieve economic, social, and political integration
C) increase tariffs on European goods to generate
