Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: TWT 6e
Chapter Number: 01
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1) Europe’s relative location is ____:
a) inefficient for international trade
b) one of inferior global accessibility
c) disadvantaged by its proximity to the sea
d) one of centrality within the land hemisphere
e) disadvantaged by its closeness to Africa
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: 1A.1: Describe Europe’s geographic limits, environmental
foundations, resource opportunities, and locational advantages.
Section Reference 1: Geographical Features
2) The North European Lowland _____________.
a) contains the mountain ranges of the Alps
b) is the most densely populated of Europe's landscape regions
c) does not include England
d) has historically functioned as a barrier to contact and communication
e) contains the plains of Greece
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: 1A.1: Describe Europe’s geographic limits, environmental
foundations, resource opportunities, and locational advantages.
Section Reference 1: Geographical Features
3) Regions that produce surpluses of goods needed elsewhere exhibit ______:
,a) complementarity
b) balkanization
c) supranationalism
d) irredentism
e) local functional specialization
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: 1.3A Describe the forces that are shaping twenty-first-century
Europe and its changing population.
Section Reference 1: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm
4) Which of the following is CORRECT regarding immigration trends in Europe?
a) There are no immigrants in Europe.
b) Immigrants in Europe come mostly from other countries in Europe.
c) Immigrants are well integrated into European societies.
d) Immigration in Europe is offsetting population decline.
e) Most immigrants arriving in Europe are Christian.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: 1A.3: Describe the forces that are shaping twenty-first-century
Europe and its changing population.
Section Reference 1: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm
5) The Industrial Revolution in Europe ________________.
a) produced the first specialized industries anywhere in the realm
b) triggered a large immigration of workers from other parts of the world to fill the
available jobs in the factories
c) initially was focused in Britain, where machinery was invented and the use of steam to
power engines emerged
d) gave enormous situational advantage to large cities such as London and Paris, both
positioned on coal fields and near iron ores
,e) confirmed the superior quality of European products, which were already beating
inferior textiles and other wares from India and China before the Industrial Revolution
even began
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: 1A.2: Discuss the evolution of modern Europe in spatial context
and its impact on the world.
Section Reference 1: Modern Historical Geography
6) Europe's political revolution ___________________.
a) involved progress toward parliamentary representation and democracy
b) ended with the division of the German state in 1945
c) was stimulated by the new weaponry produced by the Industrial Revolution
d) originated as a reaction to the oppression of the Roman Empire
e) was an anticolonial rebellion that threw off Moorish and Ottoman yokes
Answer: a
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: 1A.2: Discuss the evolution of modern Europe in spatial context
and its impact on the world.
Section Reference 1: Modern Historical Geography
7) Which of the following was once a clear example of a European nation-state?
a) Yugoslavia
b) Northern Ireland
c) France
d) Belgium
e) Ukraine
Answer: c
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: 1A.2: Discuss the evolution of modern Europe in spatial context
and its impact on the world.
, Section Reference 1: Modern Historical Geography
8) __________ forces divide a nation.
a) Situational
b) Centripetal
c) Centrifugal
d) Charismatic
e) Infrastructural
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: 1A.2: Discuss the evolution of modern Europe in spatial context
and its impact on the world.
Section Reference 1: Modern Historical Geography
9) Europe's unofficial lingua franca (common language) is ____________.
a) French
b) English
c) German
d) Spanish
e) Euro
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: 1A.3: Describe the forces that are shaping twenty-first-century
Europe and its changing population.
Section Reference 1: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm
10) Which country wishes to become part of the European Union and but has been
unsuccessful despite long-term negotiating?
a) Ukraine
b) Russia
c) Turkey
Course Title: TWT 6e
Chapter Number: 01
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1) Europe’s relative location is ____:
a) inefficient for international trade
b) one of inferior global accessibility
c) disadvantaged by its proximity to the sea
d) one of centrality within the land hemisphere
e) disadvantaged by its closeness to Africa
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: 1A.1: Describe Europe’s geographic limits, environmental
foundations, resource opportunities, and locational advantages.
Section Reference 1: Geographical Features
2) The North European Lowland _____________.
a) contains the mountain ranges of the Alps
b) is the most densely populated of Europe's landscape regions
c) does not include England
d) has historically functioned as a barrier to contact and communication
e) contains the plains of Greece
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: 1A.1: Describe Europe’s geographic limits, environmental
foundations, resource opportunities, and locational advantages.
Section Reference 1: Geographical Features
3) Regions that produce surpluses of goods needed elsewhere exhibit ______:
,a) complementarity
b) balkanization
c) supranationalism
d) irredentism
e) local functional specialization
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: 1.3A Describe the forces that are shaping twenty-first-century
Europe and its changing population.
Section Reference 1: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm
4) Which of the following is CORRECT regarding immigration trends in Europe?
a) There are no immigrants in Europe.
b) Immigrants in Europe come mostly from other countries in Europe.
c) Immigrants are well integrated into European societies.
d) Immigration in Europe is offsetting population decline.
e) Most immigrants arriving in Europe are Christian.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: 1A.3: Describe the forces that are shaping twenty-first-century
Europe and its changing population.
Section Reference 1: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm
5) The Industrial Revolution in Europe ________________.
a) produced the first specialized industries anywhere in the realm
b) triggered a large immigration of workers from other parts of the world to fill the
available jobs in the factories
c) initially was focused in Britain, where machinery was invented and the use of steam to
power engines emerged
d) gave enormous situational advantage to large cities such as London and Paris, both
positioned on coal fields and near iron ores
,e) confirmed the superior quality of European products, which were already beating
inferior textiles and other wares from India and China before the Industrial Revolution
even began
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: 1A.2: Discuss the evolution of modern Europe in spatial context
and its impact on the world.
Section Reference 1: Modern Historical Geography
6) Europe's political revolution ___________________.
a) involved progress toward parliamentary representation and democracy
b) ended with the division of the German state in 1945
c) was stimulated by the new weaponry produced by the Industrial Revolution
d) originated as a reaction to the oppression of the Roman Empire
e) was an anticolonial rebellion that threw off Moorish and Ottoman yokes
Answer: a
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: 1A.2: Discuss the evolution of modern Europe in spatial context
and its impact on the world.
Section Reference 1: Modern Historical Geography
7) Which of the following was once a clear example of a European nation-state?
a) Yugoslavia
b) Northern Ireland
c) France
d) Belgium
e) Ukraine
Answer: c
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: 1A.2: Discuss the evolution of modern Europe in spatial context
and its impact on the world.
, Section Reference 1: Modern Historical Geography
8) __________ forces divide a nation.
a) Situational
b) Centripetal
c) Centrifugal
d) Charismatic
e) Infrastructural
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: 1A.2: Discuss the evolution of modern Europe in spatial context
and its impact on the world.
Section Reference 1: Modern Historical Geography
9) Europe's unofficial lingua franca (common language) is ____________.
a) French
b) English
c) German
d) Spanish
e) Euro
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: 1A.3: Describe the forces that are shaping twenty-first-century
Europe and its changing population.
Section Reference 1: Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm
10) Which country wishes to become part of the European Union and but has been
unsuccessful despite long-term negotiating?
a) Ukraine
b) Russia
c) Turkey
