Transcript MILESTONE REVIEW

Milestone ReviewGeography of Europe
Review
Environmental Issues in Europe
81. What are the main causes of acid rain in Europe?
A. Farms and forests
B. Water power and electricity
C. Coal burning factories and automobile emissions
D. Solar power and wind turbines blowing the poison gas
Coal
Toxic Smoke
82. How does nature play a role in Germany’s acid rain problem?
A. The poisonous emissions from cars cause acid rain.
B. Air currents carry toxic smoke from other countries’ factories to Germany.
C. The rivers of southwestern Germany are used to make electricity for other
countries.
D. Germany has many buildings that are being destroyed by chemicals in the
acid rain
Monitoring Air
Quality
83. Which is one of the United Kingdom’s solutions to the air pollution problem?
A. Monitoring air quality
B. Restricting driving miles
C. Allowing factories to pollute without monitoring
D. Keeping drivers from using gasoline in their cars
Automobile
Emissions
84. What is the main cause of air pollution in the United Kingdom today?
A.
London smog
B.
Factory smoke
C.
Pollution from the United States
D.
Automobile exhaust emissions
Unsafe Drinking Water
85. Which was an effect of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl?
A. People and animals did not get sick.
B. Drinking water was unsafe for months
C. Forests got healthier than they had been
D. All nuclear power plants in the world were closed.
Radioactiv
e Material
86. Why were other countries concerned about the Chernobyl disaster in
Europe?
A. Chernobyl was immediately closed.
B. The cost of nuclear power increased.
C. Radioactive material fell on other countries.
D. They did not have room for the sick people in their hospitals.
87. Which statement BEST describes the natural resources of the
United Kingdom and Russia?
A. The United Kingdom and Russia both have gold, a valuable
resource.
B. The United Kingdom’s coal resources are used for manufacturing,
but Russia’s are not.
C. The United Kingdom and Russia both have large amounts of land
and climates suitable for farming.
D. The United Kingdom’s fossil fuel resources are being used up, but
much of Russia’s are unused due to Russia’s climate and geography.
88. What causes the United Kingdom to have such a mild
climate?
A. the ocean currents
B. it high elevation
C. it closeness to the equator
D. its location on the European Plain
89. Which geographic feature makes it more
difficult for Italian merchants to trade with
countries north of Italy?
A. Ural Mountains
B. Pyrenees Mountains
C. Mediterranean Sea
D. Alps Mountains
90. Which condition keeps Russia’s
natural resources from being used?
A. Harsh climate
B.
Lack of workers
C. No market for them
D. No government funding
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Questions #91-94
91. Which trading partner is shared by both countries?
A. Japan
B.
Russia
C. Norway
D. United States
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Questions #91-94
92. A similarity between Italy and Germany is that, in both countries, people
tend to live in
A. Rural areas (in the countryside)
B.
Urban areas (in the city)
C. The southern region
D. Farming communities
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Questions #91-94
93. A difference between Italy and Germany is that Germany
A. Has less arable (useable for farming) land than Italy
B.
Is more densely populated than Italy
C. Has a much smaller population than Italy
D. Does not allow people to live near the Rhine river
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Questions #91-94
94. In which industries do Italy and Germany compete with each other for
trade with other countries?
A. chemicals, machinery, food
B.
Potash, clothing, instruments
C. Instruments, footwear, motor vehicles
D. Tourism, petroleum, produce, iron and steel
Religions of Europe
95. Who is considered to be the patriarch of all three of the religions of Europe
(Christianity, Islam and Judaism)
A. Jesus
B.
Moses
C. Abraham
D. Mohammed
Religions of Europe
96. How are all three religions (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) alike?
A. They each worship several gods.
B.
They each are monotheistic.
C. Each religion is getting smaller.
D. They each use a sacred text known as the five books of Moses.
Religions of Europe
97. Which city is holy to Christianity, Islam, and Judaism?
A. Mecca
B.
Jerusalem
C. Bethlehem
D. Paris
Religions of Europe
98. Which is the oldest of the three religions of Europe?
A. Judaism
B. Christianity
C. Islam
Religions of Europe
99. Which pairing of sacred text and religion is correct?
A. Christianity-Torah
B. Islam-Koran
C. Judaism- Talmud
Religions of Europe
100. Anti-Semitism is associated with the religion of
A. Judaism
B. Christianity
C. Islam
Languages of Europe
101. Besides differences in words, what other
challenges do Europeans face in communicating with
each other?
A. They use two different alphabets.
B. People in the United States speak mostly English.
C. Europe’s population is double the size of the United
States.
D. Most of the people in Europe do not want to learn
another language.
Languages of Europe
102. In what way are the French and Italian
languages alike?
A. The countries of France and Italy are close to each
other.
B. They are both Romance languages that are
derived from Latin.
C. They are both the official languages of the United
Kingdom.
D. French and Italian share roots of the Germanic
languages.
Languages of Europe
103. What is a problem caused by many
languages spoken in the same country?
A. There are no problems.
B. Children can’t talk to their parents.
C. Schoolchildren hate to learn other languages.
D. It’s difficult to read and understand official
forms.
Languages of Europe-Use these
statements to answer question 104.
 Schoolchildren in Europe
learn more than one
104. What do these statements
language.
show about Europeans?
 The European Union records
A. Europeans want to have one
all its business in twenty-three
common language.
languages.
B. Europeans respect the
 Laws have been written to
protect languages spoken
languages of other cultures.
by only a few people.
C. The people in Europe want
English to be the main language.
D. The European Union is working to
get rid of languages that few
people speak.
Languages of Europe
105. What have Europeans done to try to solve
the problem of so many languages?
A. outlawed the use of languages spoken by a
few people
B. decided not to trade with people who do not
speak the same language
C. made laws ensuring that English is the only
official language of the European Union
D. required schoolchildren to learn one or two
Literacy and GDP (Gross Domestic
Product)
106. A literate person in a developed country is
most likely to have all EXCEPT which item?
A. health care
B. technology
C. high paying job
D. uneducated children
Literacy and GDP (Gross Domestic
Product)
Country
Literacy
Rate
Per Person
GDP
United
Kingdom
99%
$35,100
France
99%
$33,000
Russia
99%
$14,700
Germany
99%
$33,200
Italy
98%
$30,400
107. What might explain why Russia has
such a high literacy rate but such a low
Gross Domestic Product?
A. Russians do not want a higher standard
of living.
B. Education is only required for boys, but
girls may attend.
C. here are too many jobs in
manufacturing and not enough schools.
D. The government has always required
the children to be educated, but the
economy is not as productive.
Literacy and GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
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question
108. Which country has the best rates of literacy?
A. Brazil
B. Uruguay
C. Argentina
D. Guatemala
Literacy and GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
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question
109. Which country has the greatest difference
between boys’ and girls’ literacy rates?
A. Brazil
B. Uruguay
C. Argentina
D. Guatemala
Literacy and GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
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question
110. If a businesswoman wanted to build a factory
and have educated workers, which country
would be the best choice?
A. Brazil
B. Bolivia
C. Mexico
D. Guatemala
Literacy and GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
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111. Which country has a literacy rate better than
the regional average?
A. Chile
B. Brazil
C. Bolivia
D. Guatemala