Chapter 11

Question 1

Coal used to power this country, now oil and natural gas does.

Answer 1

U.K.

Question 2

Potatoes were this country’s chief food in the 1800s

Answer 2

The Republic of Ireland

Question 3

These people trace their ancestry back to the celts

Answer 3

The Republic of Ireland

Question 4

This country sits on tectonic plates, allowing geysers to form.

Answer 4

Iceland

Question 5

This country is known for its beautiful fjords, or narrow inlets of the sea

Answer 5

Norway

Question 6

This country is important in world trade

Answer 6

Denmark

Question 7

Ship building is important in Denmark and ________

Answer 7

Finland

Question 8

This country has reserves of iron ore to make steel for other products

Answer 8

Sweden

Question 9

This country is home to Big Ben.

Answer 9

U.K.

Question 10

About the size of Texas, this is the second largest country in Europe.

Answer 10

France

Question 11

This country has high technology industries.

Answer 11

France

Question 12

This country is a trade and manufacturing country

Answer 12

Belguim

Question 13

this country is bilingual

Answer 13

Belguim

Question 14

25% of the country is below sea level

Answer 14

Netherlands

Question 15

90% of the people live in towns, Amsterdam is the biggest town.

Answer 15

Netherlands

Question 16

This country has many Multinational companies

Answer 16

Luxembourg

Question 17

This country has a German and French influances

Answer 17

Luxembourg

Question 18

this country depends on its rivers

Answer 18

Germany

Question 19

This country has a great economy. It produces steel, textiles, and cars.

Answer 19

Germany

Question 20

This country uses dry farming

Answer 20

Spain

Question 21

After a while of being a dictatorship, in the 1970s they became a democracy

Answer 21

Spain

Question 22

Subsidies are important to this country’s agriculture.

Answer 22

Portugal

Question 23

The most important crop in this country is grapes, because they make lots of wine.

Answer 23

Portugal

Question 24

90% of this country’s people live in urban areas

Answer 24

Italy

Question 25

This country has moved to becoming an agriculture country to a industrial country.

Answer 25

Italy

Question 26

Shipping is a major business.

Answer 26

Greece

Question 27

There are 2,000 islands in this country.

Answer 27

Greece

Question 28

After WW2, communist leaders took control of this country and set up of command economy.

Answer 28

Poland

Question 29

In 1989, this country went from communist to democratic

Answer 29

Poland

Question 30

This country has potash, or a resource that is used to make fertilizer

Answer 30

Belarus

Question 31

Most people are Orthodox Slavs

Answer 31

Belarus

Question 32

Roman Catholics make the majority in this Baltic nation.

Answer 32

Lithuania

Question 33

These two Baltic countries are Protestant

Answer 33

Latvia, Estonia

Question 34

These people are desendants from the Slavic

Answer 34

The Czech Republic

Question 35

The Carpathian Mountains dominate this country

Answer 35

Slovakia

Question 36

These people are descendants from the Magyars

Answer 36

Hungary

Question 37

Dnieper River helps goods travel throughtout this country.

Answer 37

Ukraine

Question 38

This country drove out communists in 1989

Answer 38

Romania

Question 39

This country is the poorest country in Europe

Answer 39

Moldova

Question 40

Manufacturing employs many people looking for jobs in Sofia

Answer 40

Bulgaria