Chapter 14

Question 0

Which European country had the shortest workweek?

Answer 0

France

Question 1

What factors have created a strong cultural identity in France?

Answer 1

Language & religion

Question 2

Which French territory in the pacific has recently experienced conflicts over independence?

Answer 2

New Caledonia

Question 3

The headquarters for which international organizations are located in Brussels, Belgium?

Answer 3

Eu & Nato

Question 4

Which country had the highest per capita GDP in the world?

Answer 4

Luxembourg

Question 5

In terms of religious faith, almost all Scandinavians belong to what church?

Answer 5

Lutheran

Question 6

What cause large numbers of people to immigrate to the US from Ireland in the mid-1800s?

Answer 6

Potato famine

Question 7

From where has the Netherlands reclaimed large tacts of land?

Answer 7

Below sea level

Question 8

What are the 2 cultural regions of Belgium

Answer 8

Flanders & Wallonia

Question 9

What evidence is there at that Iceland has tremendous geothermal energy

Answer 9

They have geysers and hot springs

Question 10

What countries are a part of Great Britain

Answer 10

England Scotland Wales and Ireland

Question 11

Which group was the last to invade and Occupy Great Britain

Answer 11

Normans

Question 12

What 3 groups of people Are descended from the celts?

Answer 12

Scott’s, welsh,& Irish

Question 13

What is the capital of Ireland

Answer 13

Dublin

Question 14

Industrial revolution began in which country

Answer 14

Britain

Question 15

Was the first business to be industrialised in Great Britain

Answer 15

Textiles

Question 16

What river flows through the heart of Paris

Answer 16

Seine

Question 17

What city is France’s Mediterranean Sea port

Answer 17

Marseilles

Question 18

France is the world’s leading the producer of what commodity?

Answer 18

Wine

Question 19

Why are the departments/territories of France?

Answer 19

French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Tahiti, Réunion, Caledonia, Corsica

Question 20

which 3 countries make up the Benelux countries

Answer 20

Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg

Question 21

What environmental issues are a particular concern for the Netherlands

Answer 21

Rising sea levels

Question 22

3 Languages commonly spoken in Belgium

Answer 22

Dutch Flemish and French

Question 23

What products are major export commodities for Belgium

Answer 23

Diamond cutting ,quality carpets and chocolate

Question 24

What is the most urbanized and industrialized area of the Netherlands

Answer 24

Randstad

Question 25

Where is the region Lapland found

Answer 25

Northern Norway, Finland & sweden

Question 26

What is the capital city of Finland

Answer 26

Helsinki

Question 27

What country governs the Faroe Islands

Answer 27

Denmark

Question 28

Where is the population of Iceland concentrated

Answer 28

Reykjavik

Question 29

Country has a strong paper and wood product industry

Answer 29

Sweden

Question 30

Unable to support human life

Answer 30

Uninhabitable

Question 31

Settlement by successive groups of people with distinctive cultures

Answer 31

Sequent occupancy

Question 32

Northern coastal region of Belgium

Answer 32

Flanders

Question 33

Primate city

Answer 33

Paris

Question 34

Industries owned and operated by the government

Answer 34

Nationalized

Question 35

A cot in Northern Ireland

Answer 35

Belfast

Question 36

Economic and political cooperative organization

Answer 36

European Union (EU)

Question 37

Economic system in which government owns the means of producing goods

Answer 37

Socialism

Question 38

Largest and dominant city in a country

Answer 38

Primate city

Question 39

What is the attitude of some French toward the American culture

Answer 39

The French didn’t like the American culture, keeps theirs the same & not American

Question 40

Why are the Benelux countries grouped together

Answer 40

They are all fought over by countries &they share common culture