Chapter 5 Section Quizzes and Chapter Review Questions

Question 1

River at the heart of Southern England?

Answer 1

Thames

Question 2

Backbone of England?

Answer 2

Pennines mountains

Question 3

What is Gaelic?

Answer 3

Ireland’s ancient Celtic language.

Question 4

What peninsula contains Norway and Sweden?

Answer 4

Scandinavian peninsula.

Question 5

Greenland belongs to which country?

Answer 5

Denmark.

Question 6

Why might have geographers excluded Finland from Scandinavia?

Answer 6

They spent the 8 centuries under Russian or Swedish control.

Question 7

Why might geographers exclude Iceland from Scandinavia?

Answer 7

Icelanders want to remain the way they are.

Question 8

What is Frances largest city, longest river and highest mountain?

Answer 8

Paris, Mount Blanc, Loire.

Question 9

What does the Netherlands do to reclaim land?

Answer 9

Build Dikes.

Question 10

What city is headquarters to the EU?

Answer 10

Belguim.

Question 11

Best known feature of SW Germany?

Answer 11

Black Forest.

Question 12

What river dominates the most populated region in Austria?

Answer 12

The Danube river.

Question 13

Why do you think the Low Countries have been at the center of efforts to unite Europe, while the Alpine countries have traditionally stayed out of European politics?

Answer 13

Economic advantage, trade routes and commerce.

Question 14

What peninsula contains Spain and Portugal?

Answer 14

Iberian peninsula.

Question 15

What mountainous plateau covers most of Spain including the capital, Madrid?

Answer 15

Meseta.

Question 16

What mountain range forms the backbone of the Italian Peninsula?

Answer 16

Apennines mountains.

Question 17

What is the smallest country in the world?

Answer 17

The vatican.

Question 18

What peninsula contains such famous sites as Mycenae and Olympia?

Answer 18

The Peloponnesus peninsula.

Question 19

What are two largest cities in western Europe?

Answer 19

London, Paris

Question 20

List the peninsulas of Western Europe?

Answer 20

Scandinavian peninsula, Jutland peninsula, Iberian peninsula.

Question 21

Contrast Protestantism, and Catholicism.

Answer 21

Protestants believe in the authority of Scripture over tradition and Roman Catholicism states that the pope has total authority.

Question 22

Contrast Roman Catholicism with Eastern Orthodoxy

Answer 22

Roman Catholics believe that the pope has total authority and Eastern Orthodoxy states that the pope doesn’t .

Question 23

What 2 nations have the highest population densities in Western Europe?

Answer 23

Monaco and Malta.

Question 24

What effect do the Alps have on European culture and geography?

Answer 24

They form a great snowy barrier severing the southern peninsulas of Europe from the rest of the continent.

Question 25

What are two cultural geographic reasons Western Europe has been so influential in world history?

Answer 25

The industrial revolution developed there and the countries had the resources to advance it. Western Europe has a good climate rich soil and no deserts.

Question 26

A group of people with a common heritage culture and homeland.

Answer 26

Nation

Question 27

A nation with its own established government and political boundaries.

Answer 27

nation-state