Final: Western Europe

Question 1

Man made trade route that connects England and France

Answer 1

Chunnel

Question 2

Steep river valleys formed my melting glaciers

Answer 2

Fjords

Question 3

Treaty organization designed to integrate the nations of Europe economically and politically

Answer 3

European Union

Question 4

Variations on a language unique to a region

Answer 4

Dialect

Question 5

Payment by one country to another for war damages

Answer 5

Reparations

Question 6

Purchase or seizure or private property by government

Answer 6

Nationalization

Question 7

A rise in the cost of goods or services Addie to rise in nation’s currency

Answer 7

Inflation

Question 8

Selling of gov owned property to private owners

Answer 8

Privatization

Question 9

A time period when productivity shrinks for months

Answer 9

Recession

Question 10

T/F: UK IS MEMBER OF THE European Union and used the Euro

Answer 10

False

Question 11

T/F: Germany is a member of the European Union and uses the Euro as its currency

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Not a major trade/shipping location in west Europe

Answer 12

Switzerland

Question 13

What are the people in north Ireland and Ireland in conflict over?

Answer 13

Catholic vs. Protestant

Question 14

Is Ireland a member of the UK?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

Name a group that did not have powerful nations/organizations in the Nordic region at one time

Answer 15

British empire

Question 16

What is the midnight sun in the Nordic region in the summer

Answer 16

Sun is still visible at midnight because of the tilt of the earth

Question 17

How did the Protestant reform impact Nordic nations?

Answer 17

Protestant reform took a foothold in Lutheranism

Question 18

First Germanic empire

Answer 18

Holy Roman Empire

Question 19

Nation that Unified Germany

Answer 19

Prussia

Question 20

Germany after the collapse of nazi empire

Answer 20

Divided into two nations. Democratic west and communist east

Question 21

What nation did the Spanish fight in order to obtain independence

Answer 21

The moors

Question 22

Which nation founded Colombus’ exploration to the new world?

Answer 22

Queen Elizabeth of Spain

Question 23

What European language is not spoken around the world?

Answer 23

Norwegian

Question 24

Dominant nation in European Union

Answer 24

Germany

Question 25

Chief concern undermining stability of European Union today?

Answer 25

Failure of members to pay off rising national debt

Question 26

Man made route that connects Baltic and North Sea

Answer 26

Kiel canal