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The North European Lowland:

a. contains the mountain ranges of the Alps
b. is the most densely populated of Europe’s landscape regions
c. does not include southeastern England
d. has historically functioned as a barrier to contact and communication due to its marshy conditions
e. contains the plains of Greece

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B. Is the most densely populated of Europe’s landscape regions

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The Industrial Revolution in Europe:

a. produced the first specialized industries anywhere in the realm
b. triggered a large immigration of workers from other parts of the world to fill the available jobs in the factories
c. initially was focused in England, where machinery was invented and the use of steam to power engines emerged
d. gave enormous situational advantage to large cities such as London and Paris, both positioned on coal fields and near iron ores
e. confirmed the superior quality of European products, which were already beating inferior textiles and other wares from India and China before the Industrial Revolution even began

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C. Initially was focused in England, where machinery was invented and the use of steam to power engines emerged

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Europe’s political revolution:

a. began in 1789 with the French Revolution
b. ended with the division of the German state in 1945 c. was stimulated by the new weaponry produced by the Industrial Revolution
d. originated as a reaction to the oppression of the Roman Empire
e. was an anti-colonial rebellion that threw off Moorish and Ottoman yokes

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A. Began in 1789 with the French Revolution

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Which of the following states is unilingual in that it possesses a single language spoken
throughout its territory?
a. Switzerland 
b. Austria 
c. former Yugoslavia 
d. Belgium 
e. the British Isles
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B. Austria

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Only the southern portion of which of the following islands was recently granted admission to
the EU?
a. Ireland 
b. Malta 
c. Turkey 
d. Sicily 
e. Cyprus
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E. Cyrpus

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The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as:

a. devolution
b. irredentism
c. complementarities
d. supranationalism
e. transferability

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A. Devolution

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_________ has gradually lost adherents since secularization gathered momentum in the late 1960s, especially in western Europe

a. Islam
b. Hinduism
c. Judaism
d. Christianity
e. Sikhism

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D. Christianity

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_______ has been pulling through the global recession better than any other country in the realm.

a. France
b. Italy
c. the United Kingdom
d. Germany
e. the United States

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D. Germany

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The major river in western Germany, which enters the North Sea through the Netherlands and which passes through the Ruhr is the:

a. Rhône
b. Danube
c. Elbe
d. Rhine
e. Po

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C. Elbe

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German reunification:

a. occurred in 1990
b. has resulted in economic equalization between former East and West Germany
c. has led to a country with 8 Autonomous communities d. took place immediately after the end of World War II e. is still only partially completed

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A. Occurred in 1990

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The only European country with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and the North Sea is:

a. Portugal
b. Germany
c. Spain
d. France
e. Italy

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D. France

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Which of the following statements is false?

a. France is larger territorially than Germany
b. Germany has a better river system than France
c. Germany is more industrialized than France
d. Germany is more urbanized than France
e. France has better harbors than Germany

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E. France has better harbors than Germany

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The administrative headquarters of the European Union is located in:

a. Geneva
b. Paris
c. Brussels
d. Strasbourg
e. Luxembourg

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C. Brussels

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The Western European state that is not a member of the European Union is:

a. Austria
b. Luxembourg
c. the Netherlands
d. Switzerland
e. Belgium

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D. Switzerland

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Significant oil and natural gas supplies have been found beneath the:

a. Baltic Sea
b. Gulf of Finland
c. North Sea
d. Adriatic Sea
e. English Channel

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C. North Sea

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The conurbation centered by London lies within which of the following regions?

a. Southern England
b. Northern England
c. Scotland
d. Wales
e. Western Europe

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A. Southern England

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The population of Northern Ireland:

a. is not part of the European Union
b. is made up of refugees from Wales
c. is politically dominated by Protestants
d. is not part of the United Kingdom
e. produced the Celtic Tiger phenomenon

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B. Is made up of refugees from Wales

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________ is the Discontinuous North’s largest country in terms of both population (9.4 million) and territory

a. Denmark
b. Sweden
c. Norway
d. Finland
e. Iceland

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B. Sweden

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The Northern European country that has benefited the most from North Sea oil is:

a. Denmark
b. Norway
c. Iceland
d. Finland
e. Sweden

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B. Norway

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The country located on the Jutland Peninsula and the smallest state (in area) in Norden is:

a. Sweden
b. Norway
c. Estonia
d. Iceland
e. Denmark

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E. Denmark

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Which Nordic European city serves as a break of bulk, or entrepôt, city?

a. Stockholm
b. Copenhagen
c. Oslo
d. Reykjavik
e. Helsinki

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B. Copenhagen

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___________ has more in common with Finland than its other neighboring states and is therefore included as part of Northern Europe

a. Estonia
b. Latvia
c. Lithuania
d. Kaliningrad
e. Belarus

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A. Estonia

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The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by which mountain range?

a. Apennines
b. Alps
c. Pyrenees
d. Pennines
e. Carpathians

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C. Pyrenees

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The Mediterranean European country with the lowest percentage of urban residents is

a. Spain
b. Portugal
c. France
d. Italy
e. Greece

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B. Portugal

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Italy’s economic core, no longer focused on Rome, is located today in:

a. Sicily
b. the Po River Valley
c. the Naples-Venice conurbation
d. Catalonia
e. the Mezzogiorno

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B. The Po River Valley

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Which of the following cities is located in Italy’s and Europe’s core area?

a. Milan
b. Rome
c. Barcelona
d. Naples
e. Geneva

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A. Milan

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The country located directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from southernmost Spain is

a. Portugal
b. Morocco
c. Italy
d. Gibraltar
e. Algeria

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B. Morocco

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The Autonomous Community located in northeastern Spain just south of the Pyrenees Mountains that is centered on industrialized Barcelona is known as:

a. Portugal
b. Andalusia
c. Catalonia
d. Gibraltar
e. Basque Country

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C. Catalonia

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Spain and the United Kingdom are in dispute over which piece of territory:

a. Cyprus
b. Kosovo
c. Ceuta
d. Malta
e. Gibraltar

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E. Gibraltar

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The capital and primate city of Greece is:

a. Sparta
b. Malta
c. Athens
d. Cyprus
e. Atlantis

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C. Athens

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The Mediterranean island contested by both Greece and Turkey is:

a. Cyprus
b. Crete
c. Malta
d. Sicily
e. Sardinia

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A. Cyprus

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The term Balkanization refers to:

a. a peculiar language spoken in Bulgaria
b. the landmass located just to the west of the Adriatic Sea
c. Serbian supranationalism
d. the division and fragmentation of the southern portion of Eastern Europe
e. the imposition of the Slavic religion

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D. The division and fragmentation of the southern portion of Eastern Europe

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The Danube River empties into which sea?

a. Adriatic
b. Mediterranean
c. Aegean
d. Black
e. Baltic

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C. Aegean

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From the end of World War II until 1990, Eastern Europe was dominated by the:

a. Ottoman Turks
b. Hapsburg Empire
c. European Community
d. Soviet Union
e. United States

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D. Soviet Union

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The Russian exclave located between Lithuania and Poland is called:

a. Kaliningrad
b. Leningrad
c. Latvia
d. Estonia
e. the Baltic Corridor

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A. Kaliningrad

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Which former Soviet Socialist Republic, with its capital at Minsk, is also called White Russia, and is still strongly linked to Moscow?

a. Belarus
b. Lithuania
c. Moldova
d. Estonia
e. Ukraine

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B. Lithuania

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Slovakia contains a large _______ minority

a. Czech
b. Hungarian
c. Serbian
d. Slovenian
e. Russian

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B. Hungarian

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The largest ethnic minority in Ukraine are the:

a. Bulgarians
b. Moldovans
c. Crimeans
d. Russians
e. Yugoslavs

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D. Russians

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Bulgarians have felt close to the Russian population because:

a. Bulgarians have never been considered Roma
b. the capital Sofia is close to the Russian border
c. the Russians were responsible for driving the Turks from this area
d. the Russians were responsible for freeing Bulgaria from the control of the Hungarians
e. both countries have coastlines on the Baltic Sea

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C. The Russians were responsible for driving the Turks from this area

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Which of the following is not a state created by the breakup of former Yugoslavia?

a. Bosnia
b. Macedonia
c. Croatia
d. Slovakia
e. Slovenia

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D. Slovakia

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Which state contains Serb, Croat, and Muslim populations that were finally brought together in 1995 at a US-run peace conference?

a. Bosnia
b. Serbia
c. Croatia
d. Montenegro
e. Slovenia

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A. Bosnia

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An unusual aspect of Albania is:

a. its location on both the Black and Adriatic Seas
b. its large Eastern Orthodox population
c. its former control by the Ottoman Empire
d. its former control by the Austro-Hungarian Empire
e. its large Muslim population

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E. Its large Muslim population

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The U.S. plan to aid Europe after World War II was known as the _____ Plan.

a. Benelux
b. Development
c. Common Market
d. European Parliament
e. Marshall

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E. Marshall

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The Common Market evolved into the European Community which in turn has been transformed
into:
a. the European Union
b. NATO 
c. Benelux 
d. EFTA 
e. the Four Motors of Europe
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A. The European Union

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A country that was divided into two political units after World War II was:

a. United Kingdom
b. Italy
c. Germany
d. Austria
e. Greece

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C. Germany

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Which of the following is not a portion of the United Kingdom?

a. Republic of Ireland
b. England
c. Scotland
d. Wales
e. all are part of the UK

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A. Republic of Ireland

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Which of the following is not a Nordic country?

a. Malta
b. Norway
c. Finland
d. Denmark
e. Iceland

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A. Malta

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The most spatially discontinuous of the European regions is:

a. British Isles
b. Mediterranean Europe
c. Eastern Europe
d. Western Europe
e. Northern Europe

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B. Mediterranean Europe

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The European region that has undergone the greatest political changes in recent years is:

a. Eastern Europe
b. Western Europe
c. The British Isles
d. Nordic Europe
e. Mediterranean Europe

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A. Eastern Europe

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50
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The first country to experience the Industrial Revolution was

a. Spain
b. France
c. Prussia
d. The United Kingdom
e. Italy

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D. The United Kingdom

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51
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In 1947, easing the flow of resources and products across Europe’s mosaic of boundaries, lowering restrictive trade tariffs, and to seeking ways to improve political cooperation was a result of:

a. The Benelux Agreement
b. The Marshall Plan
c. The European Union
d. The Treaty of Rome
e. The Council of Europe

A

B. The Marshall Plan

52
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The powerful centrifugal forces whereby regions or peoples within a state demand and gain political strength and sometimes autonomy at the expense of the center is known as:

a. Centripetal
b. Supranationalism
c. Devolution
d. Liberalism
e. Mercantilism

A

C. Devolution

53
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Italy’s largest city and leading manufacturer is:

a. Milan
b. Naples
c. Rome
d. Venice
e. Florence

A

A. Milan

54
Q

Europe’s relative location:

a. has proven inefficient for international trade
b. is one of inferior global accessibility
c. is disadvantaged by its proximity to the sea
d. is one of centrality within the land hemisphere
e. is disadvantaged by its closeness to Australia

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D. Is the one of centrality within the land hemisphere

55
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Which of the following European countries is landlocked?

a. Switzerland
b. Croatia
c. Albania
d. Belgium
e. Spain

A

A. Switzerland

56
Q

Which of the following capital cities is not a primate city?

a. Paris
b. Lisbon
c. Athens
d. Bern
e. Vienna

A

D. Bern

57
Q

Which of the following groups have formed a growing presence in many European countries?

a. Muslims
b. Jews
c. Brazilians
d. Canadians
e. South Africans

A

A. Muslims

58
Q

_______ dominates Western Europe demographically and economically.

a. France
b. Belgium
c. Austria
d. Germany
e. Switzerland

A

D. Germany

59
Q

The European country that has purported to practice strict neutrality is:

a. Germany
b. Austria
c. Finland
d. Switzerland
e. Belgium

A

D. Switzerland

60
Q

Which of the following languages is not a Slavic language?

a. Russian
b. Ukrainian
c. Bulgarian
d. Serbo-Croatian
e. Romanian

A

E. Romanian

61
Q

The current population of Germany is in excess of:

a. 100 million
b. 10 million
c. 200 million
d. 80 million
e. none of the above

A

D. 80 Million

62
Q

Europe’s busiest port, the shipping gateway for the Rhine and the Meuse Rivers is:

a. Amsterdam
b. Rotterdam
c. Randstadt
d. London
e. Berlin

A

B. Rotterdam

63
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The easternmost city of Western Europe is:

a. Prague
b. Geneva
c. Warsaw
d. Vienna
e. Bonn

A

D. Vienna

64
Q

Which of the following is not a Nordic country?

a. Malta
b. Norway
c. Finland
d. Estonia
e. Iceland

A

A. Malta

65
Q

An economic activity that is important in Norway, Sweden, and Finland is:

a. forestry
b. computer programming
c. steel production
d. aluminum
e. banking

A

A. Forestry

66
Q

Finland lost significant territories to:

a. Finland
b. Russia
c. Denmark
d. Norway
e. Belarus

A

B. Russia

67
Q

Iceland’s chief economic activity is:

a. forestry
b. cold drinks
c. fishing
d. high technology
e. none of the above

A

C. Fishing

68
Q

The Norden country with the lowest population is:

a. Estonia
b. Denmark
c. Iceland
d. Sweden
e. Malta

A

C. Iceland

69
Q

The capital and leading city in Poland is:

a. Danzig
b. Gdansk
c. Krakow
d. Warsaw
e. Polandia

A

D. Warsaw

70
Q

Which of the following countries is almost entirely Roman Catholic?

a. Estonia
b. Albania
c. Poland
d. England
e. Sweden

A

C. Poland

71
Q 
Which Eastern European country has led the Eastern Europe in technology and engineering
skills?
a. Belarus 
b. Czech Republic 
c. Slovakia 
d. Moldova 
e. Bosnia
A

B. Czech Republic

72
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The most linguistically-distinctive country in Eastern Europe is:

a. Belarus
b. Hungary
c. Moldova
d. Poland
e. Russia

A

B. Hungary

73
Q

Which Eastern European country is the largest both territorially and in population?

a. Bulgaria
b. England
c. Ukraine
d. Hungary
e. Albania

A

C. Ukraine

74
Q

The Soviet Union consisted of _____________ Soviet Socialist Republics

a. 4
b. 12
c. 15
d. 43
e. 89

A

C. 15

75
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Most of the population of Russia is found in the:

a. western part of the country
b. Pacific coastal zone
c. southern tier of the country
d. zone of C climates
e. area just south of the Ural Mountains

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A. Western part of the country

76
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The coniferous forest vegetation on the equatorward side of the tundra is known as:

a. taiga
b. Mediterranean
c. permafrost
d. tundra
e. steppe

A

A. Taiga

77
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The mountain chain in west-central Russia that is sometimes regarded as the “boundary” between Europe and Asia is known as the:

a. Western Uplands
b. Urals
c. Caucasus
d. Central Asiatic Ranges
e. Carpathians

A

B. Urals

78
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. Russia’s core area centers on Moscow
b. Moscow lies at the heart of what is commonly called the Central Industrial Region
c. Nearly all Russian cities are overcrowded with most
people residing in cramped living quarters
d. One of Moscow’s chief locational attributes is its
coastal site on an arm of the Baltic Sea
e. The Bolsheviks restored Moscow as the capital after
the 1917 Revolution

A

D. One of Moscow’s chief locational attributes is its coastal site on an arm of the Baltic Sea

79
Q

Which of the following statements about Russia and North America is false?

a. Next to Canada and Mexico, Russia is the third closest neighbor of the United States
b. The Russians established forts and villages along the entire California coast
c. Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867
d. The Bering Strait separates the United States from Russia
e. The USSR was a United States ally in World War II.

A

B. The Russians established forts and villages along the entire California Coast

80
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__________ was responsible for consolidating Russia’s gains in the early 1700s and in making a European-style state out of the loosely knit country.

a. Catherine the Great
b. Peter the Great
c. Ivan the Terrible
d. Grigori Rasputin
e. Vladimir Lenin

A

B. Peter the Great

81
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The movement of the headquarters of the Russian Empire to St. Petersburg allowed that city to
become a(n.):
a. interior capital 
b. forward capital 
c. primate city 
d. continental city 
e. Asian gateway
A

B. Forward Capital

82
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Empress Catherine the Great’s territorial acquisition thrust was aimed at:

a. the warm-water Black Sea
b. establishing a Russian base in interior Canada
c. conquest of Western Europe in retaliation for Napoleon’s 1812 invasion
d. four islands near Japan
e. the Arctic shoreline

A

A. The warm-water Black Sea

83
Q

Russian imperialism in the nineteenth century was aimed chiefly at:

a. Persia
b. Central Asia
c. China
d. Canada
e. Eastern Europe

A

B. Central Asia

84
Q

Which of the following is not found in Russia west of the Urals?

a. the realm’s core area
b. Moscow
c. the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbas)
d. the Volga-Don Canal
e. C climates

A

C. The Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbas)

85
Q

Which of the following Soviet programs was the most successful?

a. Virgin and Idle Lands Program
b. Sovkhoz farming
c. Settling the Arctic coastal zone
d. Ethnic acculturation
e. Industrialization

A

E. Industrialization

86
Q

Which of the following statements is false? —-

a. The Soviet system bound the economic geography of the republics to the center.
b. The absence of competition in the Soviet Union made managers complacent.
c. Often, the Soviet Union assigned the production of particular good to particular locations, ignoring basic principles of economic geography.
d. Many Russians still live in the 14 now independent republics of the former Soviet Union
e. The Soviet economy was a tremendous success story; the USSR would still exist it were not for overriding ethnic differences

A
87
Q

St. Petersburg:

a. lies on the doorstep of Siberia, a binding force between the eastern and western halves of Russia
b. was always a competitor for Moscow, but did not become the capital of Russia until the 1917 Revolution
c. was named Leningrad during Soviet times
d. lies at the head of the Sea of Okhotsk
e. has always been the country’s most important Black Sea port

A

C. Was named Leningrad during the Soviet times

88
Q

Russia’s core area:
a. includes the great cities of the Far East
b. centers on St. Petersburg and includes such urban
places as Novgorod and Kiev
c. incorporates the Central Industrial Region, at the heart of which lies the city of Moscow
d. has now shifted eastward into Siberia beyond the Urals
e. extends into recently absorbed Eastern Europe, and now includes Poland and Hungary

A

C. Incorporates the Central Industrial Region, at the heart of which lies the city of Moscow

89
Q

Which of the following is not an important Russian manufacturing region:

a. Volga Region
b. Urals Region
c. Kuzbas Region
d. Central Industrial Region
e. Donbas Region

A

C. Kuzbas Region

90
Q

Which of the following cities was known as the Soviet Detroit?

a. Tula
b. St. Petersburg
c. Vladivostok
d. Nizhniy Novgorod
e. Petrozavodsk

A

D. Nizhniy Novgorod

91
Q

Russia’s railroad network radiates outward from Moscow, thereby providing the city with a high degree of:

a. inaccessibility
b. centrality
c. diversity
d. continentality
e. complementarities

A

B. Centrality

92
Q

The __________ form(s. the eastern limit of the Russian Core:

a. Caucasus
b. Ob River
c. Volga River
d. Ural Mountains
e. permafrost line

A

D. Ural Mountains

93
Q

Which three manufacturing regions form the anchors of the Russian Core Area?

a. Central Industrial, Volga, Ural
b. Amur, Volga, Siberia
c. Danube, Central Industrial, Southern Periphery
d. Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan e. Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia

A

A. Central Industrial, Volga, Ural

94
Q

This Caspian Sea-facing Russian Republic contains 30 distinct nationalities, is located next to the Chechen Republic, and is dominated by agriculture and oil:

a. Ingush Republic
b. Mari Republic
c. North Ossetia Republic
d. Dagestan Republic
e. Kazakh Republic

A

D. Dagestan Republic

95
Q 
The major mountain range located in the land corridor between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea is
the:
a. Caucasus 
b. Povolzhye 
c. Urals 
d. Carpathians 
e. Caspian Alps
A

A. Caucasus

96
Q

This exclave of Armenia is 75 percent Armenian, but is located within Muslim Azerbaijan.

a. Georgia
b. Chechnya
c. Abkhazia
d. Nagorno-Karabakh
e. Kurdistan

A

D. Nagorno-Karabakh

97
Q

Which of the following cities is the leading oil center in Azerbaijan?

a. Sakhalin
b. Novorossiysk
c. Baku
d. Groznyy
e. Ceyhan

A

C. Baku

98
Q

The breakaway territory of Georgia, originally supported by the Russians, is:

a. Nagorno-Karabakh
b. Ingushetiya
c. Abkhazia
d. Ossetia Republic
e. Chechnya

A

C. Abkhazia

99
Q

This former Soviet Socialist Republic contains the oil city of Baku and its people have ethnic affinities with Iran.

a. Azerbaijan
b. Moldova
c. Georgia
d. Armenia
e. Turkmenistan

A

A. Azerbaijan

100
Q

Which of the following people look across their border to Iran because they share a common Shi’ite Muslim faith?

a. Persians
b. Armenians
c. Azeris
d. Chechens
e. Turks

A

C. Azeris

101
Q

The Kuzbas:

a. contains the city of Novosibirsk
b. is also called the Kuznetsk Basin
c. lies in the Eastern Frontier region
d. contains both iron and coal deposits
e. all of the above

A

E. All of the Above

102
Q

The industrial area just to the east of the Kuzbas is centered near:

a. the Urals
b. Uzbekistan
c. Lake Baykal
d. Baku
e. Vladivostok

A

C. Lake Baykal

103
Q

Japanese investment in Russia’s Far East has been held up by a longstanding dispute over:

a. the Amur River
b. four tiny Kurile Islands
c. the ferry route that links to the BAM railroad
d. Sakhalin Island
e. Vladivostok

A

B. Four tiny Kurile Islands

104
Q

The chief political and economic architect of the 1917 Russian Revolution that created the Soviet Union was:

a. Baryshnikov
b. Lenin
c. Gorbachev
d. Marx
e. Stalin

A

B. Lenin

105
Q

Which of the following physiographic subdivisions contains the national heartland and Moscow?

a. The Ural Mountains
b. The West Siberian Plain
c. The Russian Plain
d. The Central Siberian Plateau
e. The Yakutsk Basin

A

C. The Russian Plain

106
Q

Russia today is governed by a _________ system.

a. unitary
b. federal
c. diverse
d. Marxist
e. socialist

A

B. Federal

107
Q

Which of the following cities is located closest to the Kuzbas Region?

a. Novosibirsk
b. Vladivostok
c. Irkutsk
d. Moscow
e. Kiev

A

A. Novosibirsk

108
Q

An island with significant oil potential that may prove to change the economic geography of the Russian Far East is:

a. Baykaliya
b. Kurile Islands
c. Kamchatka
d. Sakhalin
e. Japan

A

D. Sakhalin

109
Q

A city built by Czar Peter the Great, designed as a westward military presence, is today known as:

a. Stalingrad
b. St. Petersburg
c. Moscow
d. Nizhny Novgorod
e. Vladivostok

A

B. St. Petersburg

110
Q

This policy of the Soviet Empire resulted in substantial ethnic Russian minorities still existent in non-Russian, now independent republics.

a. Sovkhoz
b. Perestroika
c. Glasnost
d. Russification
e. Collectivization

A

D. Russification

111
Q

Which of the following cities is NOT considered to be part of the Russian core?

a. Moscow
b. St. Petersburg
c. Nizhny Novgorod
d. Yaroslavl
e. Vladivostok

A

A. Moscow

112
Q

This mountain range separates the Russian Plain, including Russia’s core area, from the rest of the country:

a. Verkhoyansk Mountains
b. Greater Caucasian Mountains
c. Ural Mountains
d. Kamchatka Mountains
e. Trans-Siberian Mountains

A

C. Ural Mountains

113
Q

_____ became Russia’s leading port during Czarist Russia.

a. St. Petersburg
b. Kiev
c. Novgorod
d. Kazan
e. Moscow

A

A. St. Petersburg

114
Q

Today, Russia has a far higher percentage of _____ in its population than western European countries.

a. Catholics
b. Buddhists
c. Hindus
d. Protestants
e. Muslims

A

E. Muslims

115
Q

Distance and distance decay is a significant factor in the relationships between the capital and outlying areas because:

a. Russia has the world’s most arable land
b. Russia is the world’s largest country
c. Russia has more cities than all of Europe
d. Russia was previously a fragmented country
e. Russia has had more than one capital

A

B. Russia is the world’s largest country

116
Q

The Russian Core includes all of these regions except:

a. St. Petersburg
b. Moscow
c. The Urals
d. Norilsk
e. The Volga River

A

B. Moscow

117
Q

Siberia is known for its:

a. Good soils
b. Easy terrain
c. Resources
d. Moderate temperatures
e. Urbanization

A

C. Resources

118
Q

The Far East has significant reserves of _____ in and around the island of Sakhalin.

a. Oil
b. Timber
c. Iron
d. Copper
e. Steel

A

A. Oil

119
Q

When the post-Soviet Russian government asked all Regions and Republics within Russia to sign its proposed Russian Federation Treaty, Chechnya’s leaders refused because

a. They did not think they had enough resources to be on their own
b. They were planning to sign at a later date
c. They were siding with the Ossetians
d. They saw an opportunity to end Russian control
e. They wanted the Treaty revised

A

D. They saw an opportunity to end Russian control

120
Q

The Soviet Empire extended its power over these three Transcaucasian entities:

a. Uzbekistan, Armenia, Georgia
b. Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia
c. Georgia, Armenia, Turkey
d. Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia
e. Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia

A

E. Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia

121
Q

The former Soviet Union lasted about _____ years.

a. 40
b. 70
c. 120
d. 1,000
e. 10

A

B. 70

122
Q

A major difference between the colonial empire of Russia and Britain and France is that:

a. Britain and France kept their colonies for 50 years longer than Russia
b. Russia’s empire is territorially contiguous
c. France attempted acculturation of its empire, but Russia did not
d. Russia only took colonies in Africa, whereas Britain and France established worldwide Empires
e. Russia’s colonies were granted independence as part of the Bolshevik Revolution

A

B. Russia’s Empire is territorially contiguous

123
Q

Inside the Russian Federation there are _____ separate entities called federal subjects.

a. 21
b. 83
c. 5
d. 44
e. no separate republics are found in the Russian Federation

A

A. 21

124
Q

The former Soviet Republic on the Black Sea containing the birthplace of Stalin is:

a. Azerbaijan
b. Moldavia
c. Georgia
d. Russia
e. Armenia

A

C. Georgia

125
Q

The Russian port of ______ is kept open by warm water from the North Atlantic.

a. Vladivostok
b. Odessa
c. Murmansk
d. St. Petersburg
e. Baku

A

C. Murmansk

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