Unit 2 Test

Question 1

_____: France

Answer 1

Paris

Question 2

Sweden, Denmark, and Norway are the three ____________ countries.

Answer 2

Scandinavian

Question 3

Otto von Bismarck was a statesman who unified the ____________ states into a single nation.

Answer 3

German

Question 4

The ____________ claimed the lives of over 6 million Jews during World War II.

Answer 4

Holocaust

Question 5

Members of the ____________ once belonged to the British Empire.

Answer 5

Commonwealth of Nations

Question 6

_____ : Italy

Answer 6

Rome

Question 7

The Acts of Union 1707 joined ____________ to England and Wales to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Answer 7

Scotland

Question 8

Martin Luther started the Protestant ____________ in Germany.

Answer 8

Reformation

Question 9

wrote Romeo and Juliet

Answer 9

William Shakespeare

Question 10

successfully invaded England in 1066

Answer 10

William the conqueror

Question 11

German music composer who went deaf, but continued to compose

Answer 11

Ludwig van beethoven

Question 12

crowned himself emperor of France; conquered much of Europe; was defeated at Waterloo

Answer 12

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 13

The ____________ Death in the 14th century killed approximately half the people in Europe.

Answer 13

Black

Question 14

The ____________ allows most European countries to trade and work together more easily.

Answer 14

European Union

Question 15

_____: Sweden

Answer 15

Stockholm

Question 16

Author ____________ wrote Spain’s most famous work of literature, Don Quixote.

Answer 16

Miguel de Cervantes

Question 16

Author ____________ wrote Spain’s most famous work of literature, Don Quixote.

Answer 16

Miguel de Cervantes

Question 17

________: Napoleon Bonaparte

Answer 17

crowned himself emperor of France; conquered much of Europe; was defeated at Waterloo

Question 18

The ____________ was a time of renewed interest in learning and the arts.

Answer 18

Renaissance

Question 19

____________ the Great conquered parts of three continents, including land between Greece and India.

Answer 19

Alexander

Question 20

The ____________ Model is a social welfare system.

Answer 20

Swedish

Question 21

_____ : Greece

Answer 21

Athens

Question 22

____________ rule left Bulgaria with a wrecked economy and a contaminated environment.

Answer 22

Communist

Question 23

_____ Spain

Answer 23

Madrid

Question 24

The Greek city-state of ____________ was founded on democratic principles.

Answer 24

Athens

Question 25

____________ invented the printing press.

Answer 25

Johannes Gutenberg