GEO 207 WEEK 2 QUIZ
1 Europe relative location
a. has proven inefficient for inter nation 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
2. The geographic principle under which particular peoples and particular places concentrate on the production of particular goods is known as:
a. complementary
b. Balkanization
c. supra nationalism
d. irreverent
e. local functional specialization
3. 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
4. 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
5. Which of the following is the strongest example of a European nation-state?
a. Bosnia
b. Northern Ireland
c. Poland
d. Belgium
e. Ukraine
6. _______forces are divisive to a nation.
a. situational
b. centripetal
c. centrifugal
d. charismatic
e. disparate
7. The three principles of spatial interaction are:
a. complementary, intervening opportunity, infrastructural
b. complementary, intervening opportunity,
c. complementary, intervening opportunity, transfer ability
d. centripetal forces, intervening opportunity, devolution
e. none of the above
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8. A country's leading urban center that is disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of national feelings, such as Paris is to France, is known as the country's:
a. core city
b. primate city
c. entrepot
d. functional region
e. conurbation
9. The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as:
a. devolution
b. irreverent
c. complementary
d. supra nationalism
e. transfer ability
10. Which of the following cities is not part of one of the Four Motors of Europe?
a. Brussels
b. Milan
c. Stuttgart
d. Barcelona
e. Lyon
11. ______dominates Western Europe demographically and economically.
a. France
b. Italy
c. the United Kingdom
d. Germany
e. the United States
12. The major river in western Germany, which enters the North Sea through the Netherlands and which passes through the Ruhr is the:
a. Rhone
b. Danube
c. Elbe
d. Rhine
e. Po
13. 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
14. Which of the following statements is false?
a. Germany is larger territorially than France.
b. Germany has a better river system than France.
c. Germany is a younger country than France.
d. Germany has more highly populated cities than France.
e. Germany is more urbanized than France.
15. The administrative headquarters of the European Union is located in:
a. Geneva
b. Paris
c. Brussels
d. Strasbourg
e. Luxembourg
16. 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
17. The population of Northern Ireland:
a. occupies the entire northern half of the island of Ireland.
b. is made up of refugees from Wales
c. is dominated by Protestants
d. is not part of the United Kingdom
e. produced the Celtic Tiger phenomenon
18. The Northern European country that has benefited the most from North Sea oil is:
a. Denmark
b. Norway
c. Iceland
d. Finland
e. Sweden
19. The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by which mountain range?
a. Appennines
b. Alps
c. Pyrenees
d. Pennines
e. Carpathians
20. The capital and primate city of Greece is:
a. Sparta
b. Malta
c. Athens
d. Cyprus
e. Atlantis
1. Europe's relative location:
a. has proven inefficient for inter nation 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
2. The geographic principle under which particular peoples and particular places concentrate on the production of particular goods is known as:
a. complementary
b. Balkanization
c. supra nationalism
d. irreverent
e. local functional specialization
3. 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
4. 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
5. Which of the following is the strongest example of a European nation-state?
a. Bosnia
b. Northern Ireland
c. Poland
d. Belgium
e. Ukraine
6. _______forces are divisive to a nation.
a. situational
b. centripetal
c. centrifugal
d. charismatic
e. disparate
7. The three principles of spatial interaction are:
a. complementary, intervening opportunity, infrastructurality
b. complementarity, intervening opportunity,
c. complementarity, intervening opportunity, transferability
d. centripetal forces, intervening opportunity, devolution
e. none of the above
8. A country's leading urban center that is disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of national feelings, such as Paris is to France, is known as the country's:
a. core city
b. primate city
c. entrepot
d. functional region
e. conurbation
9. The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as:
a. devolution
b. irreverent
c. complementary
d. supra nationalism
e. transfer ability
10. Which of the following cities is not part of one of the Four Motors of Europe?
a. Brussels
b. Milan
c. Stuttgart
d. Barcelona
e. Lyon
11. ______dominates Western Europe demographically and economically.
a. France
b. Italy
c. the United Kingdom
d. Germany
e. the United States
12. The major river in western Germany, which enters the North Sea through the Netherlands and which passes through the Ruhr is the:
a. Rhone
b. Danube
c. Elbe
d. Rhine
e. Po
13. 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
14. Which of the following statements is false?
a. Germany is larger territorially than France.
b. Germany has a better river system than France.
c. Germany is a younger country than France.
d. Germany has more highly populated cities than France.
e. Germany is more urbanized than France.
15. The administrative headquarters of the European Union is located in:
a. Geneva
b. Paris
c. Brussels
d. Strasbourg
e. Luxembourg
16. 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
17. The population of Northern Ireland:
a. occupies the entire northern half of the island of Ireland.
b. is made up of refugees from Wales
c. is dominated by Protestants
d. is not part of the United Kingdom
e. produced the Celtic Tiger phenomenon
18. The Northern European country that has benefited the most from North Sea oil is:
a. Denmark
b. Norway
c. Iceland
d. Finland
e. Sweden
19. The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by which mountain range?
a. Appennines
b. Alps
c. Pyrenees
d. Pennines
e. Carpathians
20. The capital and primate city of Greece is:
a. Sparta
b. Malta
c. Athens
d. Cyprus
e. Atlantis
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