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Global Studies
Unit 6: Europe and Russia (35 points)
A. Multiple Choice (1 point each 35 total points)
Directions: Select the best answer by filling in the bubble on the answer sheet provided.
1. What is the European Union?

5. The most likely reason for the differences in the

two maps is the:

a. A military alliance of fourteen European

countries and the United States & Canada.
b. A military alliance of many Eastern
European countries and Russia.
c.

An economic and political group formed to

allow the free movement of people, goods,
and services.

d. A single shared currency for many

European countries
2.The separation of Northern Ireland from the
Republic of Ireland is an example of:
a. Immigrants trying to adapt to a new
government.
b. Language differences affecting growth in a
region.
c.

All citizens agreeing to a political process.

d. Religion as a dividing force.

3. The negative impact of using coal and oil in the
United States and Western Europe is:
a. Economic
b. Cultural
c.

Environmental

d. Political
4. The chernozem in Russia is a type of:

a. Expanded military power of the old USSR.

b. Collapse of the Soviet Union.
c.

Gradual lessening of ethnic loyalties in the

former Soviet Union.

d. Successful attempts by the former Soviet

Union to crush nationalist sentiments.
6. Which religion is most widely practiced in
Europe?
a. Buddhism
b. Christianity
c.

Judaism

d. All of the above

7. Fertilizer & mechanization have allowed mankind
to modify & adapt what type of environment?
a. Agriculture

a. Ballet

b. Solar

b. Soil

c.

c.

d. Nuclear

Icon

d. Mineral

Transportation

8. Which country has many resources, but is unable

to use them because of climate and other problems?

13. The current Chancellor of Germany is:

a. David Cameron

a. France
b. Margret Thatcher
b. England
c.
c.

Angela Merkel

Greece
d. Margot Robbie

d. Russia
9. Which statement best describes most Eastern
European countries immediately after World War
II? They:
a. adopted democratic reforms in their political
systems

14. The Chunnel is an underwater tunnel that

connects:
a. England to Spain
b. England to France
c.

b. became communist states under the Soviet

Union
c.

became democratic states under the United

States.

d. emerged as world economic powers

Spain to France

d. France to Portugal
15. The G8:
a. is a governmental political forum which
focuses on issues such as development,
climate control, and international security.

10. Which leader was known as the iron lady?

a. Angela Merkel

b. is an international forum for the

governments and central bank governors.

b. Margret Thatcher

c.

c.

is an organization determined to create a

world of communist countries.

Margot Robbie
d. is none of the above.

d. None of the above

16. The landmark pictured below is:
11. In the story The Butter Battle Book, the Zooks and
the Yooks were _____.

a. able to resolve their differences.

b. building weapons to destroy each other.
c.

able to butter their bread on either side.

d. distrustful at first, but later became friends.

12. The current President of France is:
a. David Cameron
b. Margret Thatcher
c.

Angela Merkel

d. Francois Hollande

a. Egyptian Pyramid
b. French Louvre
c.

Greek Parthenon

d. French Notre Dame

17. The landmark pictured below is:

Use the map provided for questions 20 25.

a. French Louvre
b. Englands Big Ben
c.

Englands Tower

d. French Notre Dame

20. Which country is number 10?

a. France

18. The landmark pictured below is:

b. Switzerland
c.

Spain

d. Germany
e.

Greece

21. Which country is number 16?

a. Poland
b. Spain
a. Romes Vatican

c.

b. Vatican Citys Vatican

d. Spain

c.

e.

French Louvre

Germany

England

d. French Notre Dame

22. Which country is number 43?
19. Many of the refugees fleeing to countries such as
Greece and Germany are mainly from:
a. Afghanistan
b.

Iran

c.

Iraq

d. Syria

a. Switzerland
b. Italy
c.

Poland

d. Germany
e.

Greece

23. Which country is number 7?

a. England
b. France
c.

Portugal

27. The Warsaw Pact sought to:

a. Create a military alliance between the Soviet
Union and various Eastern European
nations.
b. Prevent Soviet expansion into Poland and
Denmark.

d. Poland
c.
e.

Greenland

24. Which country is number 12?

Provide economic assistance to Polish Jews

after World War II.

d. Create a plan for the reduction of nuclear

weapons in Europe.

a. Sweden
b. Germany
c.

28. The physical line of secrecy and mistrust that

separated the USSR and Eastern Europe from the
West was known as:

France
a. The Iron Curtain

d. Spain
b. NATO
e.

Switzerland
c.

25. Which country is number 9?

Warsaw Pact

d. The Berlin Wall

a. Spain
29. What is the Eurozone?
b. England
c.

Portugal

d. France
e.

a. A nickname for all of the members of the

European Union.
b. The physical boundary outlining the
European Union.

Germany
c.

The countries in Europe that currently use

the Euro as their currency.

26. The image below, is are Russian:

d. A tariff-free trade boundary between Europe
and North Africa.
30. The difference between a revolutionary and a
terrorist is that:
a. terrorists utilize fear and violence in order to
achieve their groups goal.
a. Stackers

b. revolutionaries are peaceful and try to

establish change through dialogue and
debate.

b. Matryokshka Dolls
c.
c.

revolutionaries abide by a code of ethics.

Nesting Dolls

d. Both B & C.

d. there is very little difference between the

two when it comes to defining the terms.

31. Where did the global financial crisis of 2008

originate?
a. The European Union
b. NAFTA
c.

England

d. USA
32. Which organization is considered a terrorist
organization that has continued to fight for British
withdrawal from Northern Ireland?
a. Hamas
b. Hezbollah
c.

IRA

d. Al Qaeda
33. Which country was divided during the Cold
War:
a. France
b. Ukraine
c.

Russia

d. Germany
34. In November of 2015, ISIS led mass shootings
within a concert hall, and various restaurants and
cafes in:
a. Germany
b. England
c.

France

d. The Netherlands
35. A common trait throughout Europe is:
a. its Greek and Roman history.
b. Christianity.
c.

the political ideals of the Enlightenment;

specifically, that of John Lockes idealism.

d. all of the above