GEOG 2303 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
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 Britain, 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 - Answers - C) initially was focused in Britain, where machinery was
invented and the use of steam to power engines emerged
The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and
growing autonomy is known as:
A) devolution
B) irredentism
C) complementarity
D) supranationalism
E) transferability - Answers - A) devolution
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) Seine - Answers - C) Elbe
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 - Answers - A) occurred in 1990
The only European country with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea,
and the North Sea is:
A) The Netherlands
B) Germany
C) Belgium
,D) France
E) Austria - Answers - D) France
The administrative headquarters of the European Union is located in:
A) Geneva
B) Paris
C) Brussels
D) Strasbourg
E) Berlin - Answers - C) Brussels
Significant oil and natural gas supplies have been found beneath the:
A) Baltic Sea
B) Irish Sea
C) North Sea
D) River Thames
E) English Channel - Answers - C) North Sea
The population of Northern Ireland:
A) is overwhelmingly Catholic
B) is made up of refugees from Wales
C) is mostly Protestant
D) is not part of the United Kingdom
E) produced the Celtic Tiger phenomenon - Answers - C) is mostly Protestant
The country located on the Jutland Peninsula and the smallest state (in area) in the
Discontinuous North is:
A) Sweden
B) Norway
C) Estonia
D) Iceland
E) Denmark - Answers - E) Denmark
__________ has more in common, ethnically and linguistically, with Finland than its
other neighboring states, and is therefore included as part of The Discontinuous North .
A) Estonia
B) Latvia
C) Lithuania
D) Kaliningrad
E) Sweden - Answers - A) Estonia
The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by which mountain range?
A) Appennines
B) Alps
C) Pyrenees
D) Pennines
E) Carpathians - Answers - C) Pyrenees
, 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) the border zone centered on the Ancona Line
E) the Mezzogiorno - Answers - B) the Po River Valley
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 - Answers - A) Milan
The country located directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from southernmost Spain is
A) Portugal
B) Morocco
C) Italy
D) Gibraltar
E) Algeria - Answers - B) Morocco
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 - Answers - C) Catalonia
Spain and the United Kingdom are in dispute over which piece of territory:
A) Cyprus
B) Kosovo
C) Macedonia
D) Malta
E) Gibraltar - Answers - E) Gibraltar
The capital and primate city of Greece is
A) Sparta
B) Malta
C) Athens
D) Cyprus
E) Atlantis - Answers - C) Athens
The Danube River empties into the:
A) Adriatic Sea
ANSWERS
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 Britain, 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 - Answers - C) initially was focused in Britain, where machinery was
invented and the use of steam to power engines emerged
The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and
growing autonomy is known as:
A) devolution
B) irredentism
C) complementarity
D) supranationalism
E) transferability - Answers - A) devolution
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) Seine - Answers - C) Elbe
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 - Answers - A) occurred in 1990
The only European country with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea,
and the North Sea is:
A) The Netherlands
B) Germany
C) Belgium
,D) France
E) Austria - Answers - D) France
The administrative headquarters of the European Union is located in:
A) Geneva
B) Paris
C) Brussels
D) Strasbourg
E) Berlin - Answers - C) Brussels
Significant oil and natural gas supplies have been found beneath the:
A) Baltic Sea
B) Irish Sea
C) North Sea
D) River Thames
E) English Channel - Answers - C) North Sea
The population of Northern Ireland:
A) is overwhelmingly Catholic
B) is made up of refugees from Wales
C) is mostly Protestant
D) is not part of the United Kingdom
E) produced the Celtic Tiger phenomenon - Answers - C) is mostly Protestant
The country located on the Jutland Peninsula and the smallest state (in area) in the
Discontinuous North is:
A) Sweden
B) Norway
C) Estonia
D) Iceland
E) Denmark - Answers - E) Denmark
__________ has more in common, ethnically and linguistically, with Finland than its
other neighboring states, and is therefore included as part of The Discontinuous North .
A) Estonia
B) Latvia
C) Lithuania
D) Kaliningrad
E) Sweden - Answers - A) Estonia
The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by which mountain range?
A) Appennines
B) Alps
C) Pyrenees
D) Pennines
E) Carpathians - Answers - C) Pyrenees
, 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) the border zone centered on the Ancona Line
E) the Mezzogiorno - Answers - B) the Po River Valley
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 - Answers - A) Milan
The country located directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from southernmost Spain is
A) Portugal
B) Morocco
C) Italy
D) Gibraltar
E) Algeria - Answers - B) Morocco
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 - Answers - C) Catalonia
Spain and the United Kingdom are in dispute over which piece of territory:
A) Cyprus
B) Kosovo
C) Macedonia
D) Malta
E) Gibraltar - Answers - E) Gibraltar
The capital and primate city of Greece is
A) Sparta
B) Malta
C) Athens
D) Cyprus
E) Atlantis - Answers - C) Athens
The Danube River empties into the:
A) Adriatic Sea
