GEOG 2303 MC PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A - Answers - 10. Which of the following is not true regarding Europe's vulnerability to
climate change? A) The Mediterranean is likely to have the least consequential
changes. B) Central and Eastern Europe will face decreasing precipitation and risk of
forest fires. C) The Mediterranean will face desertification, loss of biodiversity, water
scarcity, and subtropical diseases. D) Northern Europe will face increased precipitation,
flooding, and rising seas.
D - Answers - 11. Which of the following does not describe the Guerrilla Gardener
movement? A) a group of green activists numbering in the thousands B) rogue
gardeners that plant flowers in the traffic islands of Central London C) made up of
bureaucrats, stock traders, and computer programmers D) the mandatory inclusion of
gardens and public spaces
D - Answers - 15. Air pollution is heavy over the North European Plain due to all of the
following factors, except: A) large population. B) dense transport routes. C) heavy
industry. D) radioactive particles created by nuclear energy.
A - Answers - 21. Which of the following statements describes a feudal social system?
A) Serfs cultivated pieces of land owned by nobles, who, in turn, provided military
protection for the serfs. B) Serfs, protected by knights, owned all land and controlled the
profits generated in the cultivation of that land. C) Serfs controlled the government and
were supported by the labors of aristocrats who owned and worked the land. D) Nobles
employed serfs to protect their lands against armies of knights who made a living
pillaging 4 lands cultivated by the nobles.
C - Answers - 28. What was the goal of the various types of welfare states that were
introduced throughout Europe? A) to provide support to families headed by women
widowed by fatalities during World War II B) to maintain the prosperity of those who lost
their jobs to more skilled immigrants who had fled oppression in Communist countries
C) to reduce extreme disparities in well-being that had been made worse with
industrialization D) to prevent collusion between national labor unions and their
corporate employers
A - Answers - 31. Which of the following is a strategy that the EU employs in an effort to
reduce costs of production in the wealthiest EU member countries? A) relocate factories
from wealthy EU countries to lower-wage countries in the EU B) raise tariffs within the
EU C) move companies to Mexico, Southeast Asia, or China D) reduce wages and
eliminate jobs in the wealthy countries of North Europe
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A - Answers - 10. Which of the following is not true regarding Europe's vulnerability to
climate change? A) The Mediterranean is likely to have the least consequential
changes. B) Central and Eastern Europe will face decreasing precipitation and risk of
forest fires. C) The Mediterranean will face desertification, loss of biodiversity, water
scarcity, and subtropical diseases. D) Northern Europe will face increased precipitation,
flooding, and rising seas.
D - Answers - 11. Which of the following does not describe the Guerrilla Gardener
movement? A) a group of green activists numbering in the thousands B) rogue
gardeners that plant flowers in the traffic islands of Central London C) made up of
bureaucrats, stock traders, and computer programmers D) the mandatory inclusion of
gardens and public spaces
D - Answers - 15. Air pollution is heavy over the North European Plain due to all of the
following factors, except: A) large population. B) dense transport routes. C) heavy
industry. D) radioactive particles created by nuclear energy.
A - Answers - 21. Which of the following statements describes a feudal social system?
A) Serfs cultivated pieces of land owned by nobles, who, in turn, provided military
protection for the serfs. B) Serfs, protected by knights, owned all land and controlled the
profits generated in the cultivation of that land. C) Serfs controlled the government and
were supported by the labors of aristocrats who owned and worked the land. D) Nobles
employed serfs to protect their lands against armies of knights who made a living
pillaging 4 lands cultivated by the nobles.
C - Answers - 28. What was the goal of the various types of welfare states that were
introduced throughout Europe? A) to provide support to families headed by women
widowed by fatalities during World War II B) to maintain the prosperity of those who lost
their jobs to more skilled immigrants who had fled oppression in Communist countries
C) to reduce extreme disparities in well-being that had been made worse with
industrialization D) to prevent collusion between national labor unions and their
corporate employers
A - Answers - 31. Which of the following is a strategy that the EU employs in an effort to
reduce costs of production in the wealthiest EU member countries? A) relocate factories
from wealthy EU countries to lower-wage countries in the EU B) raise tariffs within the
EU C) move companies to Mexico, Southeast Asia, or China D) reduce wages and
eliminate jobs in the wealthy countries of North Europe
