European Test Practice

1. What is Shakespeare's first name?

Camille

Donovan

Grayson

William

He had no first name (like Madonna or Shakira)

2. This famous explorer was commissioned by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.

Columbus

Hudson

Vespucci

3. Italy is known for its high quality of wines.

True

False

4. What is the primary language of the Netherlands?

Dutch

Finnish

Indo-European

Latin

5. A fjord is the home to the famous Nessie.

True

False

6. Renaissance means rebirth in the arts and sciences.

True

False

7. Textiles are made from cloth.

True

False

8. This Strait separates Spain from Africa.

Hormuz

Magellan

Gibraltar

9. This is in the Acropolis, an area with ancient Greek temples.

Colleseum

Tower of Babel

Parthenon

10. This is the most popular religion in Greece by far.

Catholic

Islam

Orthodox

11. Which is NOT a part of Scandinavia?

Finland

Iceland

Norway

France

Denmark

12. Mont Blanc (Europe's highest peak) is found in the Alps.

True

False

13. These mountains are in central Italy

Alps

Apennines

Cantabrian

14. Germany was the home of the inventor of moveable type.

True

False

15. Most of West-Central Europe has this climate due in part to the North Atlantic Drift.

Marine-west coast

Mediterranean

Tundra

16. Jews were the only ones killed during the Holocaust.

True

False

17. Which sea touches most of Greece?

Adriatic

Aegean

Baltic

18. The Mediterranean Sea stretches from Spain to Greece.

True

False

19. Which is the proper order (from earliest to latest)?

Greek to Roman

Inca to Roman

Roman to Greek

20. A sirocco is a high, rocky plateau in Spain.

True

False

21. What does the A in NATO stand for?

Alps

Atlantic

American

Apennine

22. Which was never in the EU?

East Germany

France

Germany

UK

23. This language helped to unify the Roman Empire.

Finnish

Indo-European

Latin

24. Who controlled the western half of South America as a result of the line of demarcation?

Mexico

The pope

Portugal

Spain

25. Switzerland is in the center of the Kjolen Mountains.

True

False

26. The Catholic Church has its headquarters in Vatican City.

True

False

27. A polis is a colony of a larger country.

True

False

28. Archimedes, Aristophanes, and Pythagoras all helped to advance the arts and science of which culture?

Greeks

Mongols

Romans

Slavs

29. The Reformation had a problem with the Orthodox Religion.

True

False

30. Northern Europe is known for its mudslides.

True

False

31. Which one is NOT developed by the Romans?

Aqueduct

Arch

Dome

Parthenon

32. Which does NOT touch the Northern European Plain?

Austria

Estonia

Latvia

Poland

33. Cork is plentiful in Eastern Europe.

True

False

34. Impressionism was a painting style developed in Italy.

True

False

35. How ready are you for this test tomorrow?

Bring it on!

It should be fairly easy to get 80% or more on this test.

I plan on using the Quizlet site a lot tonight (perhaps printing off the list of terms).

I have a lot of studying to do...

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European Test Practice

1. What is Shakespeare's first name?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. This famous explorer was commissioned by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.

3. Italy is known for its high quality of wines.

4. What is the primary language of the Netherlands?

5. A fjord is the home to the famous Nessie.

6. Renaissance means rebirth in the arts and sciences.

7. Textiles are made from cloth.

8. This Strait separates Spain from Africa.

9. This is in the Acropolis, an area with ancient Greek temples.

10. This is the most popular religion in Greece by far.

11. Which is NOT a part of Scandinavia?

12. Mont Blanc (Europe's highest peak) is found in the Alps.

13. These mountains are in central Italy

14. Germany was the home of the inventor of moveable type.

15. Most of West-Central Europe has this climate due in part to the North Atlantic Drift.

16. Jews were the only ones killed during the Holocaust.

17. Which sea touches most of Greece?

18. The Mediterranean Sea stretches from Spain to Greece.

19. Which is the proper order (from earliest to latest)?

20. A sirocco is a high, rocky plateau in Spain.

21. What does the A in NATO stand for?

22. Which was never in the EU?

23. This language helped to unify the Roman Empire.

24. Who controlled the western half of South America as a result of the line of demarcation?

25. Switzerland is in the center of the Kjolen Mountains.

26. The Catholic Church has its headquarters in Vatican City.

27. A polis is a colony of a larger country.

28. Archimedes, Aristophanes, and Pythagoras all helped to advance the arts and science of which culture?

29. The Reformation had a problem with the Orthodox Religion.

30. Northern Europe is known for its mudslides.

31. Which one is NOT developed by the Romans?

32. Which does NOT touch the Northern European Plain?

33. Cork is plentiful in Eastern Europe.

34. Impressionism was a painting style developed in Italy.

35. How ready are you for this test tomorrow?