EUROPEAN TEST REVIEW GAME ALL TRUE OR FALSE SOME HAVE BONUSES

All languages are from the same language family or Romance in Southern Europe. The Germanic Languages of Eastern Europe, Slavic Languages of Northern Europe, and Romance Languages of Southern Europe are from the same language family. What is true about this sentence. 2 points if you can come up with both truths!

The Scandinavia Union has taken steps toward economic and political unity of Western and Eastern Europe. FALSE/ _____________ UNION EUROPEAN UNION

The Soviet back communists governments collapsed in 1945 ending the Cold War. FALSE / WHAT YEAR? 1991 / WHAT DAY? CHRISTMAS DAY

TRUE The Berlin Wall the symbol of the Cold War came down in 1989.

After WWII, Western Europe came under Soviet Communist control and Eastern Europe democracies were back by the United States. FALSE/ CORRECT IT FOR AN EXTRA POINT! After WWII, Eastern Europe came under Soviet Communist control and Western Europe democracies were back by the United States.

TRUE The Nazis of Germany practiced genocide against the Jews.

After World War I, the rise to power of Adolf Hitler of Italy and Benito Mussolini of Germany will lead to another world war. FALSE/ MAKE IT CORRECT FOR AND EXTRA POINT Adolf Hitler of Germany and Benito Mussolini of Italy

The new era of Trust between the Europeans during 1800’s drastically changed Europe. False/ WHEN DID THIS ERA OF TRUST BEGIN? AFTER WWII

TRUE In the Industrial age, the inequalities among the social classes and the substandard working conditions led to the development of Communism.

TRUE In the Industrial Revolution, new middle class of owners and merchants and the working class of labor developed.

TRUE In the 1600’s and early 1700’s during the Enlightment era emphasized reasoning which questioned the old dark ages ways.

FALSE During the age of 1400’s and Exploration, the Europeans were trying to find a new trade route to the West Indies.

FALSE The Renaissance led to the beginning of Protestant Religions.

FALSE Reformation was an era of discovery and learning that revived interest in the classical past.

TRUE Even through the Christian Europeans failed at capturing the Holy Lands, they extend trade routes that would lead to the discovery of the Americas lands.

The Western form of Christianity was Roman Catholic and the Eastern form was called Eastern Islam. FALSE/ CORRECT IT FOR A EXTRA POINT EASTERN ORTHODOX

By 300 A. D. the Roman Empire was divided into the Eastern and Western Empires. TRUE / WHICH HALF LAST ANOTHER 1000 YEARS EASTERN

The Romans Empire included all the lands that encircled the Black Sea. FALSE / WHICH SEA? MEDITERRANEAN

The ancient Greece laid the foundation of Western civilization. TRUE/ WHAT OTHER CIVILIZATION HELP THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION ROMAN

The Main-Danube Canal links the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. FALSE / CORRECT IT BLACK SEA

The five largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea are Ireland, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily and Cyprus. FALSE/ WHICH ONE DO NOT BELONG? IRELAND/ WHICH IS MISSING? CRETE

TRUE Another word for Ethnic Cleansing is genocide.

Most people in Europe live in the mountain areas. FALSE / TELL ONE OF THE AREAS? (A POINT FOR EACH AREA) THERE ARE 3. IN THE _______________. IN THE PLAINS NEAR ________________ WATERWAYS NEAR INLAND WATERWAYS NEAR ______________ RESOURCES NEAR MINERALS RESOURCES

Northern parts of Scandinavia have tundra and subarctic climate. TRUE

Eastern and Northern Europe has a humid subtropical climate. FALSE

Most of southern Europe has humid continental climate. FALSE / WHAT CLIMATE DOES IT HAVE? MEDITERRANAEN

Ireland original forest occupies only 1% of the land area. TRUE

European climates vary according to the elevation. FALSE / WHAT DETERMINES THE CLIMATE OF EUROPE THE MOST? DISTANCE FROM THE SEA

Most of Europe is a 600 miles for the warm ocean waters. FALSE / _______ MILES FROM THE OCEAN 300 MILES

North European Plain is a poor farm land that contains the few people. FALSE / TWO THINGS ARE WRONG, CORRECT THEM FOR A POINT EACH!

Iceland is sometimes called the “Land of fire and ice.” TRUE / WHY? IT HAS _______________ AND _______________ _________________. GLACIERS AND ACTIVE VOCANOES

TRUE The fjords of Scandinavia were carved out by glaciers.

Greece is in the Scandinavian Peninsula. FALSE / _______________ Peninsula BALKANS PENINSULA

Europeans have enhanced their waterways by building a network of canals. TRUE / FOR A TWO POINTS BONUS, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CANAL THAT CONNECTS THE NORTH SEA TO THE BLACK SEA? MAIN-DANUBE CANAL

The Alps are the oldest and shortest mountains of Europe. FALSE / CORRECT IT! ALPS ARE THE YOUNGEST & THE TALLEST MOUNTAINS OF EUROPE!

The Thames River is the most important river in France. FALSE / The Thames River is the most important river in ___________. UNITED KINGDOM / WHAT IS THE RIVER THAT GO THROUGH PARIS, FRANCE. SEINE

Today, most northern Europeans are Protestants; most southern Europeans are Roman Catholics; and eastern Europeans are Eastern Orthodox. TRUE / EXTRA BONUSES IF YOU CAN TELL WHY MOST SOUTHERN EUROPEANS ARE ROMAN CATHOLICS OR WHY EASTERN EUROPEANS ARE EASTERN ORTHODOX.

TRUE Most languages belong to Indo-European language family.