Europe Part 2 Test
  • 1. SS6G10 - Which makes the United Kingdom ideal for international banking?
A) airports
B) natural resources
C) location
D) climate
  • 2. SS6G10 - What causes the United Kingdom to have an unusually mild climate?
A) the Gulf Stream
B) the mountains of the southeast
C) snowfall that is not very deep
D) the Scottish Highlands
  • 3. SS6G10- Which statement BEST describes the way the Volga River helps manufacturing?
A) workers' families ice skate and swim there.
B) it is used to clean machinery before it is shipped overseas.
C) it provides food annd water for the population.
D) it is used for hydroelectric power and transportation of goods.
  • 4. SS6G10 – Which condition keeps Russia’s natural resources from being used?
A) lack of workers
B) harsh climate
C) no market for them
D) no government funding
  • 5. SS6G10 – Which statement BEST describes the natural resources of the United Kingdom and Russia?
A) The United Kingdom and Russia both have gold, a valuable natural resource.
B) The United Kingdom’s fossil fuel resources are being used up, but much of Russia’s are unused due to Russia’s climate and geography.
C) The United Kingdom’s coal resources are used as fuel for manufacturing, but Russia’s are not.
D) The United Kingdom and Russia both have large amounts of land and climates suitable for farming.
  • 6. SS6G10 – How do the ports of the United Kingdom and Russia differ?
A) Russia has no port cities, while the United Kingdom is an island with many.
B) The ports of the United Kingdom are open year round, and Russia’s are not.
C) There is no difference in the year-round use of the ports in the United Kingdom and Russia.
D) The ports of the United Kingdom are influenced by a mild climate, but Russia’s ports are all subtropical.
  • 7. SS6G10 – What has helped Italian merchants become successful traders?
A) the location of the Alps, which are a defense against other countries
B) the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, which are not far from the coast of western Italy
C) the location on the Mediterranean Sea with access to Africa, Asia, and Europe
D) the warm air from the Sahara Desert, which creates a warm, dry summer for most of Italy
  • 8. SS6G10 – A similarity between Italy and Germany is that, in both countries, people tend to live in
A) urban areas.
B) farming communities.
C) the southern region.
D) rural areas.
  • 9. SS6E6 – What type of economy does the United Kingdom have?
A) mixed-market
B) command
C) traditional
D) Parliamentary
  • 10. SS6G11 – What have Europeans done to try to solve the problem of so many languages?
A) required schoolchildren to learn one or two other languages besides their native language
B) made laws ensuring that English is the only official language of the European Union
C) outlawed the use of languages spoken by only a few people
D) decided not to trade with people who do not speak the same language
  • 11. SS6G11 – The three main language categories in Europe are Germanic, Romance and Slavic.
A) True
B) False
  • 12. SS6G11 – Which language that we studied uses a different alphabet that we use for English?
A) Italian
B) German
C) Russian
D) English
  • 13. SS6E7 – Which is a way that entrepreneurs help increase a country’s GDP?
A) Writing laws to protect personal property
B) Creating businesses that give people jobs
C) Working to increase the amount of goods and services bought by a country
D) Providing the ideas to start and expand businesses
  • 14. SS6E7 – Why is a country better off if it does not have to import natural resources?
A) Buying from other countries costs more money.
B) Businesses have a hard time using the natural resources that are located nearby.
C) Other countries may need the resources.
D) People in other countries don’t want to sell their natural resources.
  • 15. SS6E7 – The Soviet Union did not invest in capital improvements, so Russian workers today
A) do not want to increase their standard of living.
B) work in brand new factories and are very productive.
C) are not as productive as workers in other countries.
D) have shut down their factories until new ones are built.
  • 16. SS6E7 – Human capital is buildings, equipment and property owned by a business.
A) false
B) true
  • 17. SS6E7 – A country that does not invest in human capital will have problems because
A) workers who are not educated, skilled, and healthy are less productive.
B) workers will learn on their own the skills they need.
C) there will be no money to pay its workers.
D) businesses will not pay the taxes to pay for good schools.
  • 18. SS6E6 – What is a problem with exchanging currency?
A) Most people want to use American dollars to trade.
B) Banks do not like to exchange their money for other currencies.
C) People make more money by trading currency.
D) It costs more to do business because banks charge fees for exchanges.
  • 19. SS6E6 – Which might make an embargo against a country successful?
A) People in the country are not affected by the embargo.
B) The country does not need to trade with other countries.
C) Merchants are able to continue doing business.
D) The citizens in the country suffer because of the embargo and demand a change from their government.
  • 20. SS6E6 – In order to help Russian farmers sell more food, some people want to put a tax on the food imported from other countries. This is an example of a(n)
A) embargo
B) quota
C) voluntary exchange
D) tariff
  • 21. SS6E5 – Which of these issues would make the United Kingdom a more desirable place to start a business than Russia?
A) The government in Russia owns most industries.
B) Russia’s court system always protests the rights of property owners.
C) Private citizens and corporations in the United Kingdom decide how goods will be produced.
D) It takes less time to start a business in Russia than the United Kingdom.
  • 22. SS6E5 – In which country would it be most difficult for a person to start a business?
A) United Kingdom
B) Russia
C) about the same for each
D) Germany
  • 23. SS6E5 – Which is LEAST likely to be found in Europe?
A) traditional economy
B) capitalism
C) command economy
D) market economy
  • 24. SS6E5 – Which country owns most of the large and important industries within its borders?
A) none of these
B) Russia
C) Germany
D) United Kingdom
  • 25. SS6E5 – In the United Kingdom, who decides which goods will be produced and sold?
A) business owners
B) the government
C) the prime minister
D) President
  • 26. SS6CG5 – What is the currency for MOST EU countries?
A) dollar
B) pound
C) euro
D) peso
  • 27. SS6CG5 – How is the Russian prime minister selected?
A) by appointment of the Federal Assembly
B) by a vote of the State Duma
C) by a vote of the citizens
D) by appointment of the president with approval of the Duma
  • 28. SS6CG5 – The European Union was created to promote the French franc as the money unit.
A) true
B) false
  • 29. SS6CG5 – How are members in the Bundestag selected?
A) half through election and half appointed by the chancellor
B) half are selected by the president and half selected by the chancellor
C) elected by the voters
D) elected by the Bundesrat
  • 30. SS6CG5 – The United Kingdom is to House of Commons as Germany is to the
A) Bundestag.
B) Bundesrat.
C) Basic Law.
D) Parliament
  • 31. SS6CG4-What government gives citizens full and equal rights to participate?
A) Dictatorship
B) Autocracy
C) Democracy
D) Oligarchy
  • 32. SS6CG4-Who is Russia's most powerful leader?
A) Chancellor
B) President
C) Czar
D) Prime Minister
  • 33. SS6CG5- Queen Elizabeth II is queen of which country?
A) Italy
B) United Kingdom
C) Russia
D) Germany
  • 34. SS6E5 –What organization encourages trade between European countries?
A) European Union
B) Allied Union
C) Countries Union
D) Trade Union
  • 35. SS6CG5 – The United Kingdom is to House of Commons as Russia is to the
A) Parliament.
B) Basic Law.
C) Bundesrat.
D) State Duma
  • 36. SS6CG5 – Which part of government is responsible for making the laws for the United Kingdom?
A) High Court
B) Monarchy
C) Parliament
D) Congress
  • 37. SS6CG5 – Which representative body of Parliament has the most power?
A) House of Lords
B) Prime Minister
C) House of Commons
D) Monarch
  • 38. SS6CG4 – In a parliamentary system, the monarch has the most government power.
A) false
B) true
  • 39. SS6CG4 – Legislature is to parliament as a president is to
A) patriarch.
B) monarch.
C) prime minister.
D) dictator.
  • 40. SS6CG4 – An autocracy puts the power of the government into the hands of
A) the representatives.
B) the citizens
C) a single person.
D) a small group of people
  • 41. SS6CG4 – In which types of government do citizens have no voting rights?
A) an oligarchy and a democracy
B) an autocracy and a democracy
C) an oligarchy and an autocracy
  • 42. SS6CG4 – One reason that the British Commonwealth is called a confederation is that member countries
A) must have a constitution.
B) are voluntary members.
C) must do what the majority of the members want to do.
D) have strong central governments.
  • 43. SS6CG4 – What country in Europe has a federal government?
A) United States
B) Germany
C) China
D) United Kingdom
  • 44. SS6G11 – A literate person in a developed country is most likely to have all EXCEPT which item?
A) technology
B) a high-paying job
C) health care
D) uneducated children
  • 45. SS6G11 – Which is the oldest of the three main religions of Europe?
A) Roman Catholic
B) Judaism
C) Islam
D) Christianity
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