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Geography Module 2 Quiz
Geography 111
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
09/16/2015

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Ukraine is a former Soviet republic which has successfully reintegrated with the rest of Europe. T/F?
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False
Term
A country that has a centralized, autocratic government and values nation and race over the individual is referred to as:
Definition
Fascism
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Women in Europe generally have a significantly longer life expectancy than men. T/F?
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True
Term
After World War II, this German city was divided between two countries, one under democratic rule, the other under Communist rule.
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Berlin
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The first wave of European industrialization was located in the coal fields of northern France, Belgium, and Germany. T/F?
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True
Term
Industrialization came to the coalfield areas of northern France, Belgium, and Germany during this time period.
Definition
1850-1870
Term
Less than 3% of the European Union workforce is employed in this sector of the economy.
Definition
Agriculture
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This physiographic region has many important coalfields within Europe.
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Central Plateaus
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When was the Marshall Plan instituted?
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After World War II
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London is located on this river.
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Thames
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Beginning around 750 B.C.E. , the ancient Greeks developed a series of fortified city states called:
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Poleis
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Which country first developed polder landscape techniques?
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Netherlands
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What is Balkanization"?
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The division of a territory into smaller and often mutually hostile political units
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The cost advantages that accure to individual firms because of their location among functionally related activities is called:
Definition
Agglomeration economies
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What does the German word gastarbeiter mean?
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Guest worker
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This has been the overall result of the European Union's policy toward agriculture.
Definition
A withdrawal from mixed farming in Europe
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The principal industry of the Alpine region is:
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Tourism
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This is a semiarid, treeless, grassland plain.
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Steppe
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Which of the following is the largest of the European peninsulas?
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Scandinavian Peninsula
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Enclaves are culturally distinct territories that are surrounded by the territory of a different cultural group, whereas exclaves are portions of a country or of a culture group's territory that lie outside its contiguous land area. T/F?
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True
Term
During what period did innovations in technology and business bring Europe into a new merchant capitalist economy?
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15th-16th century
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Loess is a fine-grained, extremely fertile soil. T/F?
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True
Term
This city is NOT included in the "Southern Crescent" of Europe.
Definition
Paris
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After an unsuccessful initiative program, this became the goal of COMECON.
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Mutual trade among the Soviet bloc
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This mountain range is sometimes used to mark the boundary between Europe and Asia.
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Urals Mountains
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