What name is given to a system of trade in which individuals can operate and profit from business?
F. communism
G. free market economy
H. surplus
J. monopoly
What is free market economy
100
Carbon monoxide emissions from cars and factories combine with water vapor to create
A. groundwater
B. problems only for the immediate
Surroundings
C. smog that eventually will blow away
D. acid rain
What is acid rain
100
As a result of living in a democracy, U.S. citizens share which of the
following characteristics?
F. economic equality
G. mandatory military service
H. belief in free speech
J. political superiority
What is belief in free speech
100
Where is the largest megalopolis in the U.S. located?
A. Northwest
B. Southeast
C. Northeast
D. Midwest
What is Northeast
100
Europe is the _________ continent.
F. second smallest
G. second largest
H. smallest
J. third smallest
What is second smallest
200
Air currents from the Atlantic
A. have difficulty reaching eastern
Europe
B. keep temperatures more mild in
western Europe
C. are warmed by the Gulf Stream
D. all of the above
What is all of the above
200
Above the timberline,
F. Europe’s forests are mainly coniferous
G. only shrubs, grasses, and lichens will
Grow
H. deciduous trees lose their leaves in
the winter
J. no vegetation can grow
What is only shrubs, grasses, and lichens will Grow
200
. European populations tend to be clustered
A. in regions with fertile farmland and
inland waterways
B. in the mountains
C. near mineral mines
D. near the region’s northern forests
What is in regions with fertile farmland and
inland waterways
200
Which of the following was an age of exploration and artistic achievement?
F. the Reformation
G. the Revolution
H. the Renaissance
J. the Romance
What is the Renaissance
200
Beginning in the late ________, the
Industrial Revolution transformed
Europe into a land of cities.
A. 1700s
B. 1500s
C. 1900s
D. 1600s
What is 1700s
300
. What organization currently unites Western Europe?
F. the Common Market
G. the United Nations
H. the European Union
J. the Maastricht Treaty
What is the European Union
300
. ______ are ancient civilizations that
shaped modern European culture.
A. Rome and England
B. Greece and Rome
C. Greece and Alexandria
D. Rome and Paris
What is Greece and Rome
300
About how many people live in Europe
today?
F. 5 billion
G. 58 million
H. 583 million
J. 5 million
What is 583 million
300
The Cold War was a power struggle between
A. the U.S. and Europe
B. East Berlin and West Berlin
C. eastern Europe and Western Europe
D. the communist world and the non-
Communist world
What is eastern Europe and Western Europe
300
Global warming increases when ______ are trapped in the atmosphere.
F. oxygen atoms
G. minerals
H. greenhouse gases
J. meltwaters
What is greenhouse gases
400
About three quarters of the Russian people live
A. on the North European Plain
B. on the West Siberian Plain
C. along the Pacific Ocean
D. on the South European Plain
What is on the North European Plain
400
The Caspian Sea is
F. a saltwater lake
G. a freshwater sea
H. the world’s largest freshwater lake
J. a saltwater lake with an outlet to the
Ocean
What is a saltwater lake
400
Which statement about Russia’s size is
accurate?
A. Russia spans three continents and
five time zones
B. Russia spans two continents and
seven time zones
C. Russia is both a country and an
entire continent
D. Russia spans two continents and
eleven time zones
What is Russia spans two continents and
eleven time zones
400
The uneven distribution of population in Russia is due to
F. government laws about housing
G. the country’s level of economic
Development
H. the physical environment
J. the country’s standard of living
What is the physical environment
400
The ideas of ________ are the basis for communism.
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Boris Yeltsin
C. Catherine the Great
D. Karl Marx