Western Europe

Physical Geography

100

These countries  make up the United Kingdom.

a. England, Wales, Scotland, and Austria.

B. England, Wales, Scotland, and France.

c. England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland

c. England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland

200

These are two mountain ranges in Western Europe.

a. Rhine River and Colorado Rockies

b. Mt. Everest and the Pyrenees

C. Pyrenees and Alps

c. Pyrenees and Alps

300

The Pyrenees and the Alps separate Western Europe from Southern Europe.

a. true

b. false

a. true

400

The English Channel is an important sea route that connects the North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, and  SEPARATES what two countries?

England and France

500

Name two of the most important rivers in Western Europe.

a. Thames River

b. Rhine River

c. Loire River

d. Seine River

History

100

The war between France and England lasted:

a. 250 years

b. 10 years

c. 100 years

c. 100 years

200

What killed whole towns of people?

a. chicken pox

c. measles

c. the Black Death

c. the Black Death

300

Feudalism brought order to Western Europe during the Middle Ages. Explain Feudalism.

Kings gave land to noble and in turn the noble provided the king with military support.

400

Christianity became the major religion in Western Europe. What were some of  the positive impacts it made on society?

Christianity brought laws and education to Western Europe.

History

100

People with special skills, such as metal smiths and carpenters, began to organize  what?

a. co-ops

b. clubs

c. guilds

c. guilds

200

As populations grew, people began making metal tools. What did they start using to make tools?

a. gold

c. copper

d.bronze

d. bronze

300

The process of making Bronze by melting and fusing tin and copper is called what?

a. welding

b. smelting

c. melting

b. smelting

400

Gutenberg invented the what?

a. microscope

b. printing press

c. computer

b. printing press

500

Napoleon was the emperor of what country?

a. France

b. Germany

c. Japan

a. France

Terms

100

Smelting is the process of what?

of refining (changing) ore (tin and copper) to make bronze.

200

a. Feudalism is the political and social system in which kings gave land to who?

b.Why?

a. Nobles

b. In exchange for the nobles military service.

300

Pilgrimage is a journey to where?

a. a sacred place

b. home

c. vacation

a. a sacred place

400

The Holocaust was the mass killing of 6 million who? 

Jew

500

The German leader that led Holocaust of the 6 million Jews was?

Adolph Hitler