ashworth college GE350 Online Exam

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100.0 Points

Question 1 of 20
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Flemish, one of the two official languages of Belgium,
belongs to which of Europe’s major language families?
A. Germanic
B. Romance
C. Slavic
D. Celtic

Question 2 of 20
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The country with the largest economy in Europe, sometimes
referred to as the “motor” of Europe, is:
A. France.
B. Spain.
C. the United
Kingdom.
D. Germany.

Question 3 of 20
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The European country that is a major exporter of crude oil
to world markets is:
A. Norway.
B. Switzerland.
C. France.
D. the Czech
Republic.

Question 4 of 20
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In Europe, the majority of the workforce is employed in the
__________ sector.
A. agricultural
B. heavy industrial
C. service
D. primary

Question 5 of 20
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Tourism is Europe’s most important industry. The leading
country, based on total number of tourist arrivals, is:
A. the United
Kingdom.
B. Switzerland.
C. Germany.
D. France.

Question 6 of 20
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The territory of the former country of East Germany was
occupied by the army of which country, at the conclusion of WWII?
A. France
B. The United States

C. The Soviet Union
D. Greece

Question 7 of 20
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Which of the following statements most accurately
characterizes Northern Europe?
A. Most countries in
the region have GDP per capita figures lower than the European average.
B. Unlike the
remainder of western Europe, this region has very little industry, and is
entirely dependent on fishing and agriculture to support economic growth.
C. Many of these
countries have been reluctant historically to join international organizations,
due to long traditions of neutrality.
D. The population in
all the countries of the region, except for Sweden, have relatively low levels
of education.

Question 8 of 20
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The Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) was designed to:
A. reduce levels of
pollution in the Mediterranean Sea.
B. increase economic
cooperation among the countries in Mediterranean Europe.
C. reduce illegal
immigration to countries in the Mediterranean basin.
D. attract tourism
by greatly increasing the number of beach resorts in the region.

Question 9 of 20
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Two European countries rejected the invitation to join the
EU in 1995. One of these countries is:
A. Switzerland.
B. Germany.
C. Belgium.
D. Finland.

Question 10 of 20
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In the 1960s and 1970s, a major source of immigrant labor
for Germany, the so-called gastarbeiter, was the country of:
A. India.
B. Turkey.
C. South Africa.
D. China.

Question 11 of 20
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The Ob River flows through what region?
A. Central Asia
B. Siberia
C. Moldova
D. Ukraine

Question 12 of 20
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Which of the following best describes the physical region
known as the taiga?
A. Subtropical
vegetation, with poor soils
B. A zone of
extensive desert and scrub vegetation
C. A vast grassland,
containing extremely fertile soils
D. A zone of
coniferous forest

Question 13 of 20
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Chernozem soils are associated with which of the following
vegetation zones?
A. Steppe
B. Taiga
C. Tundra
D. Desert

Question 14 of 20
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The greatest temperature ranges in the region, due to the
effect of continentality, are experienced in:
A. Estonia.
B. Siberia.
C. Armenia.
D. the Volga Basin.

Question 15 of 20
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The yurt is a national symbol for which of the following
groups?
A. Kyrgyz
B. Russians
C. Georgians
D. Chukchi

Question 16 of 20
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Regarding the population geography of Russia and Neighboring
Countries:
A. Slavic countries
show the highest rates of growth.
B. all states of the
former USSR are losing population, and Russia and Ukraine are losing the
fastest.
C. fertility rates
are higher in the Central Asian states, and death rates are declining there as
well.
D. None of the above

Question 17 of 20
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The first Russian leader to use the title “czar”
was:
A. Ivan the III.
B. Catherine the
Great.
C. Mikhail Romanov.
D. Boris Yeltsin.

Question 18 of 20
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Of the following countries, the one that is culturally
closest to the Romanians is:
A. Azerbaijan.
B. Moldova.
C. Latvia.
D. Russia.

Question 19 of 20
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Two former SSRs (now independent countries) have recently
been at war over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh. These countries
are:
A. Russia and
Georgia.
B. Azerbaijan and
Armenia.
C. Armenia and
Georgia.
D. Georgia and
Moldova.

Question 20 of 20
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The Aral Sea is vanishing because:
A. too much water
was taken out of it for irrigation.
B. wells in the
region caused the water table to fall, and made the Aral shrink.
C. the acreage
devoted to cotton increased, meaning more fresh water was taken for irrigation
from the rivers feeding the Aral.
D. All the above