Ch05 The European Periphery.docx

Chapter 5 The European Periphery 35. Three-fifths of _____ is arable, the largest proportion of any European nation. a. Poland b. France c. Italy d. Denmark e. Hungary 36. Which country relies on hydropower for 99 percent of its electricity? a. Iceland b. Norway c. Sweden d. Estonia e. Croatia 37. Which of these countries does the Danube not flow through or form the border of? a. Hungary b. Serbia and Montenegro c. Croatia d. Czech Republic e. Slovakia 38. A large, strategically located region caught between conflicting interests of great powers is the definition of a: a. Shatter belt b. Hinterland c. Periphery d. Buffer state 39. Which of these is not a Slavic ethnicity? a. Poles b. Croats c. Bulgarians d. Macedonians e. Albanians 40. Which of these Slavic peoples use the Cyrillic alphabet? a. Poles b. Slovenes c. Croats d. Serbs e. Slovaks 41. Muslims do not make up a significant portion of the population in which of these countries? a. Bosnia and Herzegovina b. Croatia c. Serbia and Montenegro d. Macedonia e. Bulgaria 42. Which of these is not a hallmark of communism? a. Doctrines of racial or ethnic superiority b. Abolition of independent trade unions c. One-party dictatorial governments d. Centrally planned national economies e. State ownership of agriculture 43. Which of these statements is true about economics in Eastern Europe? a. The Baltics have become the wealthiest nations in this region by utilizing their vast mineral resources b. The Czech economy has struggled recently as a result of increased state control over industry c. Russia and Hungary are Romania’s primary export destinations d. Most of Albania’s revenue comes from remittances from abroad e. The old Soviet-style heavy mining and manufacturing economies established in Eastern Europe have now largely been replaced with high-tech and service sectors 44. How did several Eastern European nations pay for new industrial plants and equipment in the 1980s? a. By producing quality goods efficiently for the first time and exporting them to Western countries b. By forming independent trade unions such as Solidarity that changed the communist-style economic policies of Eastern Europe c. By borrowing heavily from Western banks and governments d. By selling the goods Eastern Europe imported from the Soviet Union to Western nations for a profit 45. The most economically prosperous Eastern European country (measured by GDP-PPP) is: a. Estonia b. Slovenia c. Czech Republic d. Hungary e. Lithuania 46. The “Velvet Revolution” was: a. The amicable separation of Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 b. The dissolution of Yugoslavia into its successor states c. The establishment of the initial United Nations peacekeeping force in Bosnia d. The bloodless overthrow of the Communist government in Czechoslovakia e. The massive Eastern European movement towards democracy and free markets in the early 1990s 47. Prague is located in: a. Bavaria b. Sudetenland c. Moravia d. Upper Silesia e. Bohemia 48. Which of these capitals is not on the Danube? a. Sofia b. Vienna c. Belgrade d. Bratislava e. Budapest 49. Albanian emigrants have mostly gone to: a. Greece b. Germany c. Romania d. Turkey e. Italy 50. Which of these regions was a former Yugoslav “autonomous province”? a. Macedonia b. Serbia c. Montenegro d. Kosovo e. Herzegovina 51. The leader of the former Yugoslavia who ruled strongly enough to keep the disparate sections of that country unified was named: a. Enver Hoxha b. Vaclav Havel c. Lech Walesa d. Josip Tito e. Slobodan Milosevic 52. What was the cause of the war in Bosnia that started in 1992? a. Croats from neighboring Croatia invaded Bosnia to fight the native Serbian population of Bosnia in order to prevent the annexation of Bosnia by Serbia b. The government in Sarajevo refused to recognize Bosnia as an independent nation, and sent in troops to quell the drive for independence c. Minority groups such as Albanians and Kosovars agitated for more political freedom within Bosnia, and rose up against the governments of Sarajevo and Belgrade d. The implementation of the Dayton Accord split Bosnia into two countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the two sides fought with each other over control of territory e. Serbs residing in Bosnia rose up against Sarajevo in order to partition Bosnia along ethnic lines, and join their territory to a “greater Serbia” 53. The Dayton Accord: a. Split the territory of Bosnia into a mostly Serb Bosnia and a majority Croat and Bosniak Herzegovina b. Was the name of the treaty signed in 1998 that allowed Serbia to retain the territories of Kosovo and Montenegro in exchange for surrendering various war crimes suspects c. Paved the way for the withdrawal of United Nations troops in the former Yugoslavia and allowed the presence of NATO to fight the Serbs d. Created a second tier of government in Bosnia under the multiethnic national government: one for Bosnian Serbs and another for a federation of Croats and Bosniaks e. Allowed former Bosnian Croats to form their own country of Croatia, while the remainder of Bosnia would be partitioned between the Bosniaks and the Bosnian Serbs 54. Ethnic Albanians can largely be found in which two regions of the former Yugoslavia? a. Macedonia and Kosovo b. Vojvodina and Kosovo c. Kosovo and Montenegro d. Croatia and Macedonia e. Serbia and Montenegro 55. Which former Yugoslavian country is most likely to break up into smaller countries? a. Croatia b. Macedonia c. Kosovo d. Bosnia and Herzegovina e. Serbia and Montenegro 56. Which is not part of the “Mediterranean diet”? a. Citrus fruits b. Figs c. Eggplants d. Corn e. Grapes 57. Which of these was not a reason Southern European economies historically lagged behind those of northern and western Europe? a. Southern European countries had generally poor and unskilled workforces b. Maintaining colonial empires created by Southern European nations took up most of their available capital and left little for domestic development c. Wealthy landowners controlled most of the capital and had little interest in changing the agrarian system that made them rich d. Undemocratic and unstable governments did not want to industrialize e. Rugged topography made the construction of road and railways difficult and expensive 58. Vasco de Gama and Henry the Navigator explored the coasts of Asia and Africa under the flag of: a. Spain b. Italy c. Portugal d. Malta 59. Which country had a major civil war between 1936 and 1939? a. Poland b. Portugal c. Spain d. Yugoslavia e. Greece 60. The mainstay of the Greek economy is: a. Cork b. Tobacco c. Tourism d. Figs e. Natural gas 61. The dominant Italian city for fashion, finance, industry, and railway transportation is: a. Rome b. Naples c. Turin d. Milan 62. Malta was a _____ colony until 1964. a. Italian b. Spanish c. Dutch d. French e. British True-False Questions 63. All of the oil found in the North Sea is owned by Norway. FALSE 64. Iceland lies north of the Arctic Circle. FALSE 65 . Residents of Gibraltar wish to stay under British colonial rule rather than be ruled by Spain. TRUE