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Discuss the characteristics and location of Europe's three major climates.

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Yugoslavia and its former republics have been a major area of tension and warfare in the 1990s. First discuss the historical, ethnic, linguistic, and religious background of Yugoslavia, and then examine the conflicts of the 1990s, including the reasons for their occurrence and what has been done to settle them.

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The number of speakers of Romance and Germanic languages in Europe is roughly equal. About how many speakers does each group have in Europe?


A) 10 million
B) 20 million
C) 100 million
D) 200 million
E) 1 billion

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As their first language, 90% of Europe's population speak languages from what three groups?


A) Romance, Slavic, Hellenic
B) Germanic, Hellenic, Basque
C) Romance, Magyar, Celtic
D) Romance, Hellenic, Celtic
E) Germanic, Romance, Slavic

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Today, Europe has just under ________ million Protestants


A) 20
B) 50
C) 100
D) 150
E) 250

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Which of the following European countries was a member of the now-defunct Warsaw Pact alliance?


A) Italy
B) Denmark
C) Spain
D) France
E) Poland

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What progress has Europe made toward meeting the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol?


A) It has made no progress at all.
B) It has made relatively little progress.
C) It is half-way towards meeting its goals.
D) It has met its goal.
E) It has exceeded its goal.

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Which European Romance language contains many Slavic words?


A) Romanian
B) French
C) Spanish
D) Italian
E) Portuguese

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What country emits the most pollutants each year?


A) France
B) Italy
C) United Kingdom
D) Poland
E) Germany

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What three historical eras are represented in European city landscapes?


A) Renaissance-Baroque, industrial, post-modern
B) medieval, Renaissance-Baroque, art deco
C) medieval, Renaissance-Baroque, industrial
D) pre-modern, medieval, modern
E) colonial, industrial, post-modern

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Describe the location and typical characteristics of the four major landform regions of Europe.

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What is a main reason new migrant groups to Europe challenge the traditional process of assimilation into host cultures?


A) They are subjected to a European version of apartheid.
B) Racism is so rampant new immigrants refuse to assimilate.
C) New digital technologies increase their ability to maintain strong ties to their homeland.
D) There is just no need to assimilate anymore.
E) They move from country to country so often there is no time to assimilate.

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Which of the Balkan states has the highest percentage of Muslim population?


A) Albania
B) Kosovo
C) Bosnia and Herzegovina
D) Croatia
E) Macedonia

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What are the current impacts of climate change in Europe?


A) Sea ice is dwindling.
B) There is sparse snow cover in arctic Scandinavia.
C) There are frequent droughts in the water-starved Mediterranean region.
D) A and B above
E) A, B, and C above

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Immigrant refugees seeking political amnesty mainly come from all of these countries EXCEPT


A) Syria.
B) Afghanistan.
C) Iraq.
D) Israel.
E) Eritrea.

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When did the Industrial Revolution emerge?


A) from 1258-1492
B) from 1540-1680
C) from 1730-1850
D) from 1870-1920
E) from 1940-1970

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What major step did Europe take to help meet its obligation to the Kyoto Protocol?


A) It moved its polluting factories to Asia.
B) It replaced natural gas consumption with clean-burning coal.
C) It began to financially penalize polluting countries.
D) It undertook the construction of hundreds of new nuclear reactors.
E) It started a carbon-trading scheme.

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Explain how European counties are working to preserve their cultural landscapes.

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How many countries make up the European Union (EU) ?


A) 5
B) 10
C) 18
D) 27
E) 35

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Germany's population includes a large number of guest workers (and their descendants) from which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa?


A) Iran
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Yemen
D) Turkey
E) United Arab Emirates

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