6th Grade Social Studies: Europe Post-Test

1. The Rhine River starts in the Alps and flows

  1. north, through Germany, to the North Sea.
  2. south, through Italy, to the Adriatic Sea.
  3. west, through France, to the English Channel.
  4. east, through Russia, to the Black Sea.

2. What has helped Italian merchants become successful traders?

a. the warm air from the SaharaDesert, which creates a warm, dry

summer for most of Italy.

b. the location on the Mediterranean Sea with access to Africa, Asia, and

Europe.

c. the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, which are not far from the coast of

WesternItaly

  1. The location of the Alps, which are a defense against other countries.

3. What causes the U.K. to have an unusually mild climate?

  1. the Gulf Stream
  2. the mountains in the southeast
  3. the Scottish highlands
  4. snowfall that is not very deep

4. Which area of Russia has the greatest population?

  1. Siberia
  2. Asian Russia
  3. St. Petersburg
  4. European Russia

5. What challenge do Europeans face in communicating with each other?

  1. Europe’s population is double the size of the United States.
  2. They use two different alphabets.
  3. Most of the people in Europe do not want to learn another language.
  4. People in the United States speak mostly English.

6. Which languages come from the language of the ancient Roman Empire?

  1. English, German, and Dutch
  2. Russian and Polish
  3. Russian and Celtic
  4. French, Italian, and Spanish

7. The Qur’an is the holy book of

  1. Christianity
  2. Judaism
  3. Islam
  4. Catholicism

8. Which is the oldest of the three main religions of Europe?

  1. Christianity
  2. Islam
  3. Roman Catholic
  4. Judaism

9. Which religion is growing at the fastest rate?

  1. Islam
  2. Christianity
  3. Judaism
  4. Buddhism

10. How are the three religions alike?

  1. They each use a sacred text known as the five books of Moses.
  2. They each worship only one god.
  3. They each worship several gods.
  4. Each of the three religions is getting smaller.

11. Many countries in Europe have a high literacy rate. Most people in

countries with high literacy rates

  1. have little opportunity to get an education.
  2. Always live in poverty.
  3. have a high standard of living.
  4. die young.

12. One reason that the European Union is called a confederation is that

member countries

  1. must have a constitution.
  2. are voluntary members.
  3. have strong central governments.
  4. must do what the majority of the members want to do.

13. A system of government in which power is held by one central authority

is called

  1. Federal
  2. Unitary
  3. Confederation
  4. Presidential

14. A system of government in which power is divided between central and

regional authorities is called

  1. Federal
  2. Unitary
  3. Confederation
  4. Presidential

15. In which types of government do citizens have no voting rights?

  1. an autocracy and a democracy
  2. an oligarchy and an autocracy
  3. an oligarchy and a democracy
  4. any of the three types of government

16. When comparing Parliamentary and Presidential governments, a

president is more like a

  1. patriarch
  2. prime minister
  3. monarch
  4. dictator

17. In what way are the prime minister and the president alike?

  1. They are in charge of the military and control the government.
  2. The lawmaking body appoints them.
  3. They make the laws for their countries.
  4. They can dissolve the lawmaking body.

18. Just as in Russia, France is a presidential system. Why is the president of France

morepowerful than the prime minister?

A. The president chooses who will be prime minister.

B. The prime minister has no real power in the government.

C. The citizens vote for the prime minister but not for the president.

D. The French monarch chooses the president.

19. In the U.K.,which representative body of Parliament has the most power?

A. House of Lords

B. Monarch

C. House of Commons

D. Prime Minister

20. In the U.K., to be prime minister, a person must first be elected to which

governing body?

A. House of Commons

B. Privy Council

C. House of Lords

D. Congress

21. The house within the German parliament that is the most powerful is

A. Congress

B. House of Lords

C. Bundestag

D. Bundesrat

22. How are members in the Bundestag selected?

A. half are selected by the president and half by the chancellor

B. half through election and half appointed

C. elected by the voters

D. elected by the Bundesrat

23. Which official is the Russian head of state?

A. Deputy of the State Duma

B. Federation Council Member

C. Prime Minister

D. President

24. With the approval of the State Duma, the Russian President selects

A. the Federal Council

B. the Prime Minister

C. the Deputy of the State Duma

D. the House of Lords

25. Which best describes the rights of the citizens in Germany, Russia,

and the United Kingdom?

A. They are nothing alike.

B. They only include the right to vote.

C. They do not consider human rights.

D. They are very similar in addressing human rights.

26. In the United Kingdom, who decides which goods will be produced and sold?

  1. Business owners
  2. The Monarch
  3. Parliament
  4. The Prime Minister

27. Which country owns most of the large and important industries within its borders?

  1. Russiac. United Kingdom
  2. Germanyd. None of these

28. Which European country has the LEAST free economy?

  1. Cuba
  2. Germany
  3. Russia
  4. United Kingdom

29. Which of these issues would make the United Kingdom a more desirable place to

start a business than Russia?

  1. Starting a new business does not take very long.
  2. Companies have freedom to decide what to produce
  3. Property rights are protected by strong laws and courts.
  4. All of the above

30. Which type of trade barrier involves a limit on goods brought into the country?

  1. Tariffc. quota
  2. Embargod. voluntary exchange

31. In order to help Russian farmers sell more food, some people want to put a tax on the

food imported from other countries. This is an example of a(n)

  1. tariff.
  2. quota.
  3. embargo.
  4. voluntary exchange.

32. What is a problem with exchanging currency?

  1. People make more money by trading currency.
  2. It costs more to do business because banks charge fees for exchanges.
  3. Banks do not like to exchange their money for other currencies.
  4. Most people want to use American dollars to trade.

33. A country that does not invest in human capital will have problems because

  1. workers who are not educated, skilled, and healthy are less productive.
  2. workers will learn on their own the skills they need.
  3. businesses will not pay the taxes to pay for good schools.
  4. there will be no money left to pay its workers

34. Which is an example of investing in physical capital by a company?

  1. training workers to do their jobs better
  2. keeping old delivery trucks
  3. constructing a new factory
  4. keeping old computers in order to save money

35. How does nature play a role in Germany’s acid rain problem?

  1. Air currents carry toxic smoke from other countries’ factories to Germany
  2. The poisonous emissions from cars cause acid rain.
  3. The rivers of southwestern Germany are used to make electricity for other countries.
  4. Germany has many buildings that are being destroyed by the chemicals in the acid rain.

36. Which was an effect of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl?

  1. Drinking water was unsafe for months
  2. People and animals did not get sick..
  3. Forests got healthier than they had been.
  4. All the nuclear power plants in the world were closed.

37. What type of government did Czar Nicholas II have in Russia?

  1. Oligarchyc. Autocracy
  2. Democracyd. Republic

38. Which was a cause of the Russian Revolution?

  1. The czar was executed.
  2. Soldiers did not know how to use their weapons.
  3. The Germans showed signs of surrender.
  4. There were food shortages in Russia.

39. Which part of the Treaty of Versailles was most damaging to the German economy?

  1. Germany had to pay the Allies large sums of money.
  2. The German emperor was to be put on trial.
  3. Germany lost its natural resources.
  4. Germans were not allowed to have a large army and navy.

40. Why did business come to halt after the stock market crash?

  1. Everyone was waiting for prices to come down.
  2. Businesses were moving their factories to Europe.
  3. People thought they could get a good deal on goods from Europe.
  4. People did not have money to spend, or they were afraid to spend what money they did have.

41. Who was the leader of the Nazi party in Germany?

  1. Adolf Hitlerc. Wilhelm II
  2. Vladimir Lenind. Woodrow Wilson

42. What is genocide?

  1. the division of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states
  2. the planned killing of a race of people
  3. forced labor or slavery
  4. not shown

43. What actions did the United Nations take as a result of the Holocaust?

  1. divided Palestine and Germany
  2. defeated Hitler and freed the Jews
  3. helped the Jews find jobs and shelter
  4. created a Jewish state and made genocide a crime

44. Which country was the leader of the Eastern Bloc?

  1. Germany
  2. Soviet Union
  3. United Kingdom
  4. United States

45. When was the Cold War?

  1. before World War I
  2. after World War II
  3. between World War I and World War II
  4. before the worldwide economic depression

46. Why did Prince Henry the Navigator want to send ships south to Africa?

  1. He hoped to learn more about marine life.
  2. He wanted to prove the world was not flat.
  3. He felt his father, the king, would be proud.
  4. He wanted a route around Africa to the Asian markets.

47. Which statement best describes how economics played a role in European

colonies in the nineteenth century?

  1. The desire for international tourism increased.
  2. Europe felt Asia’s growing population was a threat to expansion.
  3. Trade routes from Asia to Europe were less important that before.
  4. Europe wanted more sources of raw materials needed for manufacturing.

48. What war was a result of militarism and nationalism in the late nineteenth and early

twentieth centuries?

  1. Civil War
  2. World War I
  3. World War II
  4. Vietnam War

49. Which group of nations formed the Central Powers?

  1. Japan, Germany, Italy
  2. United States, France, Great Britain
  3. Ottoman Empire, Germany, United States
  4. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

50. During the scramble for Africa, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth

centuries, which two European powers controlled the most African land?

  1. Spain and Italy
  2. Germany and Portugal
  3. Great Britain and France
  4. Belgium and the Netherlands