Europe Unit Test Review

The region from the equator north to 23°N and south to 23°S. It is always summer, always hot. Many plants such as spices, silk, gold and sugarcane grow in this region, can't grow in Europe.

• Arctic Circle

• Tropics

• Antarctic Circle

• North Pole

Starting around 1450, Europeans built large boats and tried to sail east to India to buy spices. In 1492, Christopher Columbus had a different idea: to sail _______ to reach Indian spices

• northeast

• south

• west

• southeast

_____________ _____________ of Spain sponsored Christopher Columbus, and he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1492

• Queen Isabella

• Queen Elizabeth II

• King George

• Queen Victoria

We use the term _________ _________ to describe Europe: Portugal, Spain, France, and Britain. _________ _________ describes the lands across the Atlantic Ocean that Europeans explored.

• Exploration, Empire

• Old World, New World

• North America, South America

• Flat World, Circle World

Europeans destroyed the religion, language, and communities of Native People and replaced Native culture with European culture is called

• Language and Religion

• Monotheism and Polytheism

• Exploration and Trading

• Cultural Conquest

Europeans followed the ______________ religion; they claimed lands in the New World for this religion.

• Islam

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Hinduism

The term used to describe the Old World countries of Europe.

• colony

• new world

• homeland

• territories

What country is highlighted? 

• France
• Ireland
• Scotland
• The United Kingdom

What country is highlighted? 

• Ukraine
• Bulgaria
• Russia
• Greece

A 31 mile "waterway" that connects Britain to France and mainland Europe. What body of water does it cross?

• English Channel

• Mediterranean Sea

• Bay of Biscay

• North Sea