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Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

The Central European Plains extends from ________ in the West to ________ in the East.

  1. Atlantic ocean, Ural mountains

  2. Pacific ocean, Andes mountains

  3. Pacific ocean, Ural mountains

  4. Arctic ocean, Ural mountans
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Central European Plains extends from Atlantic ocean in the West to Ural mountains in the East, these plains are lush green with scattered low hills and the valleys of River Don, Dnieper, Volga, Ural, and Po.

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

The highlands of Bohemia, the Meseta of Spain and the Central Massif of France are _________ of Europe.

  1. plains

  2. plateaus

  3. mountains

  4. river valleys
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B Correct answer
Explanation
The highlands of Bohemia, the Meseta of Spain and the Central Massif of France are plateaus of Europe
Spain,
Spain is the second most mountainous country in Europe, but it isn’t only its mountains that impress.  About 40% of Spain’s land mass is made up of a high central plateau (Meseta) ranging from 400 to 1000 metres in height. 
Covering Castilla-León, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, and chunks of Aragón and La Rioja, the Meseta is bordered on the north by the Cordillera Cantábrica, split near the middle into northern and southern halves by the Sierra de Guadarrama and the Sierra de Gredos, and rimmed to the south by the Sierra Morena.  

France,
Massif Central, upland area in south-central France. Bordered by the lowlands of Aquitaine on the west, the Paris Basin and the Loire River valley on the north, the Rhône-Saône river valley on the east, and the Mediterranean coastlands of Languedoc on the south, it is conventionally demarcated by the 1,000 feet- (300 m-) above-sea-level contour. Occupying about one-sixth of France (33,000 square miles [86,000 square km]), the massif, for the most part, consists of plateaus lying between 2,000 and 3,000 feet (600 and 900 m). The highest peaks are Sancy Hill (Puy de Sancy; 6,184 feet [1,885 m]) and the Plomb du Cantal (6,096 feet [1,858 m]).

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

The river valleys of Don, Dnieper, Volga, Ural and Po are in which part of Europe?

  1. The North-West highlands

  2. The Central European plains

  3. The Southern plateaus and Highlands

  4. None of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Central European pains,

Dnieper River, Ukrainian Dnipro, Russian Dnepr, Belarusian Dnyapro, ancient (Greek) Borysthenes, river of Europe, the fourth longest after the Volga, Danube, and Ural. It is 1,367 miles (2,200 km) in length and drains an area of about 195,000 square miles (505,000 square km).
The Dnieper rises at an elevation of about 720 feet (220 metres) in a small peat bog on the southern slope of the Valdai Hills of Russia, about 150 miles (240 km) west of Moscow, and flows in a generally southerly direction through western Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine to the Black Sea. For the first 300 miles (480 km) it passes through the Smolensk oblast (region) of Russia, first to the south and then to the west; near Orsha it turns south once more and for the next 370 miles (600 km) flows through Belarus. Finally, it flows through Ukrainian territory: south to Kiev, southeast from Kiev to Dnipropetrovsk, and then south-southwest to the Black Sea.

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

The North-West highlands includes the plateaus and mountain system of _________ and _________.

  1. Denmark, Norway

  2. Norway , Sweden

  3. Finland, Sweden

  4. Denmark, Sweden
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The North-West highlands include the plateaus and mountain systems of Norway and Sweden extending up to Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

The Central Massif of France is a ____________.

  1. mountain peak

  2. delta

  3. forest area

  4. plateau
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Plateau,

Massif Central, upland area in south-central France. Bordered by the lowlands of Aquitaine on the west, the Paris Basin and the Loire River valley on the north, the Rhône-Saône river valley on the east, and the Mediterranean coastlands of Languedoc on the south, it is conventionally demarcated by the 1,000 feet- (300 m-) above-sea-level contour. Occupying about one-sixth of France (33,000 square miles [86,000 square km]), the massif, for the most part, consists of plateaus lying between 2,000 and 3,000 feet (600 and 900 m). The highest peaks are Sancy Hill (Puy de Sancy; 6,184 feet [1,885 m]) and the Plomb du Cantal (6,096 feet [1,858 m]).

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

The North -Western highlands are made up of ______________.

  1. Old sedimentary rocks

  2. Old crystalline rocks

  3. Old igneous rocks

  4. volcanic rocks
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Crystalline rock, any rock composed entirely of crystallized minerals without glassy matter. Intrusive igneous rocks—those that congeal at depth—are virtually always crystalline, whereas extrusive igneous rocks, or volcanic rocks, may be partly to entirely glassy. Many factors influence the ability of a magma to crystallize, but the length of time during which cooling occurs is the controlling factor. Metamorphic rocks are almost always crystalline; the term crystalline schists has been applied to indicate all rocks of metamorphic origin, and thus the term crystalline rocks may be taken to mean an igneous origin. Sedimentary rocks can also be crystalline, such as the crystalline limestones precipitated directly from solution; the term is not generally applied to the clastic sediments, even though they are formed largely from the accumulation of crystalline materials.

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

What is the highest peak of the Alps?

  1. Matterhorn

  2. Piz Bernina

  3. Finsteraarhorn

  4. Mont Blanc
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Mont Blanc,
Mont Blanc spans the French–Italian border, and at 4,810 m (15,781 ft) is the highest mountain in the Alps. The Alpine region area contains about a hundred peaks higher than 4,000 metres (13,000 ft).

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

What is the height of Mont Blanc?

  1. 4800 meters

  2. 4807 meters

  3. 4950 meters

  4. 4988 meters
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B Correct answer
Explanation
Mont Blanc,
Mont Blanc spans the French–Italian border, and at 4,810 m (15,781 ft) is the highest mountain in the Alps. The Alpine region area contains about a hundred peaks higher than 4,000 metres (13,000 ft).
Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

The Pyrenees form a natural boundary between ____________.

  1. Denmark and Sweden

  2. Germany and France

  3. Germany and Poland

  4. France and Spain
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D Correct answer
Explanation

France and Spain,

The Pyrenees Mountains form the natural border between France and Spain, and it completely engulfs the nation of Andorra.
The mountains extend for about 270 miles from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea. The highest point is Pico de Aneto at 11,168 ft. (3,404m)
Additional mountain ranges found on the Iberian Peninsula include the Cantabrian, Sierra De Gata and Sierra Guadarrama in the north and central, and the Sierra Morena and Sierra Nevada in the south of Spain.

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

Which is the longest river of Europe ?

  1. Danube

  2. Volga

  3. Rhine

  4. Seine
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B Correct answer
Explanation

  • The Danube is Europe's second-longest river, after the Volga. It is located in Central and Eastern Europe
  • The Volga River is considered as the longest European river, flowing for a distance of 2,294 miles. It travels the length of Russia in a southerly direction and empties into the Caspian Sea.
  • The Rhine is one of the major European rivers, which has its sources in Switzerland and flows in a mostly northerly direction through Germany and the Netherlands, emptying into the North Sea
  • The Seine is a 777-kilometer-long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France.