The fjords that mark the coast of Norway are the result of _____.

earthquakes

glaciers

rising ocean levels

plate tectonics

glaciers

The best farming areas in the region are found in _____.

southern Sweden and Norway

Denmark and southern Sweden

Norway and Denmark

lowland regions of Finland

Denmark and southern Sweden

By the late 1800s, Britain’s chief rivals as industrial powers were _____.

Canada and the United States

France and Italy

the United States and Germany

Germany and Russia

the United States and Germany

In the 1980s, Welsh patriots fought and won the right to _____.

broadcast television programs in Welsh

have their own capital city

establish their own parliament

merge with Scotland

establish their own parliament

Ireland encountered economic difficulties when it adopted the euro, the currency of _____.

the United States

Northern Ireland

the European Union

the United Kingdom

the European Union

London became more important as a trading center when the focus of trade shifted from _____.

Europe to Asia

the Mediterranean to across the Atlantic

Eastern Europe to Western Europe