Benchmark Test - Set 3

Front 1

What inference (guess) can be made about Frances’s motivation (reason) to use nuclear power as their main source of energy (electricity)?

Back 1

Ans.: Nuclear energy creates less air pollution and serves more people than other forms of energy

Front 2

The dominant (strongest) landform of Europe is the peninsula, a body of land nearly surrounded by water. Europe itself is a large peninsula, and there are numerous smaller peninsulas with bays and harbors. What inference (guess) can be made about the effect this has on European economies?

Back 2

Ans: Europeans use the water to provide fish for food and an easy means of transportation

Front 3

What is the reason tor the reliance(rely upon) of hydroelectricity (electricity created by waterfalls) for most of the countries of Scandinavia (Northern Europe)?

Back 3

Ans: Numerous mountain chains and plentiful rivers make hydroelectricity inexpensive & easy to produce

Front 4

What are 2 ways that the Industrial Revolution affect the culture of Western Europe?

Back 4

Ans.: as factories’ needs for labor grew, more and more people moved to cities from rural areas; immigrants moved to Western Europe from other countries bringing their cultures with them

Front 5

In ancient Sumer, if a person wanted letter written on a list of trade items drawn up, he or she would hire a professional writer called a

Back 5

Ans.: scribe