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Europe for Confused Americans Multiple Choice

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1. Sweden and Denmark are socialist states.
True
False
2. Football (soccer) is the national sport of every European country.
True
False
3. Anti-semitism is much less prevalent in Europe than in the US, according to surveys.
True
False
4. An American citizen with Irish (Italian, Norwegian, etc.) ancestry is considered to be Irish (Italian, Norwegian, etc.) in the respective countries.
True
False
5. Bernie Sanders would be a centrist in Germany.
True
False
Source. He would be on the left, albeit not very radical.
6. In countries such as the Netherlands, Germany, and France, university is completely free of any payments.
True
False
You have to pay some kind of fee in many cases, although they are much lower on average than in America.
7. Approval for Donald Trump is significantly lower in Western Europe than in the US.
True
False
8. There is little to no racial discrimination in most Western European countries.
True
False
9. The word "race" is considered highly problematic in some European countries, on the ground that humans can't be separated into biological races.
True
False
10. It is polite to refer to black Europeans as "African Americans".
True
False
11. There are whole districts in Swedish and German cities which are ruled by Islamist groups.
True
False
12. The United Kingdom has not been European anymore since they executed Brexit.
True
False
13. "Liberal" doesn't mean "left-leaning" in Europe.
True
False
The word most often refers to economic liberalism and is more associated with the "right" side of the spectrum.
14. On average, police training takes longer in Norway, Iceland, Finland (and other European countries) than in the US, and there are fewer people killed by police per capita.
True
False
Source, which also says it's up to debate whether this is a case of causation.
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Level 84
Jun 11, 2020
Double check the answer to 10!
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Level 78
Jun 11, 2020
Thanks!
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Level 78
Jun 11, 2020
Europe seems to be more confusing than I thought.
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Level 85
Jun 11, 2020
Are there whole districts in Seattle which are ruled by rapper warlords? Or is that a hoax, too?
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Level 78
Jun 11, 2020
Huh?