Geography #1 (Basic Europe)
Scandinavian Mountains
(Europe: Norway, Sweden) Mountains of the Scandinavian Peninsula; geologically part of the same system as the Appalachians; coastal areas are heavily fjorded
Aegean Sea
A body of water by Mediterranean Sea that touches the borders of Greece & Asia Minor. It also has many islands in it, including Crete.
North European Plain
A large, fertile area that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains
Carpathian Mountains
A mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania.
Apennine Mountains
A mountain range on the Italian peninsula
Rhineland
A region in Germany designated a demilitarized zone by the Treaty of Versailles; Hitler violated the treaty and sent German troops there in 1936
Scandinavia
A region of islands and peninsulas in far Northern Europe...typically containing Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland
Rubicon River
A river in Italy. On the night of January 10, 49 BC, Caesar took his army across it. He marched his army swiftly toward Rome, and Pompey fled.
Rhine River
A river in Western Europe that flows from eastern Switzerland into the North Sea.
Exclaves
A segment of land that is apart from the mainland of its country (Kaliningrad for example)
Enclaves
Any small and relatively homogenous group or region surrounded by another larger and different group, territory or region
Ionian Sea
Body of water to the west of mainland Greece and around the southern portion of Italy
Balkans
Botev Peak of Bulgaria is in this mountain range
Nuuk
Capital of Greenland
Elbe River
Eisenhower held Allied troops at this location, allowing the Soviets to reach Berlin first at the close of WW2...River in central Europe, flows from Czech Republic to the North Sea
Mt. Etna
Europe's highest active volcano...located on Sicily
Dnieper River
Flows from Russia through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Kiev is a port city here.
Ruhr Valley
Germany's chief industrial and mining center; French soldiers occupied the area when Germany stopped paying reparations after World War I
Tagus River
Iberian Peninsula's longest river...though Portugal and Spain
Polder
Land created by the Dutch by draining water from an area.
Black Sea
Large body of water separating Ukraine from Turkey...the Crimean Peninsula is on this sea
Baltic States
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, three countries that border the Baltic Sea are collectively called the...
Carpathians
Moldolveanu Peak of Romania is in this mountain range
France and Italy
Mont Blanc lies in the Alps on the border between what two countries?
Monaco
Monte Carlo is found in...
Pyrenees
Monte Perdido of Spain is in this mountain range
Caucasus
Mount Elbrus of Russia is in this mountain range
Dinaric Alps
Mountain range located along the Adriatic Sea from Slovenia to Albania...on the western side of the Balkan Peninsula
North Macedonia
New name of Macedonia
Kola Peninsula
North of Karelia and the White Sea in Russia
Greenland
Nuuk (Nuke) is the capital of this, the largest island in the world
The Scottish Highlands
Once were mountains until erosion wore them down...now are rolling green hills of Scotland
Bay of Biscay
Part of Atlantic, bordered west coast of France, north coast of Spain
Iberian Peninsula
Peninsula in southwestern Europe occupied by Spain and Portugal
Montenegro
Podgorica is the capital of...
Ebro River
River in Spain that acted as a border for Carthage after Hasdrubal's deal with Rome
Po River
River in northern Italy that flows to the Adriatic Sea.
Tiber River
River that runs through Rome
Neva River
River where ships could sail down into the Baltic Sea, around St. Petersburg, Russia.
White Sea
Sea above Russia, south of the Kola Peninsula
Adriatic Sea
Sea on the eastern side of Italy...west of Croatia and Bosnia
Volga River
The longest river in Europe and Russia's most important commercial river...empties into the Caspian Sea
Reykjavik
The northern most world capital city.... in Iceland
Oder River
The river that makes the border between Poland and Germany...empties into the Baltic Sea
Danube River
The second-longest river of Europe. It flows from southern Germany east into the Black Sea.
Gotthard Base Tunnel
This is the world's longest rail tunnel and is located in Switzerland going 35 miles under the Alps
Ural Mountains
This north-south range separates Siberia from the rest of Russia. It is commonly considered the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia.
Mount Vesuvius
Volcano that erupted in 79 AD that killed many people and buried the city of Pompeii...south of Naples, Italy
Loire River
What is the longest river in France?
Black Forest
What is the name of the famous forest in southern Germany?
Vatican City
What is the smallest country in the world?
Lapland
What name is given to the region north of the Arctic Circle containing portions of Sweden, Norway and Russia?
Albania
Which European country uses this flag?
Denmark
Which European country uses this flag?
Seine River
a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
Vistula River
a river in Poland that flows 678 miles from the Carpathian Mountains to the Baltic Sea through Warsaw
Baltic Sea
a sea in northern Europe...see map
North Sea
an arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles (English Channel) and Scandinavia (Norwegian Sea)
Bosporus Strait
connect the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea, which leads to the Mediterranean...Constantinople was built here...Istanbul is here
Kaliningrad
exclave of Russia bordered by Poland and Lithuania
Rhone River
flows through Switzerland and France to the Mediterranean Sea.
River Thames
flows through the center of England and through London
Spree River
river that flows through Berlin
Neman River
river that rises in Belarus, flows west through Lithuania (along Lithuania's southern border with Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad), and flows into the Curonian Lagoon; Alexander I and Napoleon signed the Treaty of Tilsit on a raft in the Neman
Balkan Mountains
the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan PeninsulaT
Jutland Peninsula
the peninsula on which Denmark is located
Massif Central
the uplands (elevated area) of France, which account for about one-sixth of French lands