Geography Chapter 11

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Cantons

What are Swiss self-governing districts?

Dikes

What are strong walls built by the Dutch to hold back seawater?

the country's welfare program

What caused the high taxes in Denmark?

Spain, Andorra, and Portugal

What countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?

Switzerland

What country is known to be "neutral"?

Pyrenees Mountains

What forms the border between Spain and France?

Loire

What is France's longest river?

River Thames

What is a geographic feature of England?

Seine River

What is a geographic feature of France?

Keil Canal

What is a geographic feature of Germany?

loughs

What is a geographic feature of Northern Ireland?

lochs

What is a geographic feature of Scotland?

polders

What is a geographic feature of The Netherlands?

Iceland

What is known as the "Land of Fire and Ice"?

Strait of Gibraltar

What is the 8 mile wide passage between Spain and Africa?

Venice

What is the Italian city of more than 100 islands in the Adriatic Sea?

Brussels

What is the capital of Belgium?

Copenhagen

What is the capital of Denmark?

Helsinki

What is the capital of Finland?

Berlin

What is the capital of Germany?

Dublin

What is the capital of Ireland?

Lisbon

What is the capital of Portugal?

Edinburgh

What is the capital of Scotland?

Madrid

What is the capital of Spain?

Bern

What is the capital of Switzerland?

Amsterdam

What is the capital of the Netherlands?

Great Britain

What is the largest island in Europe?

Massif Central

What is the mountainous plateau in south-central France with poor soils?

Roman Catholic

What is the prominent religion of southern and western European countries?

Milan

What is the second largest Italian city that is the Po River Valley banking center?

Liechtenstein

What is the tiny area between Switzerland and Austria known for industrialization and high living standards?

the Giant's Causeway

What was formed by cooled lava between Ireland and Scotland?

Arctic Circle

Where does the sun never set for two months in the summer and parts of Scandinavia lie above it?


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