Unit 7 Quiz 1: Physical Geography
Match the country to the letter that represents it on the map. A B C D E F G H
- - Poland Slovakia Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Russia Ukraine Latvia Bulgaria
The Balkan countries are bordered by these seas.
Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea Black Sea Ionian Sea
The ____ Sea borders Poland, Lithuania, and Russia.
Baltic
Which countries does the North European Plain run through?
Belarus Poland
The Baltic nations are _____.
Estonia Latvia Lithuania
These factors make the Danube River important to Eastern Europe.
It connects Central and Eastern Europe. It is an important trade route. It is used for transportation.
____ , an energy resource also used as mulch, is found in many of the countries of Eastern Europe.
Peat
____ the largest country in the world, is divided by the ____ Mountains. It lies on a landmass that is comprised of two continents, called ____. Most of the population of this country lives in ____ to the ____ of the mountains.
Russia Ural Eurasia Europe west
Why are some bodies of water in Russia unnavigable for part of the year?
They are frozen.
The two most abundant resources of Eastern Central Europe are _____.
coal forests
The climate of Eastern Central Europe is mainly _____.
continental
What words best describe the Baltic landscape?
flat lowland marshland
What word best describes the Balkan terrain?
mountainous
This physical feature has separated ethnic groups in the Balkans.
mountains