Daily Geography of Europe
The Ural Mountains in Russia are considered to be part of the boundary between Asia and Europe. What line of east longitude runs through these mountains?
60° East Longitude
What do Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan all have in common?
All boarder by Russia
What is the name of the country located in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain?
Andorra
What is the specific name of the natural boundary between Spain and France? ______________________________
Andorra
What is the capital of the Scandinavian nation whose eastern border is Russia?
Bangkok
What is the capital of Germany?
Berlin
Which country claims Greenland?
Denmark
Which nation is farther north, Egypt or Greece?
Greece
Why is Greenwich, England, so important to a geographer?
It represents The Prime Meridian
What is the capital of the westernmost country on the Scandinavian Peninsula?
Oslo
What is the capital of the country north of Spain that has coastlines on both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean?
Paris, France
What river runs west to east across the northern part of Italy?
Po River
What European city is near the intersection of 60 degrees N latitude and 30 degrees E longitude?
Saint Petersburg, Russia
What is the small country in northeastern Italy near the Adriatic Sea?
San Marino
What two oceans touch Russia?
Sea of Okhotsk and Kara Sea
Sofia is the capital of what European nation?
Sofia is the Capitol of Bulgaria
Does the Tagus River have its source or mouth in Spain?
Source
Find the Volga River in Russia. What direction does the river flow?
Southeast
Does northeastern or southeastern France have higher elevations?
Southeastern
What is the only country on the Iberian Peninsula that borders the Mediterranean Sea?
Spain
What are the capitals of the 2 large countries that occupy the Iberian Peninsula in Europe?
Spain, Madrid and Portugal, Libson
What is the capital of the Scandinavian country located between Norway and Finland?
Stockholm, Sweden
What sea separates the continents of Europe and Africa?
The Mediterranean Sea
The line of longitude which passes through Greenwich, England is called what?
The Prime Meridian
What is the capital of the country through which the 40 degrees N line of latitude and 20 degrees E line of longitude pass?
Tiranë
What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
Port of Spain
What large river in Eastern Europe passes through Vienna, Austria, and Budapest, Hungary?
The Danube River
Paris, France, is southeast of the intersection of _____ degrees (s) longitude and _____ degree (s) N latitude.
0° Longitude, 50° Latitude
Which continent is smaller in area than Europe?
Australia
Which capital city is farther east, Bern, (Switzerland) or Paris (France)?
Bern, Switzerland
Budapest is to Hungary as __________ is to Belgium
Brussels
What is the name of the capital of Belgium?
Brussels
Prague is to Czechoslovakia as ________ is to Ireland
Dublin
The capital of Poland is Warsaw. Is this city east or west of the 20 degrees E line of longitude?
East
Where is the Sea of Okhotsk located?
East of Russia
What term do geographers use when they refer to the land masses of Europe and Asia as one?
Eurasian
What is the capital of Luxembourg, a European country smaller in land area than Rhode Island?
Luxembourg
What is the capital of the island nation southeast of Greenland?
Reykjavik
What is the capital of the country that is located on a long boot-shaped peninsula that juts into the Mediterranean Sea?
Rome
What is the capital of the country on the Adriatic Sea that has France, Switzerland, and Austria on its northern border?
Rome, Italy
Which country has the largest land area in Europe and in Asia?
Russia
What bay borders both France and Spain?
The Bay of Biscay
What land form separates Europe from Asia?
Ural Mountains
Which will have dawn first, western or eastern Europe?
Western
