europe

At its narrowest point, how many miles separate Sp[ain from Morocco?

9

How many miles separate Spain from Morracco.

9 miles

What political party was most of the countries of Eastern Europe?

Communist.

What Peninsula holds Spain and Portugal?

Iberian Peninsula

What has recently been named the most expensive city in the world to live in?

Moscow.

What countries are considered the "Low Countries" or "Benelux" countries?

Netherlands (Holland), Belgium, and Luxembourg.

Europe is surrounded by water on what sides?

Northern, Southern and western side.

What does the Scandanavian Peninsula hold?

Norway and Sweden.

What are the other names used for the very small European countries?

Principalities or "postage stamp countries"

What (3) countries are found in both Europe and Asia?

Russia, Turkey, and Kazakstan (Boratt yeah)

What is the largest country in the world by area?

Russia.

What is the name of the largest country remaining of the Former Soviet Union (USSR)?

Russia.

Where is Andorra located.

Sandwiched inside the Pyranese Mountains.

What is a name for the Former USSR?

Soviet Union.

What two countries do the Pyranese mountains separate?

Spain and France.

What is the narrowest point between Europe and Africa called?

The Strait of Gibralter.

What are the 2 mountains that separate Asia and Europe?

The Ural Mountains and the Caucasus Mountains

What are the traditional dividing lines of Europe and Asia?

The Ural Mountains.

What is the traditional dividing line between Europe and Asia?

The Ural Mountains.

What is the world's smallest country?

The Vatican. (Located inside the City of Rome).

Where does the Volga begin and where does it flow into?

The Volga begins near the Urals and flows into the Caspian Sea.

What is the longest river in Europe?

The Volga.

What is Venice famous for?

Venice is famous for its canals. Recently scientists have raised warnings that it is sinking.

How is Europe generally divided?

Western & Eastern.

Is the Vatican a country?

Yes. The Vatican is the world's smallest country, completely enclosed inside the city of Rome.

What is the birth rate in The Vatican?

Zero.

What are some news in Europe?

security issues and threats of terrorism. Heavy muslim immigration into France. tension between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. More and more countries joing the European Union (EU). Separitists in the Basque region in Spain.

Cities of Europe

the cities of Europe are major tourist destinations.

What five countries do the Alps run through?

"Sigaf" - Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, and France.

Name the (5) countries that Yugoslavia broke apart into?

(1) Croatia, (2) Bosnia & Herzegovina, (3) Macedonia, (4) Serbia & Montenegro, and (5)Slovenia. (Montenegro very recently voted to separate from Serbia.)

Name (4) island countries that surround Europe?

(1) Great Britain; (2) Ireland; (3) Malta; and (4) Iceland.

What tiny country is sandwiched inside the Pyrenees Mountain?

Andorra.

Europe shares landmass with what?

Asia

What landmass does Europe share a boundary?

Asia

What did the Netherlands (Holland) do to reclaim land?

Built walls to push back the North Sea, reclaiming the land called polders. (This of the dams (dykes) built around Holland)

What (4) divisions make up the United Kingdom ("UK")?

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In addition to Russia, name 14 of the other former Soviet Union (USSR)Republics?

Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; Ukraine; Moldova; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Kazakhstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; and Kyrgyzstan.

The Straight of Gibraltar is the narrowest point between what 2 countries?

Europe and Africa.

What has been called "Peninsulas of Peninsulas"

Europe.

What are some famous sites in Moscow?

Famous sites include Red Square and St. Peter's Basilica.

What country is traditionally the farthest east of the countries of Western Europe?

Germany.

What does the Balkanalkan Peninsula contain?

Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, etc.

What is the Vatican?

Headquarters to the Roman Catholic Church. It is where the Pope lives.

What happened to the Soviet Union (or the Former USSR) in the early 1990s?

It was a communist country which split apart in the early 1990s.

Name (4) of Europe's tiny countries?

Liechenstein, Monaco, Andorra, and the Vatican City.

Why are the Alps called "The headwaters of Europe"?

Many of Europe's rivers begin there.

WHy do many peopke travel to London?

Many people travel to London for theater attractions and sites like the Big Ben and Buckingham Palace.

What sea forms Europes southern boundary?

Meditteranean Sea.

Where is the Aegean Sea located?

The Aegean Sea is located off the coast of Greece.

What Sea has thousands of islands and is a popular site for cruises?

The Aegean Sea.

What peninsula contains Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, etc . . .

The Balkan Peninsula

What sea is connected to the Aegean by the Bosporus and Dardanelles, 2 straits?

The Black Sea.

In addition to the Ural Mountains, what other mountain range separates Europe and Asia?

The Caucasus Mountains that are located by the Black Sea.

What also separates Europe and Asia?

The Caucasus Mountains.

The Danube River begins where?

The Danube River begins with the Alps and flows into the Black Sea.

How many different European countries does the Danube River touch or run through?

The Danube river runs through 9 different European countries, more than any other river.

What peninsula contains Spain & Portugal?

The Iberian Peninsula

What peninsula contains Italy?

The Italian Peninsula.

What peninsula contains Denmark?

The Jutland Peninsula

Where is the Mona Lisa?

The Louvre in Paris is a museum which contains the Mona Lisa and many other famous artworks.

What sea forms Europe's southern boundary?

The Mediterranean Sea.

What mountains separate Spain and France?

The Pyranse Mountains.

What peninsula contains Norway & Sweden?

The Scandanavian Peninsula.

What is the narrowest point between Europe and Africa?

The Straight of Gibraltar.

What happened to Czechoslovakia's boundries after communism ended?

The country of Czechoslavakia split into the (1) Czech Republic and (2) Slovakia.

What peninsula hangs into the northern part of the Black Sea and belongs to the Ukraine?

The peninsula called the Crimea.

What's another name for Europe?

The peninsula of peninsulas.

How many sides of Europe are surrounded by water?

Three sides: Northern, southern and western sides.

What 2 countries are found in both Asia and Europe?

Turkey and Kazakhistan.

How many islands make up the (4) divisions of the United Kingdom ("UK")?

Two. (1) England, Scotland and Wales share the island of Great Britain; and (2) Northern Ireland shares an island with the separate country of Ireland.