Grade 5 Old World History and Geography Chapter 14 Checkup
Enlightenment
A French movement that rebelled against authority and promoted humanism
divide
A stretch of high land that separates river basins
Italy
Apennine Peninsula
Greece
Balkan Peninsula
Germany
Bavarian Alps, Black Forest
Switzerland
Chocolate, cheese, watches, music boxes (IDENTITY THE COUNTRY)
Kaiser Wilhelm II; Central Power; Allies
During World War I, who led Germany? What Alliance did German belong to?
Adolf Hitler; Axis; Allies
During World War II, who led Germany? What alliance did Germany belong to? hat were the countries fighting again Germany called?
Switzerland
Europe most mountainous country
Alps
Europe's largest mountain range
Rhine River
Europe's most important inland waterway
Switzerland
Europe's oldest republics
Beethoven
Famous for composing music after he was deaf
William the Silent
Father of Dutch Liberties
J. S. Bach
Father of Modern Music
Huguenots
Followers of John Calvin
Spain and Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
Mussolini
Italian fascist dictator during World War II (WHO AM I)
Marco Polo
Italian trader who was the first European to travel across Asia
Galileo
Italian who was one of the founders of modern science (WHO AM I)
Denmark
Jutland Peninsula
Iceland
L (IDENTITY THE COUNTRY)and of fire and ice
Norway
Land of the Midnight Sun (IDENTITY THE COUNTRY)
Adolf Hitler
Leader of the Nazis (WHO AM I)
John Calvin
Leader of the Protestant Reformation
Iberian - Spain, Portugal Jutland - Denmark Apennine - Italy Scandinavian - Norway, Sweden Balkan - Greece
Name 5 peninsulas of Europe and list the countries found on each.
Rembrandt and Vermeer
Name two famous Dutch painters
National Socialist Party
Party headed by Hitler; Nazis
Norway and Sweden
Scandinavian Peninsula
Cervantes
Spain's most famous writer (WHO AM I)
Romance, Germanic, Slavic
What are Europe's three main language groups?
English and French
What are the two international languages?
Pilgrims
What group of people from England lived for a time in the Netherlands before coming to the New World?
Mt. Etna; Mt. Vesuvius
What is Europe's highest active volcano? What is Mainland Europe's only active volcano?
Vatican City, Roman Catholic Church
What is the name of the independent state located within the city of Rome? What church is headquartered here?
Greenland (Denmark)
What is the world's largest island? What Scandinavian country owns it?
Latin
What language which is no longer spoken formed the basis for the Roman languages?
Sicily and Sardinia
What two large islands are located off the coast of Italy?
Berlin
Which European city was divided after World War II?
Norway
Which country extends farther north than any other Western European country?
The Netherlands
Windmills, tulips, the Hague (IDENTITY THE COUNTRY)
Matadors
bullfighter
Cortes
conquered Mexico for Spain
Jacques Cartier
discovered the St. Lawrence River
Louis Pasteur
disproved the importance of protecting the body against germs
Michelangelo
famous for painted the ceiling of the SISTINE CHAPEL and for sculpting DAVID and MOSES (WHO AM I)
Leonardo da Vinci
famous for painting the MONA LISA and THE LAST SUPPER (WHO AM I)
Magellan
first man to sail around the world
Pillars of Hercules
formed by the Rock of Gibraltar and a similar mountain in northern Africa
Jean Henri Dunant
founded the International Red Cross (WHO AM I)
Italy
gondolas, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Renaissance (IDENTITY THE COUNTRY)
Mt. Elbrus
highest peak in Europe
Mt. Blanc
highest peak in the Alps
Madame Curie
known for discovering radium (WHO AM I)
Sweden
largest Scandinavian country
William Tell
legendary hero of Swiss independence (WHO AM I)
spain
matadors, the Meseta, oranges, olives (IDENTITY THE COUNTRY)
Handel
musician who composed the Messiah
Albert Einstein
perhaps the greatest scientific genius of the twentieth century (WHO AM I)
permafrost
permanently frozen ground in the tundra
Renaissance
rebirth
Napoleon Bonaparte
ruthless French dictator who tried to conquer the world (WHO AM I)
France
the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre (IDENTITY THE COUNTRY)
Vasco da Gama
the first European to sail to India by sea sailing around Africa. (WHO AM I)
Tidelands
the huge swamp south of Seville, Spain
Matterhorn
the mountain peak expert climbers like to challenge
Verdi and Puccini
two famous Italian composers
Latin America
what do we call the part of the New World where Spanish and Portuguese are spoken?
Greek
what language is not part of the three main language group?
Vikings
who were the fierce warriors living in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages?
klompen
wooden shoes worn by Dutch farmers
Charles de Gaulle
world War II hero who later became president of France's Fifth Republic (WHO AM I)w
Landlocked
a country that has no seacoast
dike
a dam-like barrier made of earth and stone
Fascist
a form of government that allows private property but takes away people' freedoms
Fjord
a long, narrow inlet of the sea with high rocky banks
Tundra
a marshy plain
neutral
a nation that has a policy against fighting in wars
socialist
a person who believes in government ownership of businesses and industries
timberline
a point on a mountain or in a polar region beyond which trees cannot grow
cork
a special kind of oak; its bark is harvested about every 10 years
igloo
a temporary shelter made of ice blocks
Joan of Arc
a young French peasant who helped win a great victory (WHO AM I)
