history unit 5
What is the capital of Denmark?
Copenhagen
How much of the world's land area belongs to Russia?
1/10
When were Spain's main provinces United?
1469
how many czars have ruled Russia?
24
what is the capital of Scotland?
Edinburgh
what river served as part of the border between West and east Germany?
Elbe River
What are the countries of the United Kingdom?
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
what mountain range lies at the top of Italy?
Alps mountain range
What is the capital city of the Netherlands?
Amsterdam
What is the capital city of Andorra?
Andorra la Vella
what is eastern Europe's most valuable resource?
Arable land
What is the capital city of Greece?
Athens
what is the countries of eastern Europe?
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herezegovenia, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech, Hungrary, Romania, Slovakia, Poland
What are the largest countries in continental western Europe?
France and Germany
List the countries of western Europe
France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria, Luxemburg
What is the capital of Northern Ireland?
Belfast
What is the capital of Serbia?
Belgrade
What is the capital city of Germany?
Berlin
What is the capital city of Switzerland?
Bern
What is the capital of Slovakia?
Bratislava
What is the capital city of Belgium?
Brussels
What is the capital of Romania?
Bucharest
What is the capital of Hungrary?
Budapest
What is the capital of Wales?
Cardiff
What is the capital of Moldova?
Chisinau
what was the iron curtain?
The area under Soviet control
How is Italy shaped?
like a boot
What was the Cold War?
the state of tension without actual fighting between the US and the Soviet Union. This happened after World War II and it was the buildup of nuclear weapons.
What is the capital of Ukraine?
Kyiv
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Leader of the Soviet Union
What is the capital city of Portugal?
Lisbon
What is the capital of Slovenia?
Ljubljana
What is the capital of England?
London
What is the capital city of Luxembourg?
Luxembourg City
What is Spain's capital city?
Madrid
What type of climate is found in most of Western Europe
Marine Westcoast
What is the capital of Belarus?
Minsk
Which country is the leader in flower production?
Netherlands
Who was the last czar and what happened to him?
Nicholas II and he was executed with his family
What moderates the climates of northern Europe?
North Atlantic Drift
Which country has the best view of the aurora borealis?
Norway
what are the countries of Scandinavia?
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland
What is the capital of Norway?
Oslo
What is the capital city of France?
Paris
List the countries of southern Europe
Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Malta, Andorra, Vatican city
What is the capital of Sweden?
Stockholm
What is the capital of Estonia?
Tallinn
What is the most famous river in England?
Thames River
what secret agreement did Stalin make and with who?
That the Russians wouldn't mess with the Germans with Hitler
What events have affected western Europe during the 20th century?
World War I and two, the Cold War and the holocaust
What is the capital of Croatia?
Zagreb
What are the Alpine countries famous for producing?
dairy products
between what areas is eastern Europe, a buffer?
Russia to the east in Germany to the west in between Christian Europe, and Muslim West Asia to the southeast
What is the capital of Herzegovenia and Bosnia?
Sarajevo
What is the capital of North Macedonia?
Skopje
what is the capital of Bulgaria?
Sofia
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
He was a leader of the Bolsheviks in Russia
What is the capital of Finland?
Helsinki
what programs were instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev?
Perestroika and Glasnost
What is the capital of Montenegro?
Podgorica
What is the capital of Czechia?
Prague
What is the capital of Kosovo?
Pristina
What is the capital of Iceland?
Reykjavik
What is the capital of Latvia?
Riga
what is the Predominant religion of southern Europe?
Roman Catholic
What is the capital city of Italy?
Rome
What is the capital of Albania?
Tiranë
Which country is a bread basket?
Ukraine
What regions make up northern Europe?
United Kingdom in Ireland, which is independent
What is the capital city of Vatican city?
Vatican City
What is the capital city of Austria?
Vienna
What is the capital of Lithuania?
Vilnius
Who has been president of Russia since 1999?
Vladimir Putin
What is the longest river in Europe?
Volga River
What is the capital of Poland?
Warsaw
Ukraine is a leader and what type of production?
Wheat and barley
