Geography

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Barcelona

An important port in northeast spain is?

False

Andorra is located in the Alps (T or F)

True

Austria has closer cultural and economic ties with eastern Europe than it does with Western Europe (T or F)

True

Bonn was the capital of West Germany when Germany was divided (T or F)

Route of invaders from Germany into austria

Brenner pass is the...?

Spain

Castillian is the official language of what location?

Roman catholic

Countries in southern and western europe are predominantly...?

Jutland peninsula

Denmark has territory on the...?

Eurasia

Europe is a peninsula on the _________ landmass

False

France has the largest population in europe (T or F)

False

Greece occupies the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula (T or F)

Balken

Greece occupies the southern tip of the _________ peninsula

False

Greenland is a land filled with active volcanoes (T or F)

False

Greenland is no longer a province of denmark (T or F)

True

High taxes in denmark are caused by the countrys welfare program (T or F)

True

Holland is a region in the netherlands (T or F)

True

Long, narrow bays carved by glaciers and filled with sea water are called fjords (T or F)

False

Luxembourg is a part of germany (T or F)

Mount vesuvias

Mainland europe's only active volcano is _________

Marine west coast climate

Most of continental europe has...?

Corsica

Napoleon was the most famous resident of the island of _________

False

Neuschwanstein castle one of the most famous castles in germany was built during the middle ages (T or F)

False

Northern Ireland is a country entirely independent from the united kingdom (T or F)

Vienna

Outstanding musicians and baroque architecture made the city of _________ famous

Artic circle

Parts of scadinavia lie above the _________, where the sun never sets for two months in the summer

True

People in the catalonian region of spain desire independence (T or F)

False

Sicily belongs to france (T or F)

Iberian

Spain, andorra, and portugla are located on the _________ peninsula

False

Standard time is based in Liverpool, England (T or F)

False

Sweden has been called the "life of ten thousand lakes" (T or F)

False

Sweden has one of the lowest life expextancies in europe (T or F)

Northland

Swedens _________ is considered the last frontier of europe

False

The Matterhorn is the highest mountain in Switzerland (T or F)

False

The Tagus is the "tableland" at the heart of Spain (T or F)

Ardennes

The _________ hills cover southern belgium, luxembourg, and part of france.

Pelopomesus

The _________ is a large, hand shaped peninsula in souther greece

European union

The _________ is an organization of economic cooperation formed in 1992 by the maastricht treaty

Althing

The _________ is the oldest parliamentary assembly still in existence in the world

Irish republican army

The _________ is the terrorist group that campaigned to reunite ulster and ireland

Pyrenees

The _________ mountains from the border between spain and france

Rhine river

The _________ river is the busiest river on the european continent

Common wealth of nations

The _________ was formed out of the former members of the british empire

Swiss Plateau

The _________, or mittelland lies between the jura mountains and the swiss alps

Normandy

The allied invasion of france during world war II took place in the _________ region

False

The alps divide france and spain (T or F)

Blackforest

The best known feature in the germany southwest is the _________

Garonne

The canal du midi, which links to the atlantic and the mediterranean is connected to what french river?

Venice

The city of _________ was built on one hundred islands in the adriatic sea

Dikes

The dutch have built _________ to hold back the sea water

Straight of gibaltar

The eight mile wide _________ passes between spain and africa

False

The escorial was spains military headquarters in the wars against the moors (T or F)

True

The giants causeway between scotland and ireland was formed by cooled lava (T or F)

True

The hague is the capitla of netherllands (T or F)

Apulia

The heel of the boot of Italy is named _________

True

The highest mountain in the Alps, mont blanc, is located in france. (T or F)

True

The lapps in finland have tended reindeer for thousands of years (T or F)

Stockholm

The largest city in scandinavia is...?

True

The largest industrial region in europe and perhaps the world is the RUhr in Germany (T or F)

Bauaria

The largest state in germany, _________ was a duchy throughout the middle ages

Loire

The longest river in france is...?

False

The majority of basques live in france (T or F)

Aegan

The majority of greece's Islands are _________ islands

River thames

The narrowest point in the english channel is the _________

Warm water from the west

The north atlanitc drift brings...?

True

The official language of Monaco is French (T or F)

False

The pennines stretch the length of the italian Peninsula (T or F)

Foehn

The warm dry wind that blows from the alps is called a _________

False

Unlike Switzerland, Liechtenstein actively participates in wars and has a standing army (T or F)

Self governing districts in switzerland

What are cantons?

Germany

What country fought against france for control of the alsace lorraine plateau

The system of hilly plateaus in southern germany and france

What does the central uplands refer to?

Andorra

What is not a mini state near italy?

Rhodes

What is the largest dodecanese island, which one displayed the colossus, a uge bronze statue of the sun god helios?

Great Britain

What is the largest island in europe?

Milan

What italian city is the second largest in the country and is a banking center in the po river valley?

Dutch

What language is not spoken in france?

Roman catholicism

What religion dominates the republic of ireland?

Norway and sweden

What two countries share the scandinavian peninsula?

Germany

Where did the protestant remoration begin in?

Seine

Where does paris lie?

The hague

Where does the national goverment of netherlands constitutional monarchy meet at?

Finland

Where is a uralic language spoken in?

Greece

Where is the eastern orthodox church strong in?

Malta

Where was the apostle paul was shipwrecked on?

Spain

Which country is the worlds leading producer of olives?

London

Which is the largest city in western europe?

Pennines

Which mountain system forms the backbone of england?

Norway

Which scandinavian country is the worlds third largest exporter of oil?

San merino

_________ claims to be the worlds oldest republic

Sogne

_________ fjord is norways longest fjord.

Lisbon

_________ harbor is one of the finest in the world

Luxemborg

_________ is one of the few reminaing duchies in europe

Iceland

_________ is sometimes called "the land of fire and ice"

Sicily

_________ is the most populated island in the mediterranean sea

Windsor castle

_________ is the oldest royal residence in continuous habitation in the world

Liechtenstein

_________ is the tiny principality between switzerland and austria and is known for its industrialization and high standard of living

Spain & portugal

_________ once ruled half of the known world


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