Geography Chapter 11
Cantons
What are Swiss self-governing districts?
Dikes
What are strong walls built by the Dutch to hold back seawater?
the country's welfare program
What caused the high taxes in Denmark?
Spain, Andorra, and Portugal
What countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?
Switzerland
What country is known to be "neutral"?
Pyrenees Mountains
What forms the border between Spain and France?
Loire
What is France's longest river?
River Thames
What is a geographic feature of England?
Seine River
What is a geographic feature of France?
Keil Canal
What is a geographic feature of Germany?
loughs
What is a geographic feature of Northern Ireland?
lochs
What is a geographic feature of Scotland?
polders
What is a geographic feature of The Netherlands?
Iceland
What is known as the "Land of Fire and Ice"?
Strait of Gibraltar
What is the 8 mile wide passage between Spain and Africa?
Venice
What is the Italian city of more than 100 islands in the Adriatic Sea?
Brussels
What is the capital of Belgium?
Copenhagen
What is the capital of Denmark?
Helsinki
What is the capital of Finland?
Berlin
What is the capital of Germany?
Dublin
What is the capital of Ireland?
Lisbon
What is the capital of Portugal?
Edinburgh
What is the capital of Scotland?
Madrid
What is the capital of Spain?
Bern
What is the capital of Switzerland?
Amsterdam
What is the capital of the Netherlands?
Great Britain
What is the largest island in Europe?
Massif Central
What is the mountainous plateau in south-central France with poor soils?
Roman Catholic
What is the prominent religion of southern and western European countries?
Milan
What is the second largest Italian city that is the Po River Valley banking center?
Liechtenstein
What is the tiny area between Switzerland and Austria known for industrialization and high living standards?
the Giant's Causeway
What was formed by cooled lava between Ireland and Scotland?
Arctic Circle
Where does the sun never set for two months in the summer and parts of Scandinavia lie above it?
