Unit 5: Map of Europe Terms
What is the name of the arm of the Mediterranean Sea that is located between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula?
Adriatic Sea
What mountain range extends in an arc from the Mediterranean coast through Switzerland and Austria?
Alps Mountains
What is the capital of the Netherlands?
Amsterdam
What is the name of the large body of water that separates North and South America from Europe and Africa?
Atlantic Ocean
What is the name of the large body of water that lies between Poland and Sweden?
Baltic Sea
What large body of water separates southeastern Europe from Southwest Asia?
Black Sea
What is the name of the river that begins in the Alps, flows through or borders eight European countries, and empties into the Black Sea?
Danube River
What is the name of the body of water between southern England and northern France that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea?
English Channel
What is the capital of Portugal?
Lisbon
What is the capital of the United Kingdom?
London
What is the name of the large body of water surrounded by Europe, Africa, and Asia?
Mediterranean Sea
What is the body of water that lies between the British Isles and the Scandinavian Peninsula?
North Sea
What is the capital of France?
Paris
What is the name of the mountain range that runs along the border of France and Spain?
Pyrenees
What is the name of the river that originates in the Alps in Switzerland and flows into the North Sea in the Netherlands?
Rhine River
What is the name of the river that originates in the Swiss Alps and flows through France and into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Marseilles?
Rhone River
What is the capital of Italy?
Rome
What is the name of the river in northern France that flows through the city of Paris?
Seine River
What is the name of the river that originates in central Spain and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon?
Tagus River
What is the name of the river that flows eastward through England and empties into the North Sea?
Thames River
