5TH GRADE HISTORY ABEKA TEST 13(CH.14)
What is Iceland's nickname?
"Land of Fire and Ice"
What mountains separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe?
Pyrenees
What is Europe's most important inland waterway?
Rhine River
What is the capital of Italy?
Rome
What country makes up the island at the toe of Italy's boot?
Sicily
Where do trees stop growing in the fridge zone?
Timber line
What regions are in the frigid zone above the Arctic Circle?
Tundra
Fjords
What are long narrow inlets of water with high rocky banks?
Germany
What country is the land of Reformation?
"Land of the Midnight Sun"
What is Norway's nickname?
Switzerland
Where are the Alps located?
Switzerland
Where can you find chocolate, watches, cheese, and music boxes?
Netherlands
Where did the pilgrims go before they came to America?
Who was most famous writer from Denmark?
Hans Christian Anderson
What peninsula are Spain and Portugal on?
Iberian
What are temporary snow brick shelters where the Inuits live?
Igloos
What country is the home of the Renaissance?
Italy
What French peasant girl was captured and burned at the stake?
Joan of Arc
Who was the leader of the protestant Reformation in France?
John Calvin
What is the highest active volcano in mainland Europe?
Mt. Vesuvius
Who was an Italian fascist dictator?
Mussolini
What French emperor wanted to rule the world?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was the German leader of the National Socialist Party?
Adolf Hitler
What started World War II?
Adolf Hitler's desire to conquer the world.
What is a famous French landmark?
Eiffel Tower
What is the swamp in southern Spain?
The Tidelands
What city in Germany was divided after World War II?
Berlin
What is the capital of Germany?
Berlin
What do Spanish matadors fight?
Bulls
From what country does the legend of William Tell come?
Switzerland
What landlocked country is neutral?
Switzerland
Where does the book Heidi take place?
Switzerland
Who is known for the International Red Cross?
Switzerland
Who was a great scientific genius?
Albert Einstein
What is the capital of Netherlands?
Amsterdam
Galileo
Who was a great Italian scientist?
Name three famous German musicians?
Bach, Handel, Beethoven
What hero from World War II was the president of the fifth republic?
Charles de Gaulle
What country is on the Jutland peninsula?
Denmark
What country became unified again in 1990?
Germany
What is the world's largest island that Denmark owns?
Greenland
Which Italian painted the 'Mona Lisa?'
Leonardo da Vinci
Who taught the world about germs?
Louis Pasteur
The capital of Spain is ___
Madrid
Who was the first man to sail around the world?
Magellan
Who is the first European to take a trip across Asia?
Marco Polo
Which Italian sculptor made 'David' and 'Moses?'
Michelangelo
What is the highest peak in France?
Mont Blanc
What country has tulips, windmills, and low lands?
Netherlands
What country is known for wooden shoes and dikes?
Netherlands
The capital of Norway is ___
Oslo
The capital of France is ___
Paris
Where is the "leaning tower?"
Pisa
What separates the Iberian Peninsula from Africa?
Strait of Gibraltar
