BJU Cultural Geography Chapter 5
What is Meseta?
A plateau across most of Spain's surface
What religion has its headquarters in Vatican City?
Roman Catholicism
List of peninsulas of Western Europe.
Scandinavian Jutland Iberian Italian and Peloponnesus
What does the Netherlands do to reclaim land?
Set up dikes, flush out water, and establish polders
What countries are on the Iberian Peninsula?
Spain, Portugal, & Andorra
What is the largest city in Scandinavia?
Stockholm
What country is known for dikes?
The Netherlands
What is the major mountain range of the United Kingdom?
The Pennine mountains
What is the backbone of England?
The Pennines
What mountain range forms the border of Spain and France?
The Pyrenees Mountains
What is the lowest major pass through the central Alps?
Brenner pass
What city in the low countries is home to the headquarters of the European Union?
Brussels
Greenland belongs to which country?
Denmark
Contrast Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.
Eastern Orthodoxy rejects the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic teaching that lower-level priests cannot marry.
What are the two districts of Belgium?
Flanders and Wallonia
What are the longest rivers in Italy, France, Spain, & the United Kingdom?
France has the Loire River, Italy has the Po River, Spain has the Tagus River, and the United Kingdom has the River Thames
Distinguish among the terms Great Britain, British Isles, England, UK, and Commonwealth of Nations.
Great Britain (the large island beside Ireland that includes: England, Scotland and Wales.) is a landmass that lies at the center of the United Kingdom, England is the largest division of the United Kingdom, and Commonwealth of Nations is a group of 53 independent states. (Mostly British colonies) and all of this is inside of the British Isles. (Which are the islands of Britain)
What country includes the island of Crete?
Greece
What are the two largest cities in western Europe?
London and Paris
What mountain is famous for its triple cirque peak?
Matterhorn
What two Nations have the highest population densities in Western Europe?
Monaco and Vatican City
What ministates are near Italy?
Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, & Malta
What is the highest mountain in the Alps?
Mont. Blanc
What is the highest mountain in the British Isles?
Mount Benneuis
What nations share the Scandinavian peninsula?
Norway & Sweden
What countries are in Scandinavia?
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark & Iceland
What are polders?
Parcels of the land reclaimed from the sea
What are the two largest cities in western Europe and on what rivers are they located?
Paris is on the Seine River & London is on River Thames
What is France's largest city, longest river, and highest mountain?
Paris, The Loire River, and Mont. Blanc.
What peninsula contains such famous sites as Mycenae and Olympia?
Peloponnesus
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
What is Gaelic?
The ancient Celtic language sometimes spoken in Ireland
What mountain range forms the backbone of the Italian peninsula?
The apennine mountains
What is the best known feature of Southwest Germany?
The black forest
What is the best known feature of Southwestern Germany?
The black forest
Compare and contrast the different religions: Protestant, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox.
Protestantism protests against Roman Catholic ways and traditions, believing that faith in Christ alone is salvation, but the Roman Catholics still believe in Christ but they also believe they have to confess their sins to the priest and do extra traditions to obtain salvation and the Pope has authority. And Eastern Orthodoxy doesn't believe that you can obtain salvation through Christ Alone, they believe that tradition is just as necessary as scripture, the also reject the athori.
Contrast protestantism and Roman Catholicism.
Protestantism protests the fact that Roman Catholics believe that they need to do extra traditions to obtain salvation.
What river lies at the heart of Southern England?
River Thames
What is the largest mountain range in Europe?
The Alps
What is the major mountain range of Italy?
The Apennine mountains
What river dominates the most populated region of Austria?
The Danube River
Of what two major organizations are many countries in Europe members?
The European Union & NATO
What peninsula contains Spain and Portugal?
The Iberian Peninsula
What is an imaginary line in the Pacific Ocean that separates days?
The International Date Line
On which Peninsula is Denmark situated?
The Jetland peninsula
What mountainous Plateau covers most of Spain including the capital, Madrid?
The Meseta
What peninsula contains both Norway and Sweden?
The Scandinavian peninsula
