Physical Features
This river allows ships into London.
What is the Thames River?
The Mediterranean climate could be described as this.
What is warm and dry?
Over ______ languages are spoken by the many diverse ethnic groups that live in the over 30 European countries.
What is 50?
The Middle Ages began after the fall of this.
What is the Roman Empire?
This war was fought from 1913-1918 and began after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria.
What is WWI?
This country includes 2,000 islands and in the Aegean Sea.
What is Greece?
Dry winds in the Alps can trigger these.
What are avalanches?
This area experienced civil war in the 1990s between two ethnic groups form Yugoslavia.
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
The crusades led to fighting between these two religious groups over Jerusalem/Palestine (the Holy Land).
Who are Christians and Muslims?
He was the dictator of Italy during WWII.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This is the highest peak in the Alps.
What is Mount Blac
The climate of certain areas in Europe typically depends on this.
What is the distance from the sea?
This percentage of Europeans live in cities.
What is 75%?
During the Middle Ages the Church became very powerful and built many of these.
What are monasteries and cathedrals?
Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany during WWII, wanted to eradicate this entire race.
Who are the Jews?
This fertile land stretches from southeastern England and western France to Russia. Europe's largest cities are located in this area.
What is the North European Plain?
The two types of forests found in Eastern and Northern Europe.
What are deciduous and coniferous?
What is 3rd largest?
During the Renaissance period, these three interests were revived.
What are the arts, education, and literature?
The genocide of over 6 million European Jews is now known as this.
What is the holocaust?
This river flows from Germany's Black Forest to the Black Sea and is a major river of Eastern Europe.
What is the Danube River?
The high, dry winds from North Africa that bring hot weather to Europe.
What are Siroccos?
During the 1700s this caused people to move from country and their agricultural societies to cities.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
He led the exploration of the New World during the 1400s.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
WWII was fought between these years.