Geography 2

Physical Features

100

This is the longest mountain range in the United States.

Rocky Mountains

200

This is a chain of five neighboring lakes in the United States.

Name the five lakes.

Great Lakes

• Lake Ontario – 7,340 square miles.
• Lake Erie – 9,910 square miles.
• Lake Michigan – 22,404 square miles.
• Lake Huron – 23,007 square miles.
• Lake Superior – 31,700 square miles. Lake Superior covers an area of 31,700 square miles and is the largest of the Great Lakes.

300

Name physical features 1-6 in order on the map of Europe.

Mediterranean Sea

Iberian Peninsula

Pyrenees

Alps

English Channel

Rhine River

400

Name Physical Features 7-12 on the map of Europe.

European Plain

Danube River

Ural Mountains

Scadinavian Peninsula

Arctic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

500

The _____________________ is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant. The Sea has played a central role in the history of Western civilization.

Mediterranean Sea

Europe

100

Name the countries of Europe 1-5.

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Belgium

Germany

200

Name the countries of Europe 6-10.

Poland

Russia

Ukraine

Italy

Portugal

300

The Continent of Europe stretches from the country of _________________in the NW down south to the Strait of _______________ to the country of ____________________ in the East, which is actually part of both Europe and Asia...and splits Asia Russia from Europe Russia with the __________________________mountain range.

Iceland

Gibraltar

Turkey

Ural

400

I am a country that is part of the United Kingdom. I share land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest of me and the Celtic Sea to the southwest.

England

500

I am a country in Central Europe, that stretches from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and is seventh-largest country by area in the continent.

Germany

Italy

100

_____________ is the capital city and a special comune of Italy (named Comune di Roma Capitale ), as well as the capital of the Lazio region. The city has been a major human settlement for almost three millennia.

Rome

200

The _________________ is a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 mi. (395 km) long.

Tiber River

300

A unique city built on water in the middle of a lagoon.

Name this city and locate it on the map.

Venice

4

400

Also known as the "cradle of the renaissance" because of its rich history in art and architecture.

Name the city and locate it on the map.

Florence

5

500

What island is located at the tip of Italy? 

Locate it on the Map.

What still active volcano is located on this Island?

Sicily

8

Mt. Etna

Scandanavia

100

Label places 1-5 on the map of Scandanavia.

Iceland

Reykjavik

Norway

Oslo

Sweden

Stockholm

200

The ______________ is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that lies between the mainland of Europe and the coast of Britain, important for its oil and gas deposits. This is the sea where unrestricted submarine warfare occurred during WWI.

North Sea

300

Label places 6-10 on the map of Scandanavia.

Stockholm

Finland

Helsinki

Denmark

Copenhagen

Baltic Sea

North Sea

400

I am a rugged land of elevated plateaus, deep forested valleys and a few remaining ice age glaciers. I am the country west of Sweden.

Norway

500

I am an island in the Atlantic Ocean, located near the Arctic Circle, between Greenland and Norway. An island of 103.000 km 2 (40,000 square miles), it is about the same size as Hungary and Portugal, or Kentucky and Virginia. I am the second largest island in Europe, following Great Britain, and the 18th largest island in the world.

Iceland

Who am I?

100

When I was first invented I entertained people at night.

Once, a program was played that terrified many people.

People gathered around me to hear the latest news of war.

My first broadcast in the U.S. was in 1920.

Radio

200

I was based on the idea that government should assume more responsibility.

Because of me the U.S. government has many different programs to benefit the welfare of the people.

I was FDR's political program.

I was started from 1933-1945.

New Deal

300

I acknowledged that God created all men equal and they have certain rights that cannot be taken away.

I was written by a committee led by Thomas Jefferson.

There's a holiday in my honor that is celebrated by Americans.

My time period is 1776.

Declaration of Independence

400

I was a document that warned against the further colonization of the Americans by Europe. 

Any infraction of me would be considered an unfriendly act.

I was issued by President Monroe.

I went into effect in 1823.

Monroe Doctrine

500

I was fought between the Allies and the Central Powers. 

I was ended by the Treaty of Versailles.

I was the "war to end all wars."

I was fought from 1914-1918.

World War One