S. Europe Physical Geography
What is the warm climate of Southern Europe called?
Mediterranean Climate
What is the mountain range that covers much of south-central Europe?
The Alps
What were the two most powerful city-states in Ancient Greece?
Athens and Sparta
War between the English Normans and France that lasted from 1337-1453.
The Hundred Years' War.
Capital city of Austria.
Vienna
What is the name of the large body of water separating Europe and Africa?
The Mediterranean Sea
What country is the port of Rotterdam in?
The Netherlands
What dictator ruled Italy, coming into power in the 1920's?
Benito Mussolini
Capital of the Netherlands.
Amsterdam
What is the leader of Germany called?
A chancellor
Name an peninsula in Southern Europe.
Iberian, Italian, or Baltic
What is a major mineral and fuel source in Central Europe?
Coal
What city in Italy is a center for fashion and design?
Milan
Ruler of the Franks that conquered Gaul.
Charlemagne
What two countries controlled East and West Germany (in order).
Russian and the USA
The name of the body of water in between Italy and the Baltic States.
Adriatic Sea
What do the rivers of Central Europe provide?
Transportation and hydroelectric power
When did Italy's small states unify into one country?
1861
Name two services that make Luxembourg a wealth country.
Banking, chemical, and steel manufacturing
What are the two most common languages spoken in Switzerland?
German and French
The name of the mountain range that borders Spain and France?
Pyrenees Mountains
What structures were built to make more land for the Dutch?
Dikes
Name at least two foreign groups that ruled over Greece.
Macedonians, Romans, Byzantines, and Turks
What city AND country is the EU and NATO headquartered in?
Brussels, Belgium.
Treaty Germany signed after losing in WWI.
The Treaty if Versailles