LANDFORMS
What two countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?
Spain & Portugal
What water body separates Europe from Africa?
Mediterranean Sea
Name 2 climate types that you would not likely find in Europe.
Tropical wet/wet & dry, desert, ice cap (in other words, nothing EXTREME).
This country is the smallest in the world at .2 sq. miles.
Vatican City.
North of Africa/Med Sea, west of Asia, east of the Atlantic/US/North America, NW of the Middle East, directly south of the Arctic Ocean, etc.
Name 1 mountain chain that runs through Eastern Europe.
Balkans, Carpathians or Dinaric Alps
Name the water body that separates Italy from Eastern Europe.
Adriatic Sea
What climate type would you most likely find in most of Italy and Greece?
Mediterranean.
Name all of the political subdivisions of the United Kingdom.
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Which geographic feature in Europe is home to some of the richest soil on earth (chernozem)?
Northern European Plain.
Overall, what type of landform is Greece?
Peninsula
Name the water body that borders Poland.
Baltic Sea
With a temperate reading that looks like the one drawn on the board, which hemisphere is the city probably located in?
Southern.
What is the largest country by land area in Europe? (all borders must be within Europe).
Ukraine.
Name the physical feature that separates Spain from France.
Pyrenees Mts.
Name 3 peninsulas in Europe (no countries).
Scandinavian, Jutland, Iberian, Italian/Appennine, Balkan, Kola, Crimean, Europe.
Name the river that has enabled the city of London to act as England's major port city.
Thames
What climate type pushes people away from Eastern Russia? What climate type pulls people towards Western Russia?
Eastern - Subarctic
Western - Humid Continental
Name 4 European countries that are landlocked.
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Czech Rep., Hungary, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Vatican City
This geographic feature (located in Russia) is made up of swamps, marshes, and frozen land, unsuitable for farming.
Name all of the countries that make up the European region known as Scandinavia.
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland
Name the water body that separates England from Scandinavia.
Name 2/3 countries that would be most likely to have a "Highland" climate.
Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, France & Italy.
Which European country (all borders within Europe) has the highest population?
Germany
This river, the longest is Europe, travels almost 2,300 miles.
The Volga (Mother Volga) River.