Water
Europe is considered a large ___________ made up of smaller peninsulas.
Peninsula
At 2300 miles long, what is the longest river in Europe?
Volga River
What is the highest mountain range system in Europe?
Alps.
This country lies on the southern coast of Europe and is shaped like a boot.
Italy.
What time period included some of Europe's greatest artists and musicians.
Renaissance.
What channel separates the island of Great Britain from France?
English Channel.
This river flows north from Switzerland to the North Sea.
Rhine River.
This mountain system forms the natural boundary between Europe and Asia.
Ural.
How many countries are in Europe?
44.
These were church-sanctioned wars in which the Holy Roman Empire was allowed to use religion to increase their land and power.
The Crusades.
What country is an island off the coast of Greece?
Cyprus.
The name of this sea means "in the middle of the Earth".
Mediterranean Sea.
Europe is bigger than how many continents?
1. Australia.
Because of its central location, this city became the dominant power in the Mediterranean during the Roman Empire.
Rome.
What did the Romans build in order to get water to large cities?
Aqueducts.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of this country’s land lies below sea level.
Netherlands.
What sea has a rich source of energy resources including fossil fuels and wind power?
North Sea.
What mountains form a natural border between France and Spain?
Pyrenees Mountains.
What is the name of the four countries that are located on the most northern tip of Europe?
Scandinavia.
Europe's economy is the world's _______.
Largest.
What river flows through 12 countries?
Danube River.
This strait separates the continents of Europe and Africa, and is how water flows from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.
Strait of Gibraltar.
Adolf Hitler blamed this group of people for Germany’s economic problems following WWI.
The Jews.
This Duke was assassinated in Bosnia starting WWI?
Franz Ferdinand
What plague killed an estimated 50 million people in Medieval Europe?
Bubonic Plague.