Vocabulary
Identify the term: A U-Shaped Valley formed from glacial activity.
Fjord
Name an industrialized economy in Europe.
Russia, Moldavia, Serbia
The Rhine River has its headwaters in which mountian system?
The Alpine Mountain System
This ancient empire encompassed most of the Mediterranean Sea.
The Roman Empire
What current provides Europe with warmer weather that other locations at the same latitude?
North Atlantic
Identify the term: A regional variety of a language with unique vocabulary, words, and grammar.
Dialect
Name a place in Europe experiencing glaciation.
The Scandinavian Mountains
Rotterdam is a city in England. On what islands would you find the city of Rotterdam?
The British Isles
The Elightenment was a period when which church was passed over for science?
Catholic
The Pyrenees mountains run between what two countries?
Spain and France
Identify the term: Strong with the blow from West to East.
Westerlies
What country in Europe has the most dikes?
The Netherlands
This peninsula has the counties of Spain, Portugal, and Andora on it.
Iberian Peninsula
What food caused a famine in Ireland in 1843?
Potato
What was the purpose of the European Union?
To strengthen trade between European Nations.
Identify the Term: The land reclaimed from dikes after draining.
Polder
What religion in Europe has a pilgrimage to Jerusalem?
Christianity
The Crimean Peninsula juts out into this Sea.
The Black Sea
The Holocaust was started by which party in Europe?
Nazis
The Danube River flows into which sea?
The Black Sea
Identify the Term: An economy that provides services instead of manufacturing
Postindustrial
Where in Europe may you find deciduous trees?
The Isles of Britain
Spanning most of Europe, the Northern European Plain stretches between which two countries.
The Netherlands and Russia
What was the name of the nuclear disaster that occurred in Ukraine in 1986?
Chornobyl
What country recently left the EU?
Great Britain