Culture
Most people in Europe practice what religion?
Christianity/Catholicism
What is the name of the world’s smallest recognized independent state, which is surrounded by Rome?
Holy See / Vatican City
What peasant girl led the French to victories over the English during the Hundred Years’ War?
St. Joan of Arc
What is the capital of France?
Paris
What sea borders Europe to the south?
The Mediterranean Sea
What is the name of the building in Rome that was used for gladiatorial contests and other public spectacles in ancient times?
The Colosseum
What form of government does the United Kingdom have?
A Constitutional Monarchy
Italian culture flourished during this period, which lasted approximately from the 1300s to the 1600s
The Rennaissance
What is the capital of Germany?
Berlin
Norway and Sweden are located on what peninsula?
The Scandinavian Peninsula
What prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden every year for cultural and scientific advances?
Nobel Prizes
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO’s) headquarters are located in what Belgian city?
Brussels
Becoming a king in 336 BC, which ancient Greek leader was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of the best military commanders in history?
Alexander the Great
What is the capital of Greece?
Athens
What is the name of the Peninsula on which Spain and Portugal are located?
The Iberian Peninsula
What Spanish city is home to the most famous running of the bulls?
Pamplona
What is the unique economic and political union of 27 democratic European countries, established to foster peace, stability, and economic prosperity called?
In the 1860s, this Prussian statesman engineered a series of wars that unified the German states into the powerful German Empire:
Otto Von Bismarck
What is the capital of Belgium?
Brussels
What is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands?
Crete
What is the name of the prehistoric monument in England that was possibly once a burial site?
Stonehenge
What is the name of the former communist superpower that is now Russia?
the USSR, or Soviet Union
According to tradition, he unified the Vikings in 872, becoming the first king of a united Norway
Harald Fairhair
What is the capital of Norway?
Oslo
What river, the second-longest in Europe, originates in Germany and empties into the Black Sea?
The Danube