Europe
Physical Geography
Physical Geography
Forms a natural border between France & Spain.
What is the Pyrenees Mts?
Established Russia as a communist state.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Faberge created a series of these for the Russian Imperial family.
What is eggs?
Spread throughout Europe due to trade, but stemmed from fleas on rats.
What is the Black Death?
How many time zones exist?
What is eleven?
Formed as the African & Eurasian plates collided.
What is the Alps Mountains?
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Who was Catherine the Great?
This era gave us the philosophers Aristotle, Socrates & Plato.
What is Ancient Greece?
Made up of 90% of the European population. They were not freed in Russia until the early 1860s. (Hint looking for the Russian version of the name)
What is serfs?
Contains the countries of Portugal, Spain, & Andorra.
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
Tore up the pact with the Mongols and raised an Army to overthrow their rule.
Who is Ivan III (the Great)?
He was the French leader that has his invasion of Russia halted due to harsh winter conditions in Russia.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This country in central Europe did not fall under Axis control during WWII.
What is Switzerland?
Why is it difficult to access Siberia's resources (hint need two answers)?
What is the climate is too cold and no infrastructure exists.
Located in southern Europe. Runs through France, Italy, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Austria, Germany, Slovenia.
What is the Danube River?
Who is Ivan IV (the Terrible)?
Russia sold this to the United States in 1867.
What is Alaska?
Italy traded with this empire, which made it possible for wealthy families to help sponser artists and researchers during the Renaissance.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Located in eastern Russia and borders the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Kamchatka Peninsula?
The Atlantic Ocean covers _____________ of the world and is ____________ in size.
What is 20% and increasing?
Got Russia involved in World War 1. Was also the last czar of Russia.
Who was Nicolas II?
Mikhail Gorbachev's policy that aimed to rebuild the Soviet economy by giving power back to factory and farm owners.
What is perestroika?
Pope Urban II called for Christians to united and take back Jerusalem during the Middle Ages.
What is the Crusades?
What is the European Union?