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Geography Terms Review
100

What continent does Europe share a landmass with?

Asia

100

What is the biggest country in Europe? 

Bonus +100 - this country is also a part of another continent, what continent is that?

Russia

100

What city in western Europe is called "the city of lights" and is often portrayed as romantic in movies and shows?

Paris, France

100

What is a border?

A border an official physical or political line that separates geographic areas, marking where one territory ends and another begins.

100

What is the difference between a sea and an ocean?

  • Oceans = huge and open
  • Seas = smaller and often closer to land or partly enclosed
200

What Ocean is close to Europe?

Atlantic Ocean

200

What country is on an island?

Iceland, Great Britain, Ireland, or Malta

200
What country is the most populous in Europe? (has the most people)

Russia has 146 million people!

200

What is one disputed border in Europe?

disputed = not agreed about 

Russia/Ukraine

Ireland/UK

200

What is the name of: a narrow passage of water that connects two larger bodies of water.

A strait

300

Name 2 seas that borders Europe

Norwegian Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Adriatic Sea, Ligurian Sea, Alboran Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Black Sea

300

What country is a Peninsula?

Italy

300

What is the European Union?

The European Union is a political and economic alliance between 27 countries in Europe.

300

What took place from 1939 to 1945 in Europe that changed a lot of borders in Central/Eastern Europe?

World War II

300

What is a peninsula?

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides but connected to the mainland on one side.

400

What does landlocked mean?

A place that does not border a large body of water.

400

How many countries are in Europe?

44 countries

400

Europe has over 200 languages spoken within its borders. However, there are 24 official languages. Name 6 of the languages.

  • Bulgarian
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Estonian
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hungarian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Maltese
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish 
400

This boot-shaped nation is almost entirely defined by its borders with the Adriatic, Ionian, and Tyrrhenian seas.

Italy

400

What is one benefit of a river to the land?

  • Provide water: Rivers supply fresh water to plants, animals, and people.
  • Fertile soil: When rivers flood, they leave behind rich soil (called sediment), which helps crops grow.
  • Support plants and animals: Rivers create habitats for many living things.
  • Transportation: Rivers can be used to move goods and people.
  • Shape the land: Over time, rivers carve valleys and shape the landscape.
500
What is the name of the mountain range that goes through the countries of France, Switzerland, Italy and Austria?

The Alps

500
What two countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?

Spain and Portugal

500

This island in northern Europe is the only place in Europe where it is too cold for Mosquitoes to live.

Iceland

500

Which mountain range separates Europe from Asia?

Ural Mountains

500

What is the name of this: a large area of flat land with very few trees, often found in the interior of continents.

A plain

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