Landforms
Government
History
Physical Europe
fagets of europe
100
What is the highest mountain range in Europe? What would the climate be there? (double)
Alps Highland Climate
100
What is the currency in Europe? What is the PPECS category? (double)
euro, economics
100
What was the period of bad relationships between the USSR and USA called?
the Cold War
100
What are two Baltic states?
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
100
Which strait separates Europe and Africa ? (triple)
Strait of Gibraltar
200
What are two countries on the Iberian Pennsula?
Portugal and Spain
200
What was the form of government for the USSR (Soviet Union)? What kind of economy did it have? (double)
communism command economy
200
Which city was divided by a wall during the Cold War?
Berlin
200
Which two mountain ranges separate Europe and Asia? (double)
Urals and Caucasus
200
What are the capitals of Ukraine, Russia, and Romania? (triple)
Kiev Moscow Bucharest
300
Which mountain range separates Spain from France?
Pyrenees
300
What is a political fact about the EU?
It's capital is in Brussels, Belgium It has branches of governement It has 27 countries
300
What was the genocide of milions of Jews, Gypsies and Slavs during WWII called?
the Holocaust
300
Whcih country dominates the Jutland Peninsula?
Denmark
300
Which country split apart on the Balkan Peninsula?
Yugoslavia
400
Whch peninsula has Greece on its southern tip?
Balkan
400
Which countries are in the UK?
England, Scotland, Wales, North Ireland
400
What kind of monarchy did the UK have during the American Revolution and what kind does it have now?
absolute or traditional monarchy now -constitutional monarchy
400
double - Which two seas separate the Scandinavian Peninsula from other parts of Europe?
Baltic and North Seas
400
What is one benefit and one criticism of social democracy?
+ free services such as free health care and university for all citizens - high taxes
500
What are three countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula?
Norway, Sweden, Finland
500
What type of government does Scandinavia have and what are the five countries in that region?
Social Democracy Iceland, Norway Sweden, Finland, Denmark
500
Which European region was allies with the US during the cold war?
Western Europe
500
What are two ohysical reasons why Western Europe is more populated and developed than Russia?
more peninsulas/ coastline/ rivers for trade/ transportation more temperate climate more fertile soil
500
Give two examples of how physical geography creates regions and two examples how human geography creates regions in Europe.
various (see class notes)
M
e
n
u