Countries in Europe
Definitions
Climate Zones
Geography
Resources
100
What country is shaped like a boot?
Italy
100
What is landlocked?
Countries that do not border an ocean or a sea
100
What climate zone contains high altitudes?
Highland
100
What country is the farthest North?
Iceland
100
What is the major energy source for Europe?
Coal
200
What is the capital of Spain?
Madrid
200
What are siroccos?
Siroccos are winds in Italy that have picked up hot, dry air from Africa.
200
What climate zone is dry, treeless grasslands, much like the prairies but with shorter grass.
Steppe
200
What country is the farthest West?
Portugal
200
What resource lies under the North Sea?
Oil
300
How many countries touch the United Kingdom?
0
300
What are city-states?
City-states are independent territories
300
Name one of the two climate zones that occupies France.
Mediterranean or Marine West Coast
300
What country is the farthest East?
Ukraine
300
Germany, Denmark, and Spain are leaders in what 'clean' energy?
Wind Energy
400
The capital of Portugal is Lisbon. True or Fale
True
400
The Classical World contains what two countries in Europe?
Rome and Greece
400
How many countries are in the Subarctic?
3
400
Which country in the South has many islands?
Greece
400
To discourage dependence on oil, European governments _____ gasoline ______.
Tax, heavily
500
What is the largest country in Europe?
Ukraine
500
What is communism?
It's a system in which the government controls the ways of producing goods.
500
What climate zone is the coldest?
Tundra
500
What mountain system stretches through central Europe?
The Alps
500
What is the name of the energy generated from swift-flowing rivers in the highlands of Europe?
Hydroelectric power
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