British Isles
What type of famine that happened caused Ireland to have a food shortage in 1840?
A potato Famine
Iceland is much ____________ than the name suggests.
Warmer
Southwest Asia is sometimes referred to as what?
Middle East
Most citizens are of what religion, but it is not a state religion? (Turkey)
Muslim
What is the capital of Poland?
Warsaw
The country (UK) is led by what leader?
What type of government?
Prime Minister
Constitutional Monarchy
What group of warriors were from Scandinavia and raided Europe?
Vikings
Why is Southwest Asia referred to as the Middle East?
To distinguish it from the Far East.
Istanbul has been called what TWO names in the past?
Byzantium and Constantinople
What type of violence against those of other cultures or beliefs happened after the breakup of Yugoslavia?
Ethnic Cleansing
Today the UK has what type of legislative system?
The parliament
What is Scandinavia's largest country?
Sweden
The Middle East consists of what countries?
Israel, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
After WWII Russia took control of eastern Europe creating what country?
Soviet Union
What does the United Kingdom consist of?
Scotland, Wales, England, and Northern Ireland.
Who was the first to reach North America?
Vikings or Leif Eriksson
What water way separates Europe and connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean
Bosporus
What does OPEC stand for?
Organization Petroleum Exporting Countries
What Serbian Dictator of Yugoslavia was tried for war crimes?
Milosevic
What countries are the British Isles made up of?
One of them is the UK
Republic of Ireland, England Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
Greenland is geographically part of what country, but is a territory of Denmark?
North America
What river starts in Syria and flows through Israel and Jordan?
The Jordan River
Capital City of S.A. and religion?
Riyadh and Islam