Countries
History
Living and Working in Europe
Culture: Language and Religion
Physical Geography
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South America!
South America!
100
This country is and island nation which includes the old kingdoms of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
What is the United Kingdom (UK)?
100
The name of the 2 big wars in the 20th century (1900s).
What are World War I and World War II?
100
This central European country has the most people of any European country (not Russia).
What is Germany?
100
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Eastern Orthodox are all versions of this religion.
What is Christianity?
100
The big sea that borders Southern Europe
What is the Mediterranean Sea
100
It's the largest rainforest on Earth.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
200
This country is located in eastern Europe - it is currently in a war with Russia.
What is Ukraine?
200
This ancient civilization created the city-state and the democracy as a form of government.
What is Greek Civilization?
200
The name of the organization that makes it easier to trade, work in other countries, travel to other countries and use the same currency throughout each country.
What is the European Union?
200
This is the religion that the Ottoman Turks expanded to southeastern Europe.
What is Islam? (Muslims follow Islam)
200
A country that is a peninsula shaped like a boot.
What is Italy?
200
This country is the largest in South America and has cultural influences from Portugal, Africa and American Indians.
What is Brazil?
300
The capital of this country if Paris and it has a famous historical revolution.
What is France?
300
The big ancient civilization / empire that controlled most of the Mediterranean and extended even into central and Northern Europe. It introduced the REPUBLIC form of government and ideas like citizenship!
What is Roman Civilization? (Rome, Roman Empire, Roman Republic)
300
The purpose of this map is...
What is population density?
300
List 2 Romance Languages.
What are: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian or French?
300
The ocean that borders western Europe
What is the Atlantic Ocean
300
South America is surrounded by these 4 bodies of water.
What are the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea.
400
Name one of the countries which colonized the Americas in the 1500s-1900s?
What are England (UK), Spain, France, Portugal, the Netherlands.
400
This event, lasting from about 1347-1353, killed about 1 out of every 3 people in Europe.
What is the Black Death or the Black Plague?
400
The UK encourages citizens to start their own businesses - this term is called...
What is entrepreneurship?
400
This group of religious people were targeted by the Nazis during the Holocaust in the 1930s and 1940s.
Who are the Jews or Jewish people?
400
The continent of _______ is to the east of Europe.
What is Asia
400
This South American civilization was the largest Native American civilization - they lived in the Andes Mounains.
Who are the Inca?
500
Name one country located in Northern Europe
What are Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands?
500
This REVOLUTION changed the way society worked. Human energy started to be replaced by machines and people started to move to cities to work in factories.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
500
European countries provide free education and some even provide free higher education. This allows many to read and write - what is the term for the amount of people who can read or write?
What is literacy rate?
500
The 3 language groups that include most European Languages.
What are Romance, Slavic, and Germanic?
500
The name of the large landform where most people historically settled in Europe - we mentioned it in the intro to Europe Notes.
What is the Northern European Plain?
500
What's the group of countries which speak English, Dutch and French called?
What are the Guianas?