Geography Terms
Define-ately
What's in a Name
History
Hodge Podge
100
This is the name of the region in Europe that includes the countries of Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
What is Scandinavia?
100
Define Gross Domestic Product.
What is the total value of all goods and services produced and sold in a country in a year?
100
Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Who is David Cameron?
100
What country in Europe is the birthplace of Democracy?
What is Greece?
100
What currency does most of Europe use?
What is the Euro?
200
What is the capital city of France? What is its nickname?
What is Paris/ City of Lights.
200
Define Deportation.
What is the process of being sent back to one's home country.
200
This is the great-grandson of the Queen Elizabeth II of England, and he will likely one day be the King.
Who is Prince George?
200
With 14, what country has won more Nobel Prizes for Literature than any other country?
What is France?
200
Which country is known for being "neutral."
What is Switzerland?
300
What is the name of the island on which you'll find England Wales and Scotland?
What is Great Britain?
300
What is the European Union?
An organization of 28 European nations which works together to expand prosperity, spread democracy and promote European Unity.
300
What famous painter from Spain created a new style of painting (Cubism) after viewing African Art for the first time?
Who is Pablo Picasso?
300
This British document signed in 1215 limited the power of a king and gave some rights to common people.
What is the Magna Carta?
300
Austria's tourism industry is centered around snow skiing in what European mountain range?
What are the Alps?
400
What is the name of the mountain range that separates European Russia from Asiatic Russia?
What are the Ural Mountains?
400
Define Constitutional Monarchy.
What is a system where the monarch is the ceremonial leader but the Parliament makes the laws.
400
Who is the current Chancellor of Germany?
Who is Angela Merkel?
400
This event in 1989 marked the reunification of East and West Germany.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
400
The headquarters of the European Union is in this city and country.
What is Brussels, Belgium.
500
What is the piece of land where you'll find Spain, Andorra and Portugal?
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
500
Excessive Nationalism (give an example where it was a problem).
What is too much identification with your country as your identity--loyalty to your country even if it is promoting the wrong policies.
500
In 1975, this famous Spanish Dictator died, permitting Spain to become a Democracy.
Who is Fransisco Franco?
500
This country is the most recent member of the European Union. It joined in 2013
What is Croatia?
500
What is the cradle-to-grave system--give three examples of things included in this system.
What is a system of services provided by governments in Scandinavia for citizens at every stage of their life--for example, the government provides the money to pay for citizens' healthcare, education and retirement.
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