This mountain system stretches from Spain to Greece and has the highest peak in all of Europe.
What is the "Alpine Mountain System" or the "Alps?"
100
What religion dominates the Republic of Ireland?
What is Roman Catholicism
100
Norway's geography features narrow inlets of the sea where steep cliffs surround these, which were shaped by glaciers.
What are "fjords?"
100
This country has specialized its agriculture and has focused on growing grapes for making wines and using milk from dairy cattle to create cheese.
What is "France?"
100
This country is totally separated to much of Europe because of the Alpine Mountain Range.
What is Italy?
Grapes
200
The Kiel Canal is located in this country.
What is Germany?
200
This political system in which all citizens share in running the government started in ancient Greece.
What is "democracy?"
200
During the 1840's, millions left this country for the United States during the "Great Potato Famine."
What is the "Republic of Ireland?"
200
Much of this country in Central Europe lies below sea level and has shaped its cultural traditions of windmills, wooden shoes, and tulips and have made dikes to help with flooding.
What is "The Netherlands?"
200
Italy is almost a country that is split into two parts because of this?
What are the Apennines Mountains?
300
This term describes a river that is wide and deep enough for ships to use. The Danube and Rhine Rivers are examples.
What is "navigable?"
300
The European Union was formed to:
What the promotion of free trade and communication between members
300
This river flows through Paris, France and into the English Channel which helps connect Paris is a full time navigational tool for trading with the world.
What is the Seine River
300
This country is a global economic power and a leader in the European Union. This is due in part to this country's highly productive agriculture.
What is "Germany?"
300
This country has been in recent news for its economic troubles and loan defaults.
What is "Greece?"
400
This country consists of polders.
What is the Netherlands?
400
This organization was created to defend Western Europe from possible aggression by communist countries?
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
400
This island country is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy and is made up of 4 distinct regions.
(Bonus 500 for naming all 4)
What is the "United Kingdom?"
Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales
400
This country has maintained a "neutral" role, meaning it has refused to take part in wars. It is also famous for its cheese, chocolate, knives, and the Red Cross.
What is "Switzerland?"
400
These two countries are considered young democracies with growing economies and just happen to be on a peninsula.
Extra 50 points = Name the Peninsula
What are "Spain and Portugal?"
Extra 50 - Iberian Peninsula
500
This is Europe's major landform. It stretches across most of the mainland Europe. It has rolling land with isolated hills and is perfect for agricultural production.
What is the "Northern European Plain?"
500
As Europe began to recover from the Black Plague, the interest in learning, art, music, and literature was revived or "reborn" for which this time period is named.
What is the "Renaissance?"
500
The country who has the saying, "The sun never set on our empire!"
What is the British Empire
500
This term describes most of the people in a region who can speak more than one language.
What is "bilingual?"
500
This term describes a kind of people who have a shared ancestry, language, and customs.