Climate
Geography
Miscellaneous
European Union
Conflicts
100
Permanently frozen topsoil.
What is permafrost.
100
Danube and Rhine.
What are the two main rivers of Europe.
100
Very small sovereign states in Europe.
What are microstates.
100
A politico-economic union of states that are located primarily in Europe.
What is the European Union.
100
A state of political and military tension after World War II between the USA and the USSR.
What is the Cold War.
200
An ocean current from the tropics that warms the climate of Europe.
What is the North Atlantic Drift.
200
Alps, Pyrenees, Apennine, Carpathian, Balkan and Ural.
What are mountains in Europe.
200
Land that has been reclaimed by diking and draining.
What is a polder.
200
The currency of the E.U.
What is the euro.
200
Protestant English rulers discriminated against Catholics, and took their land (giving it to Protestants), leaving Catholics broke, angry, and feeling as if they have nothing to lose, making them willing to die, starting wars.
What is the beginning of "The Troubles", or the conflicts in Northern Ireland.
300
Winds that blow from west to east and pick up the warmth from the North Atlantic Drift and spread it across Europe.
What are the Prevailing Westerlies.
300
Name five of the nine islands of Europe.
What is Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and Crete.
300
The main economic activities that allow microstates to thrive.
What tourism and filming.
300
The number of member states in the E.U.
What is 28.
300
How and why the Soviet Union took control of Eastern Europe.
What is they invaded during WWII as an Ally strategy, but refused to withdraw. They did this to gain a political barrier between themselves and their enemies to the West.
400
The four main climates of Europe.
What is Marine West Coast, Humid Continental, Mediterranean, and Tundra.
400
Name three of the five peninsulas of Europe.
What is Scandinavian, Jutland, Iberian, Italian, and Balkan.
400
The country where polders are found.
What is the Netherlands/Holland.
400
To ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital, and maintain common policies on trade.
What is the reason why the European Union was created.
400
How and when the Cold War and Soviet Union ended.
What is the Soviet Union had economic problems, and then a new leader (Gorbachev) in the late 1980's reformed it, making it a little better until 1991, when the USSR collapsed.
500
"Land of the Midnight Sun".
What is arctic Norway.
500
Name three of the six Uplands of Europe.
What is Kjolen Mountains of Scandinavia, the low mountain areas of Brittany (in France), the Scottish highlands, the Meseta (central plateau of Spain), the Central Uplands of Germany (base of Alps), and Massif Central (France).
500
Name the six microstates of Europe.
What is Andorra, Monaco, Vatican City, San Marino, Malta, and Liechtenstein.
500
Name seven of the twenty-eight countries that are a part of the E.U. For triple, name twenty-one. (I suggest writing it down on a piece of paper to keep track).
What is Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland, U.K., Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, and Malta.
500
How and when the conflicts in Northern Ireland ended.
What is 1998 with the Belfast "Good Friday" Agreement.