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100
Name 5 ethnic groups in Europe (there are over 160 distinct groups so try and come up with some unusual ones.)
Answers will vary but some include: Slavic, Roma, Serbs, Croats, French, German, Poles, etc.
100
Name three climate zones in Europe
What is Mediterranean, Arctic, marine, and temperate.
100
What mountain range is the tallest in Europe?
What is the Alps?
100
What were the Crusades and what were their purpose?
What is Wars between the Christian of Europe and Muslims of the Middle East to open up trade routes and gain control over Palestine.
100
What area of Europe sees the most migration into the region and why?
What is Western Europe.
200
Name 3 religions in Europe.
What is Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim, Protestant sects, among others.
200
Name 2 of Europe's primary natural resources.
What is natural gas, petroleum, coal.
200
What river in Europe goes through or touches the most countries borders?
What is the Danube.
200
Name 2 wars fought in Europe and the primary countries involved.
What is WW I, WWII, Thirty Years War, French Revolution, various Baltic conflicts, among others.
200
What is the primary form of government in Europe?
What is democratic or parliamentary.
300
What is Europe's literacy rate
95 to 98 percent of all Europeans are literate (i.e. they can read well enough to function in an industrial society)
300
What has the largest effect on Europe's climate and causes such a small area to have such climate variation.
What is the oceans.
300
Name 3 seas or oceans that border or are part of Europe?
What is Atlantic, Black, Mediterranean, Caspian, Adriatic, among others.
300
Name 5 people important to European History and briefly describe their roles.
What is many, many names.
300
What is the primary land use in Europe?
What is farming.
400
What are the language families present in Europe?
What is Romance (Spanish, French) Germanic (German, English), and Slavic (Hungarian, Russian).
400
What are 4 of Europe's most pressing environmental problems?
What are flooding, soil erosion, deforestation, acid rain, air and water pollution, global warming.
400
Name European Mountain range other than the Alps.
What is Caucasus, Ural, Carpathian, Balkan, among others
400
Name two people central to the rise of communism in Europe.
Who is Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin.
400
What is the primary industry in Europe and why?
What is service industries (telecommunications, tech, etc.) because of the high education rates in the region.
500
What is the oldest urban area in Europe?
London
500
What country has the largest natural resource reserves in Europe?
What is Russia
500
Name a country in one of the 3 dry regions in Europe.
What is Hungary, Romania, Ukraine.
500
Name 2 historical eras in European history.
What is The Enlightenment, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance
500
Name the economic organization that the majority of north European countries belong to.
What is the European Union (EU).