Culture
How have Mountain Ranges affected European Cultures?
Many different cultures/languages have developed
What is the largest country in the world?
Russia
Spain and Portugal are located on what?
Iberian Peninsula
Large cities and industrialization in Europe has led to what environmental concerns for Europe?
Air and water pollution
Why do people settle along rivers?
Access to fertile soils, travel, and trade
What three main religions are practiced in Europe?
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
To travel from France to Britain, you would cross what?
English Channel
Where is the best farmland in Europe?
European Plain
Why did people abandon Chernobyl in 1986?
The nuclear power plant exploded and radiation levels were unsafe
Which river travels through four national capitals?
Danube
Language, Religion, and Cuisine (food) are examples of what?
Culture
Where do most people live in Russia?
Southern and Western (European) Russia
What forms a natural boundary between France and Spain?
Which country had a major problem with acid rain in the 1980s and began regulating pollution levels to help its forests regrow?
Germany
The Alps mountains are in which countries (name at least two)?
France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland
What three things is Europe doing to unify and eliminate historical problems caused by: languages, economics, and militaries?
English as a common language, The European Union/the Euro as a common currency, NATO Military Alliance
What country lies between France and Poland?
Germany
The Ural Mountains are in which country?
Russia
Acid rain can lead to what problems (name three)?
water pollution, destruction of forests, destruction of buildings, kills plants and small animals, long-term problems for large animals/humans
Germany, Russia, and Poland all lie within what physical feature?
European Plain
Italy, France, and Spain are mostly what religious denomination?
the UK and Germany are mostly what religious denomination?
France, Italy, Spain: Catholic
UK, Germany: Protestant
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
Which countries are on the Scandinavian Peninsula?
Norway and Sweden
How did other nations figure out what happened in Chernobyl when the Soviet Union covered it up?
Winds carried radiation to Western Europe, leading to demands for answers
The Mediterranean Sea borders what European countries (name three)?
Spain, France, Italy, Greece