European Geography
These oceans border Europe
What are the Atlantic and Arctic
This landform is a narrow strip of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
What is a peninsula
Built between 70AD/CE and 80AD/CE, this is the largest amphitheatre ever built in Rome, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world.
What is the Colosseum
This pandemic spread across Asia and Europe in the 14th century and killed an estimated 30-60% of the population.
What is the Black Death or The Plague or Bubonic Plague
This invention, which which made it possible to mass-produce books much faster and cheaper than handwritten manuscripts, made knowledge more accessible and is considered a major turning point in history, enabling the spread of ideas during the 15th century.
The Gutenberg printing press
This narrow water way separates the British Isles from mainland Europe
What is The English Channel
This northern Europe waterway is known to be rich in oil and gas
What is the North Sea
This Roman leader was murdered on the Senate floor by Senators that included his best friend
Who is Julius Caesar
This class of people were the largest class of people during the Middle Ages to know how to read and write
Who is the clergy
This historical figure wrote the Ninety-Five Theses condemning the Catholic Church's sale of indulgences, causing a split into a new brand of Christian called Protestant
Who is Martin Luther
This famously high mountain range spans several countries including France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
What is The Alps.
Because of these, Western Europe enjoys a warmer climate than other places in the world on the same latitude.
What are the Westerly Winds and Gulf Stream Current
This was the first Roman leader to convert to Christianity greatly increasing the religion's popularity.
Who is Constantine the Great
This was the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
What is feudalism
The Crusades were wars fought between these two religions over control of Jerusalem beginning in the 11th century
What are Christianity and Islam
This mountain range divides Spain and France.
What is the Pyrenees
This northern European island's rugged terrain was formed mostly by volcanic activity, and it features many hot springs.
What is Iceland
These reasons lead to the fall of the Roman Empire
(at least 2)
What are invading Huns from the East,
Invading Germanic peoples from the north/west,
Weak leaders of the Western Roman Empire
This is the reason that medieval doctors wore perfume and herbs in their mask while treating plague patients
What is because they didn't understand germ theory
This time period is marked by renewed interest in art, science, and music in Europe
What is the Renaissance
This river runs through the most populated area of Europe
What is the Rhine River
This sea, the Romans called "Mare Nostrom," was very important to their dominate power and they sought to own or control access to it to maintain that power and wealth.
What is the Mediterranean Sea
This is how the leaders from the Roman Empire (RE) differed from the leaders of the Holy Roman Empire (HRE)
What is RE leaders inherited the throne, HRE leaders were appointed by the Pope
This Norse explorer is thought to be the first European to set foot on continental America approximately 500 years before Christopher Columbus in 1000AD/CE
Who is Leif Erikson
DAILY DOUBLE
These main 3 countries fought together against this leader's attempt to take over Europe in WWII
Who are the US, USSR, UK against
Who is Adolf Hitler