Name that capital!
EUropean history
Institutions
What a relief!
The Earth
100
This country, whose capital is Kiev, is currently in the middle of a dangerous civil war.
What is Ukraine?
100
What was the name of the original organization of European nations that formed in 1951?
What is the European Coal and Steel Community
100
What is the name of the judicial branch of the EU?
What is the Court of Justice of the European Union
100
On earth, we can distinguish between which two kinds of relief?
What is continental relief and oceanic relief
100
A grid of imaginary lines that can be used to determine the location of a place on the surface of the earth
What is the geographic network
200
The capital of Germany
What is Berlin
200
Which treaty in 1957 created the European Economic Community (EEC)?
What is the Treaty of Rome
200
What are the three main branches of the European Union?
What is the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the Council of the European Union
200
The gradual destruction of the Earth's surface by rain, wind, ice, rivers, etc.
What is erosion
200
How long is one of Earth's full revolutions?
What is 365 days and 6 hours
300
Name the capitals of our two European countries for Global Classrooms.
What is Brussels and Oslo
300
The single European currency, called the Euro, came into circulation in which year in the majority of EU countries?
What is 2002
300
Which branch of the EU is the only part that is elected directly by European citizens?
What is the European Parliament
300
This river is the longest river in Europe, and it flows primarily through Russia.
What is the Volga River
300
The distance between any point on the Earth's surface and the Equator
What is latitude
400
The capital of Hungary
What is Budapest
400
Something important happened in the European Union in 1986. What happened?
What is the EU membership of Spain.
400
What is the Common Agricultural Policy?
What is an economic policy which tries to promote high quality agricultural production while respecting the environment. It also offers help to farmers.
400
Name the different concentric layers of the earth
What is crust, mantle, and core
400
Earth's axis is an imaginary line that passes through the North and South Poles at what angle?
What is 23°
500
The capital city of the country to most recently join the European Union. Find this country on the map and name the capital city. http://www.worldatlasbook.com/europe/europe-blank-map.html
Zagreb
500
Name at least six of the ten countries that joined the EU in 2004.
What is Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, and Slovakia
500
Name the function of the European Parliament
What is to work on legislation and to approve the EU budget along with the Council of the European Union.
500
Explain the precipitation and temperature of a Mediterranean climate
Temperature: Mild in the winter, hot in the summer. The annual average is between 10° C and 20° C Precipitation: Falls in winter, spring, and autumn. The summers are dry. It varies between 300 mm and 1000 mm annually
500
The name of our galaxy
What is the Milky Way