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History 5 Ch 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the 5 peninsulas of Europe? | Balkan, Apanine, Iberian, Jutland, Scandinavian |
| What country is on the Balkan peninsula? | Greece |
| What country is on the Apanine peninsula? | Italy |
| What country is on the Iberian peninsula? | Spain |
| What country is on the Jutland peninsula? | Denmark |
| What country is on the Scandinavian peninsula? | Norway |
| What are bullfighters called? | Matadors |
| What is a rebirth? | Renaissance |
| What is a stretch of high land that separates river basins? | Divide |
| What are the Protestants in France called? | Huguenots |
| What is a person called who believes that a country's businesses and industries should be taken away from the individuals? | Socialist |
| What is a nation called if it doesn't fight in wars? | Neutral |
| A country that is surrounded by land is... | Landlocked |
| What was Hitler's group (the Nazi's)? | The National Socialist Party |
| What is a long narrow inlet of the sea with high rocky banks? | Fjord |
| What is the Russian word for marshy plain? | Tundra |
| What is permanently frozen ground called? | Permafrost |
| What is the point where trees cannot grow due to the cold? | Timber Line |
| The huge swamp south of Seville, Spain | Tidelands |
| Formed by the rock of Gibraltar and a similar mountain in Northern Africa. | Pillars of Hercules |
| A special kind of oak - it's bark is harvested every 10 years | Cork |
| A form of government that allows private property, but takes away people's freedom. | Fascism |
| A French movement that rebelled against authority and promoted humanism. | Enlightenment |
| A dam-like barrier made of earth and stone. | Dikes |
| Wooden shoes worn by Dutch farmers | Klompen |
| A temporary shelter made of ice blocks | Igloo |
| Who conquered Mexico for Spain? | Cortes |
| First man to sail around the world | Magellan |
| First European to travel all the way across Asia | Marco Polo |
| Discovered the St. Lawrence River | Jacques Cartier |
| taught the importance of protecting the body from harmful germs | Louis Pasteur |
| Preached and taught in Switzerland | John Calvin |
| The Father of Modern Music | J.S. Bach |
| Wrote about the life of Jesus in "The Messiah" | Handel |
| Wrote music even after losing his hearing | Beethoven |
| Spain's most famous writer | Cervantes |
| the first European to sail to India by going around Africa | Vasco de Gama |
| famous for painting the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper | Leonardo da Vinci |
| famous for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and for sculpting David and Moses | Michelangelo |
| Italian who was one of the founders of modern science | Galileo |
| Italy's fascist dictator during World War II | Mussolini |
| known for the discovery of radium | Marie Curie |
| a young French peasant girl who helped win a great victory | Joan of Arc |
| ruthless French dictator who tried to conquer the world | Napolean Bonaparte |
| World War II hero who later became the president of France's 5th republic | Charles de Gaulle |
| legendary hero of Swiss Independence | William Tell |
| founded the International Red Cross | Clara Barton |
| the leader of the Nazis | Hitler |
| perhaps the greatest scientific genius of the twentieth century | Einstein |
| the "Father of Dutch Liberties" | William the Silent |
| country known for windmills, tulips and the Hague | Holland |
| country known for matadors, the Meseta, oranges and olives | Spain |
| country known for gondolas,Leaning Tower of Pisa, Renaissance | Italy |
| country known for the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and the Louvre | France |
| country known for cheese, chocolates, watches, music boxes | Switzerland |
| "Land of the Midnight Sun" | Norway |
| "Land of Fire and Ice" | Iceland |
| country known for the Bavarian Alps, Black Forest | Germany |
| What is Europe's highest active volcano and Mainland Europe's only active volcano? | Mt Vesuvius |
| What 2 large islands are located off the coast of Italy? | Sicily and Sardinia |
| What is the name of the independent state located within the city of Rome and what church is headquartered here? | Vatican City and the Roman Catholic Church |
| Name 2 famous Italian composers | Verdi and Puccini |
| Name 2 famous Dutch painters | Rembrandt and Vermeer |
| What group of people from England lived for a time in the Netherlands before coming to the New World? | Dutch |
| Who were the fierce warriors living in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages? | Vikings |
| Which country extends farther north than any other Western European country? | Norway |
| Which is the largest Scandinavian country? | Sweden |
| What is the world's largest island? What Scandinavian country owns it? | Greenland and Sweden |
| What is Europe's most mountainous country? | Italy |
| Which country is one of Europe's oldest republics? | France |
| During World War I, who led Germany? | Wilhelm |
| What alliance did Germany belong to during World War I? | Central Powers |
| What were the countries fighting against Germany in World War I called? | Allies |
| During WWII, who led Germany? | Hitler |
| What alliance did Germany belong to in WWII | Axis |
| What were the countries fighting against Germany in WWII called? | Allies |
| Which German city was divided after WWII? | Berlin |
| What are Europe's 3 main language groups? | English, Spanish, French |
| What language is not a part of the 3 main language groups? | German |
| What are the 2 international languages? | English and Spanish |
| What do we call the part of the New World where Spanish and Portuguese are spoken? | Spain |
| What language which is no longer spoken formed the basis for the Romance languages? | Latin |
| Europe's largest mountain range | Alps |
| highest peak in Europe | Mt Elbrus |
| highest peak in the Alps | Mt Blanc |
| the mountain peak expert climbers like to challenge | Matterhorn |
| Europe's most important inland waterway | The Rhine |
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