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By The Numbers- 2/4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Most places in Europe are within ____ miles of the ocean | 100 |
| The Italian Peninsula has _______ miles of coastline. | 4,700 |
| Rhine River flows north ____ miles to North Sea | 820 |
| Danube river flows east ____ miles through __ countries | 1771, 9 |
| ___% of Europe is suitable for agriculture, would average only ___% | 33%, 11% |
| ___% of the Netherlands was once under water | 40% |
| In ___s, windmills were used to power pumps that drained land | 1400s |
| City of Venice is made up of ____ islands | 120 |
| People and goods are moved by boat over ___ canals | 150 |
| People enter Balkan Peninsula around ____ B.C. | 2000 |
| Rome rules the Italian Peninsula by ___ B.C. | 275 |
| Christianity speads from Palestine, is the official religion by A.D. ____ | 400 |
| In A.D. ___, empire splits into Eastern and western halves | 395 |
| Christians start _______ in ___ to regain Palestine from Muslims | Crusades, 1096 |
| North African Muslims conquer Iberian Peninsula in ___s | 700s |
| Changed in ___th century when manufacturing and service industries grew | 20th |
| ____ French Revolution deposes King, forms Republic | 1789 |
| Allies defeat Germany in ____ | 1945 |
| In ____, anti-Communist reforms lead East Germany to open _______ _____ | 1989, Berlin Wall |
| The two Germany's reunite in ____ as a democracy. | 1990 |
| Roman's conquer Britain's Celts by A.D. __ | 80 |
| Normandy's William the Conqueror invades Britain in ____ | 1066 |
| Magna Carta | 1215 |
| Industrial Revolution | 1800's |
| Starvation in Ireland due to potato famine in ____'s | 1840's |
| Britain splits in ____ | 1921 |
| By A.D. ___, Rome holds Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary | 100 |
| Balkan Peninsula later held by Byzantine Empire, then Ottoman Empire in ____'s, ____'s | 1300's, 1400's |
| Slavs move during ___'s to ___'s | 400's to 600's |
| Non-Slavic Magyars take Hungary in ___'s | 800's |
| Austria becomes great power in ____'s | 1400's |
| Balkan nations break from Ottoman Empire in ____ | 1908 |
| Muslim Ottoman Empire tries to conquer Balkan Peninsula in ____'s | 1300's |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independence in ____ | 1992 |
| In ____, NATO bombs Serbia to stop Serbian violence | 1999 |