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Europe Exam
Students of History Europe Unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pyrenees | mountain range found in Western Europe |
| Countries bordering the Baltic Sea called "Baltic States" | Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania |
| Strait of Gibraltar connects these two larger bodies of water | Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea |
| Scandinavian countries | Norway, Sweden, Denmark |
| United Kingdom countries | Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Whales |
| How do the Alps create an economic boost for Alpine countries? | tourism |
| Appenine Mountains | Mountain Range in Italy |
| Russia's Capital | Moscow |
| Belgium's Capital | Brussels |
| France's Capital | Paris |
| Germany's Capital | Berlin |
| UK's Capital | London |
| Spain's Capital | Madrid |
| Austria | Capital: Vienna, the 'city of music' landlocked nation in the Eastern Alps Danube River flows through the northern region |
| European Microstates | San Marino Andorra Monaco Liechtenstein Malta Vatican City |
| Fjord | narrow sea inlet with steep cliff sides, commonly found in Norway |
| Romania | Capital: Bucharest home of Carpathian mountains and Transylvania gained independence from Ottoman Empire in 1878 |
| Eiffel Tower | a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France built from 1887-1889 |
| The Danube | called the world's most international river because it passes through 10 Central and Eastern European countries from the Black Forest to the Black Sea |
| Ural Mountains | a Russian landform is one of the boundaries between Europe and Asia |
| Chernobyl | a nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine that was one of the worst in history |
| Mediterranean Climate | common in the South of France, Italy and Greece |