Europe Review Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Norways western coast have many of these water inlets with steep slopes like New Zealand | fjords |
| name for England, Scotland, and Wales | Great Britain |
| type of energy found in Iceland | geothermal |
| known for its cold weather; eastern part of Russia | Siberia |
| Most people live in this region of Scandinavia | southern |
| built in 1961 to stop people from fleeing to West Germany for freedom | Berlin Wall |
| circular structure where the gladiators fought in Rome, about 2,000 years old | Colosseum |
| mountain range located in Central Europe, particularly Switzerland and Austria | Alps |
| Capital of Greece | Athens |
| another name for Ireland | Republic of Ireland |
| The ethnic group that lives above the Arctic Circle | Sami |
| Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg | Benelux countries |
| Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland | Scandinavia |
| walls built to prevent flooding | levees |
| another name for the Netherlands | Holland |
| Famous city in Italy known for its canals and gondalas | Venice |
| wooden churches found in Scandanavia, particularly Norway | Stave |
| Northwestern Europe has milder climate than expected due to the _____________ | Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Drift |
| capital of Belgium | Brussels |
| smallest country in the world located within Rome | Vatican City |
| West Germany had this type of government | democracy |
| Capital of Germany | Berlin |
| largest country in the world | Russia |
| Capital of the United Kingdom | London |
| famous sport of Spain | bullfighting |
| Netherlands is known for these | windmills, cheese, and tulips |
| manor houses or residences of the lord of the manor; usually associated with France | Chateauxs |
| famous building in Russia where the president lives | Kremlin |
| Capital of Italy | Rome |
| peninsula containing Spain and Portugal | Iberian |
| Deadly mountain peak in the Alps | Matterhorn |
| Capital of Spain | Madrid |
| Famous cathedral in Russia | St. Basil's Cathedral |
| pact between USSR and eastern Europe | Warsaw Pact |
| Catholics vs. Protestants | Northern Ireland |
| Wales, England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom |
| land reclaimed from the sea | polder |
| Belgium is known for these | chocolate, waffles, and fries |
| alliance with western European countries after World War II | NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
| What country is the leading export of oil in Europe? | Norway |
| period from 1945-1990 when the US and USSR were almost at war | Cold War |
| Famous cathedral in France | Notre Dame |
| Capital of Denmark | Copenhagen |
| what Russia was called when it was communist | Soviet Union/USSR |
| Big Ben, London Eye, Red Telephone booths and double-decker buses,and Stonehenge are located in which country? | United Kingdom |
| reason for many Irish to immigrant to the US in the mid-1800s | Irish Potato Famine |
| river that flows through Europe and empties into the Black Sea | Danube |
| East Germany had this type of government | communists |
| Capital of Russia | Moscow |
| name for a Russian king | czar |
| Above the Arctic Circle is called the Land of the _________________ | Midnight Sun |
| deepest lake in the world; located in Russia | Baikal |
| describes how the UK took over countries and territories around the world | "the Sun never sets on the British Empire" |
| mountains that divide European Russia and Asian Russia | Ural |
| peninsula that contains Greece, Montenegro, Bosnia, FYROM (Macedonia) | Balkan |
| Capital of the Netherlands | Amsterdam |
| people from the Netherlands are called __________ | Dutch |
| famous building in Greece; copied throughout Western Europe and the US, particularly Washington DC. 2,500 years old | Parthenon |
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