Name that Nation Flashcards
(25 cards)
What are two of France’s rivers?
Loire, Seine
What revolution, in what country, influenced much of the Western world?
The French Revolution, France
What country in the region is home to the capital of the European Union, and the headquarters are also here.
Belgium
What are the three regions of Belgium?
Brussels, Flanders, Wallonia
About 25 percent of this country is below sea level.
Netherlands
Many multinational companies have their headquarters here.
Luxembourg
Where is the river Elbe located? Where does it flow to?
Germany (North Sea)
What country was split up into East and West, and united again in 1990?
Germany
What country in the region is only about 62 miles wide, and home to about 40,000 people?
Liechtenstein
What country in the region remains neutral, and is a large banking center?
Switzerland
The capital of this country sits on die alte Donau.
Austria
What plateau covers much of Spain?
the Meseta
The people of what region in Spain wish to be their own nation?
the Basque region
What country’s coastal plain is split in half by the Tagus River?
Portugal
What country built an empire that included Brazil, and parts of Asia and Africa?
Portugal
The cities of Milan, Turin, and Genoa are large manufacturing centers in which country?
Italy
The center of the Roman Empire was located in this country.
Italy
This country extends from the Balkan Peninsula to the Mediterranean Sea.
Greece
This country includes a mainland and over 2,000 islands.
Greece
What countries are a part of the Benelux countries?
Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
German troops attacked this country, resulting in the beginning of World War 2.
Poland
Potash is what country’s main resource?
Belarus
What countries in the region are mostly Protestant?
Estonia and Latvia
What three countries in the region lie on the shore of the Baltic Sea?
Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania
