Study Guide 2

Question 1

The highest peak of the Alps..

Answer 1

Mont Blanc

Question 2

The appenines runs the lenght of

Answer 2

The italian peninsula

Question 3

Natural boundary between spain and france

Answer 3

The pyrenees

Question 4

Ireland, united kingdom and norway have this climate

Answer 4

Have an entire marine west coastline climate

Question 5

The largest sea bordering europe is

Answer 5

Mediterranean sea

Question 6

The north sea is vital for

Answer 6

Trade, fishing, and has a major oil reserved beneath its waters

Question 7

In norway and russia we can find…

Answer 7

We can fing oil and natural gas deposits

Question 8

What made Britan the worlds leading power?

Answer 8

Industrial revolution, Naval dominance, colonial empire

Question 9

What is imperialism?

Answer 9

The policy of gaining control over territory outside a nation

Question 10

The roman empire included

Answer 10

Parts of europe, africa and asia at its peak

Question 11

Main centers of trade from 1000 to 1500

Answer 11

Venice and genoa

Question 12

Country that dominated europe from 1600 to 1815

Answer 12

France

Question 13

Country that dominated europe from 1815 until the 19th century

Answer 13

United kingdom

Question 14

Napolean was defeated in..

Answer 14

The battle of waterloo in 1815

Question 15

The fall of the roman empire marked the beginning of

Answer 15

Middle ages

Question 16

What is an alliance?

Answer 16

Is an agreement between countries to support one another against enemies.

Question 17

A balance of power exists

Answer 17

When members of a group have equal levels of strength

Question 18

Who lost WW1?

Answer 18

Central powers

Question 19

Who lost WW2?

Answer 19

The Axis power (Germany, Italy, Japan)

Question 20

The end of WW2 marked the beginning of..

Answer 20

The cold war

Question 21

Why does the population of europe is becoming an area of older people?

Answer 21

Europes population is aging becausd of low birth rates and increased life expectancy

Question 22

What languages are part of the indo-european

Answer 22

English, German, French, Russian, Spanish

Question 23

This countries are multilingual..

Answer 23

Switzerland, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium

Question 24

The dominant religion in southern europe is

Answer 24

Roman catholicism

Question 25

In most north and central europe the dominant religion is

Answer 25

Protestan christianity

Question 26

Western europe can be divided in

Answer 26

The northwest highlands, the northern european plain, the Central Uplands and the Alpine Mountain System

Question 27

Part of the Northwest Highlands

Answer 27

Sweden, Ireland, Norway, Scotland

Question 28

Where are located the Kjolen mountains

Answer 28

Between Norway and Sweden

Question 29

The North European plain stretches from

Answer 29

France and Belgium to the east, across Germany, Poland and Russia

Question 30

The Central Uplands are

Answer 30

region of rolling hills and plateaus in Central Europe

Question 32

Ranges in the Alpine System are the

Answer 32

The Pyrenees, the Carpathian mountains, and the Apennines

Question 33

The continental climate dominates

Answer 33

Much of eastern europe

Question 34

The mediterranean climate dominates

Answer 34

Southern Europe, such as Italy and Greece

Question 36

Europes major climate are

Answer 36

Marine West Coast, Mediterranean, and continental climate

Question 40

The marine west coast climate dominates

Answer 40

Most of northern and west-central europe