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Capital of Italy

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Rome

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city with the famous “leaning tower”

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Pisa

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mainland Europe’s only active volcano

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Mt. Vesuvius

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the island at the toe of Italy’s boot

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Sicily

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Italy is often called the “Home of the ____”

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Renaissance

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Germany is often called the “Land of the ____”

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Reformation

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Adolf Hitler’s desire to conquer led to

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World War II

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The capital of Germany

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Berlin

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Bach, Handel, & Beethoven were three famous German

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musicians

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The country that was reunited in the spring of 1990 was

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Germany

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The German city that was divided after World War II was

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Berlin

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Europe’s most important inland waterway

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Rhine

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the leader of the National Socialist Party (NAZI) in Germany was

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Adolf Hitler

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One of the greatest scientific geniuses of all time

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Albert Einstein

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the leader of the Protestant Reformation in France

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John Calvin

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the World War II hero who became president of the Fifth Republic

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Charles de Gaulle

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the scientist who taught the world how to protect against germs

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Louis Pasteur

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young peasant girl who led the French army to victory, but was later captured and burned at the stake

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Joan of Arc

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the French emperor who wanted to conquer all of the world

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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The highest peak in France

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Mont Blanc

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the capital of France

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Paris

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a famous French landmark

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the Eiffel Tower

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Spain & Portugal are on the ____ Peninsula

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the capital of Spain

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the Strait of Gibraltar separates the Iberian Peninsula from ____
Africa
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The huge swamp in southern Spain is called
The Tidelands
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the first man to sail around the world
Magellan
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Matadors in Spain fight
bulls
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The Iberian Peninsula is separated from the rest of Europe by the ____ Mountains
Pyrenees
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Italian painter of the Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
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Italian dictator and leader of the Fascists
Mussolini
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a great scientist
Galileo
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first European to travel all the way across Asia
Marco Polo
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Italian sculptor of David and Moses
Michelangelo
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You will label the following on the map of Europe:
Adriatic Sea, Baltic Sea, Athens, Oslo, Sweden, Helsinki, Pyrenees, Portugal, Paris, Rhine River
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Norway is called the "Land of the Midnight ____"
Sun
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the capital of Norway
Oslo
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long, narrow inlets of the sea with high, rocky banks along the coastline of Norway
fjords
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On the Jutland Peninsula is the country of
Denmark
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the most famous writer from Denmark was Hans Christian _____
Andersen
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the world's largest island _____ is owned by Denmark.
Greenland
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Because of all the volcanoes, hot springs, and geysers found alongside its glaciers, Iceland is called the "Land of ___ and ____"
Fire & Ice
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North of the Arctic Circle in the Frigid Zone are the ____ regions.
tundra
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No trees grow in this region because it is above the __-
timber line
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In the winter, the Inuits sometimes live in temporary snow-blocked shelters called
igloos
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Switzerland or the Netherlands: | Alps
Switzerland
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Switzerland or the Netherlands: | tulips, windmills, low lands
The Netherlands
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Switzerland or the Netherlands: | William Tell and independence of country
Switzerland
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Switzerland or the Netherlands: | International Red Cross
Switzerland
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Switzerland or the Netherlands: | Pilgrims who later came to America
The Netherlands
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Switzerland or the Netherlands: | the book Heidi
Switzerland
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Switzerland or the Netherlands: | cheese, chocolates, watches, music boxes
Switzerland
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Switzerland or the Netherlands: | a neutral republic, landlocked
Switzerland
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Switzerland or the Netherlands: | wooden shoes and dikes
The Netherlands
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Switzerland or the Netherlands: | the capital city, Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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