Geography Review

1) Why can Europe be called a peninsula of peninsulas?
Europe itself is a peninsula and many of the countries off of it are peninsulas too
2) Where does the Danube flow?
It cuts through the heart of Europe west to east
3) What is the most important plain in Europe?
Northern European Plain
4) What resources does Europe have in abundance?
Coal and iron
5) Why do the Irish burn peat?
Ireland lacks energy resources
6) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?
They're an advantage because the block cold and make the land below warmer, and a disadvantage because it blocks transport
7) What is the North Atlantic Drift?
A current of warm water from the tropics, its warmth is picked up and carried over Europe. It's on the West coast
8) What parts of Europe benefit from the Mediterranean climate?
Spain, France through Italy, Greece, and the Balkan Peninsula
9) Why do trees not grow in upper Scandinavia?
The land is often in permafrost
10) What percentage of the Netherlands was once under the sea?
40% +
11) Why did Venice grow?
Refugees came to inhospitable islands and started building a town throughout the isles
12) What problems face Venice today?
They're sinking and water pollution
13) What actions have led to deforestation in Europe?
Trees being cut down for fuel, acid rain, and Venice's supports
14) Why was Ancient Greece important?
It had the first democracy
15) What are some of Rome's cultural legacies?
Many religions and languages came out of it
16) What were the crusades?
A series of wars to take the Holy Land from the Muslims.
17) How has Mediterranean Europe's economy changed since WWII.
It's main economy switched from agriculture to industry
18) Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe?
An abundance of coal and iron led to the industrial revolution there first
19) How did language differences develop in Western Europe?
Romantic and Germanic languages evolved from the main languages being spoken throughout history
20) Why was the Berlin Wall built?  When did it come down?
It was built to separate Communist Germany and Non-Communist Germany. It came down in 1989.
21) List the four sub-region of Europe.  Be able to list the countries in each sub-region.
Mediterranean, Western, Northern, and Eastern
22) What is the history of Northern Europe?
Vikings plundered and conquered using the hit and run raid technique. They also had a series of tribes scattered.
23)  What country in Northern Europe chose not to join the EU?
Norway
24) Where did the industrial revolution start?
Britain
25) Why has there been turmoil in Eastern Europe?
Cultural tension
26) What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under Communist rule?
Outdated technology, racism, and a lack of trade
27) How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?
It led to a bunch of Christians branching off from the church and made the Protestant Church.