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Europe’s most prominent mountain range

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Alps

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Capital of Greece

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Athens

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The largest Greek island

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Crete

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Europe’s second longest river

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Danube river

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Europe is the only continent without

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Desert climate

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Freed the last section of Italy from Austria

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Garibaldi

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One of the largest commercial fleets of ships in the world belongs to

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Greece

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Koine Dialektos of the Roman empire

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Greek language

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Official state religion of Greece

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Greek orthodoxy

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Europe’s westernmost island

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Iceland

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Italian peninsula’s countries

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Italy, Vatican City and San Marino

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The moral values of Judaism and Christianity

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Judeo-Christian ethics

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The highest peak in Europe

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Mount Elbrus

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Greece’s highest peak

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Mount Olympus

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Italy’s most famous active volcano

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Mount Vesuvius

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Greek islandlike peninsula

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Peloponnesus

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17
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The Greek city states were finally united under

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Philip the second of Macedonia

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18
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Capital of Italy

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Rome

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The world’s oldest republic

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San Marino

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20
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Europe’s major peninsulas

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Scandinavian, Jutland, Iberian, Italian, Balkan

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Iberian peninsula’s countries

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Spain and Portugal

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Europe is the birthplace of

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Western civilization

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Some of Italy’s greatest treasures include

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The paintings, sculptures, and architecture of the Italian renaissance

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Natural boundaries between Europe and Asia

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Ural mountains, Ural river, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, Caspian Sea

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The world’s smallest independent state

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Vatican City

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Italy’s city known for its canals

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Venice

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Europe’s longest river

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Volga river

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Europe’s largest island

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Great Britain

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Balkan peninsula’s countries

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Greece

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Spain’s history began with the marriage of

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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Muslims from North Africa

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Moors

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Separates the Spain from North Africa

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Strait of Gibraltar

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Most prominent religion in Spain

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Catholicism

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Capital of Spain

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Madrid

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Portugal’s old name

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Lusitania

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Capital of Portugal

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Lisbon

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Portuguese prince that had a lifelong interest in exploration

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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The countries of Central Europe

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France, Andorra, Monaco, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Austria, and Germany 

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Europe’s most important inland waterway

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Rhine river

40
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The highest peak in the alps

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Mont Blanc

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A large plateau that covers much of South-Central France

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Massif Central

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Some of France’s earliest inhabitants

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Gauls

43
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Group of people from whom France received its name

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Franks

44
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Capital of France

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Paris

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Dominant religion in France

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Roman Catholicism

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Small, partially self governing districts in Switzerland

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Cantons

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Capital of Switzerland

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Bern

48
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Liechtenstein

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A tiny monarchy nestled between Switzerland and Austria

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Capital of Austria

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Vienna

50
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Country known for its crystal glassware

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Austria

51
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Europe’s busiest river

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Rhine river

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Capital of Germany

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Berlin

53
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A barrier of concrete and barbed wire built to separate communism from free enterprise in Germany

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The Berlin Wall

54
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In a major center of trade since the middle ages in Germany

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Hamburg

55
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Switzerland’s major center of banking

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Zurich

56
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Western Europe’s largest agricultural producer

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France

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