Europe Flashcards

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Europe’s most prominent mountain range

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Alps

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2
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Capital of Greece

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Athens

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3
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The largest Greek island

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Crete

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4
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Europe’s second longest river

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Danube river

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5
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Europe is the only continent without

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Desert climate

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6
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Freed the last section of Italy from Austria

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Garibaldi

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7
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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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8
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Koine Dialektos of the Roman empire

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Greek language

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9
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Official state religion of Greece

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Greek orthodoxy

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10
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Europe’s westernmost island

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Iceland

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11
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Italian peninsula’s countries

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Italy, Vatican City and San Marino

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12
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The moral values of Judaism and Christianity

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Judeo-Christian ethics

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13
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The highest peak in Europe

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Mount Elbrus

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14
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Greece’s highest peak

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Mount Olympus

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15
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Italy’s most famous active volcano

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Mount Vesuvius

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16
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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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19
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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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21
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Iberian peninsula’s countries

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Spain and Portugal

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22
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Europe is the birthplace of

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Western civilization

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23
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Some of Italy’s greatest treasures include

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The paintings, sculptures, and architecture of the Italian renaissance

24
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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
Vatican City
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Italy’s city known for its canals
Venice
27
Europe’s longest river
Volga river
28
Europe’s largest island
Great Britain
29
Balkan peninsula’s countries
Greece
30
Spain’s history began with the marriage of
Ferdinand and Isabella
31
Muslims from North Africa
Moors
32
Separates the Spain from North Africa
Strait of Gibraltar
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Most prominent religion in Spain
Catholicism
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Capital of Spain
Madrid
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Portugal’s old name
Lusitania
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Capital of Portugal
Lisbon
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Portuguese prince that had a lifelong interest in exploration
Prince Henry the Navigator
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The countries of Central Europe
France, Andorra, Monaco, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Austria, and Germany 
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Europe’s most important inland waterway
Rhine river
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The highest peak in the alps
Mont Blanc
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A large plateau that covers much of South-Central France
Massif Central
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Some of France’s earliest inhabitants
Gauls
43
Group of people from whom France received its name
Franks
44
Capital of France
Paris
45
Dominant religion in France
Roman Catholicism
46
Small, partially self governing districts in Switzerland
Cantons
47
Capital of Switzerland
Bern
48
Liechtenstein
A tiny monarchy nestled between Switzerland and Austria
49
Capital of Austria
Vienna
50
Country known for its crystal glassware
Austria
51
Europe’s busiest river
Rhine river
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Capital of Germany
Berlin
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A barrier of concrete and barbed wire built to separate communism from free enterprise in Germany
The Berlin Wall
54
In a major center of trade since the middle ages in Germany
Hamburg
55
Switzerland’s major center of banking
Zurich
56
Western Europe’s largest agricultural producer
France