Europe Test Flashcards
What body of water separates Spain from Africa and connects the Mediterranean Sea?
Strait of Gibralter
What does is the name of the fertile plain that stretches across most of Europe?
Northern European Plain
Europe is bordered to the south by what major body of water?
Mediterranean Sea
Both Spain and Portugal lie on the __________Peninsula.
Iberian
What mountain range cuts Russia into European continent and Asia continent?
Caucasus Mountains
Why does Western Europe have such a mild climate?
The North Atlantic current brings warm water which heats the air and water
Which continent is smaller than Europe?
Australia
Physically, Europe can be described as __________.
A peninsula made up of many other peninsulas
Based on GDP, which European country is the poorest?
Moldova
What is the name of the systematic attempt to kill off the Jewish population of europe by the nazis during WWII.
Holocaust
What is the common currency used in the European Union countries?
Euro
Who invented democracy?
Ancient Athens (Greece)
What characteristic was required by both Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome in order to be a citizen?
You had to be a man
Why was the European Union created?
To unify the European countries and end war
Who is in the European Union?
28 European countries
