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Test 13, Chapter 14 Flashcards

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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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5
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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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14
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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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20
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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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Iberian

24
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the capital of Spain

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Madrid

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the Strait of Gibraltar separates the Iberian Peninsula from ____

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Africa

26
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The huge swamp in southern Spain is called

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The Tidelands

27
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the first man to sail around the world

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Magellan

28
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Matadors in Spain fight

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bulls

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The Iberian Peninsula is separated from the rest of Europe by the ____ Mountains

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Pyrenees

30
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Italian painter of the Mona Lisa

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Italian dictator and leader of the Fascists

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Mussolini

32
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a great scientist

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Galileo

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first European to travel all the way across Asia

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Marco Polo

34
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Italian sculptor of David and Moses

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Michelangelo

35
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You will label the following on the map of Europe:

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Adriatic Sea, Baltic Sea, Athens, Oslo, Sweden, Helsinki, Pyrenees, Portugal, Paris, Rhine River

36
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Norway is called the “Land of the Midnight ____”

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Sun

37
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the capital of Norway

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Oslo

38
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long, narrow inlets of the sea with high, rocky banks along the coastline of Norway

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fjords

39
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On the Jutland Peninsula is the country of

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Denmark

40
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the most famous writer from Denmark was Hans Christian _____

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Andersen

41
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the world’s largest island _____ is owned by Denmark.

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Greenland

42
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Because of all the volcanoes, hot springs, and geysers found alongside its glaciers, Iceland is called the “Land of ___ and ____”

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Fire & Ice

43
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North of the Arctic Circle in the Frigid Zone are the ____ regions.

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tundra

44
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No trees grow in this region because it is above the __-

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timber line

45
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In the winter, the Inuits sometimes live in temporary snow-blocked shelters called

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igloos

46
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Switzerland or the Netherlands:

Alps

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Switzerland

47
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Switzerland or the Netherlands:

tulips, windmills, low lands

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The Netherlands

48
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Switzerland or the Netherlands:

William Tell and independence of country

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Switzerland

49
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Switzerland or the Netherlands:

International Red Cross

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Switzerland

50
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Switzerland or the Netherlands:

Pilgrims who later came to America

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The Netherlands

51
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Switzerland or the Netherlands:

the book Heidi

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Switzerland

52
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Switzerland or the Netherlands:

cheese, chocolates, watches, music boxes

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Switzerland

53
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Switzerland or the Netherlands:

a neutral republic, landlocked

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Switzerland

54
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Switzerland or the Netherlands:

wooden shoes and dikes

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The Netherlands

55
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Switzerland or the Netherlands:

the capital city, Amsterdam

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The Netherlands

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