World Geography - Europe Flashcards
What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
SICILY
Warsaw International Airport is named after which composer?
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Which former Soviet republic is the world’s largest landlocked country by land area?
KAZAKHSTAN
In which Spanish city is Sagrada Familia an unfinished Roman Catholic church designed by Antoni Gaudi?
BARCELONA
The island of Surtsey which rose above the ocean in a series of volcanic eruptions between 1963 and 1968 is part of which country?
ICELAND
The world’s narrowest strait used for international navigation which strait connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara?
BOSPHORUS
Which city in Croatia known as Ragusa until 1909 is sometimes called the “Pearl of the Adriatic”?
DUBROVNIK
Founded in 600 BC by Greeks from Phocaea as a trading port what is the second- largest city in France?
MARSEILLE
Which cathedral in Moscow was built in the 16th century on Red Square on the orders of Ivan the Terrible?
SAINT BASIL’S
What is the name of the French-speaking southern region of Belgium?
WALLONIA
The Palace of Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on which island?
CRETE
Which is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris and also the most visited cemetery in the world?
PERE LACHAISE
Bordering Austria and Hungary which is the only national capital that borders two independent countries?
BRATISLAVA
What is the longest river in the Czech Republic which runs north from its source near the German Border through Prague merging with the Elbe at Melník?
VLTAVA
Oil Rocks is a town on the Caspian Sea and was the first oil platform in which former Soviet republic?
AZERBAIJAN
Which port in Greece is the largest passenger port in Europe servicing over 19 million passengers annually?
PIRAEUS
Liege is situated in the valley of which river near Belgium’s eastern borders with the Netherlands and Germany?
MEUSE
What is the name of the basilica in Paris which is located at the summit of Montmartre which was built as a national penance for the supposed excesses of the Second Empire and socialist Paris Commune of 1871?
SACRE-COEUR
What is the capital of the Italian region of Campania?
NAPLES
Which city in Denmark is home to the Viking Ship Museum and also a cathedral which is a burial site for Danish monarchs?
ROSKILDE
From 1880 to 1884 which cathedral in Germany was the tallest structure in the world until the completion of the Washington Monument?
COLOGNE CATHEDRAL
What is the name of the city in Bosnia and Herzegovina where a famous bridgewhich was destroyed in 1993 and rebuilt in 2004 crosses the River Neretva?
MOSTAR
Which is the most sparsely populated country in the European Union?
FINLAND
Streymoy and Esturoy are the largest of the islands in which archipelago?
FAROE ISLANDS
Which Siberian lake is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world?
LAKE BAIKAL
Its name translating to “white city” which city is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers?
BELGRADE
What is the name of the strait between Corsica and Sardinia?
STRAIT OF BONIFACIO
Which country comprises two principal regions: the Oesling in the north as part of the Ardennes massif and the Gutland in the south?
LUXEMBOURG
Situated by the Kattegat what is the second-largest city in Sweden?
GOTHENBURG
Mount Olympus is the highest point of which mountain range in Cyprus?
TROODOS
Which river the second-longest entirely in Spain is navigable to Seville but in Roman times was also navigable to Cordoba?
GUADALQUIVIR
Located in the Azores what is the name of the highest mountain of Portugal?
MOUNT PICO
What is the official language of Andorra?
CATALAN
Which city in Tuscany is notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there?
CARRARA
Germany has three ‘city states’ – Berlin Hamburg and which other city?
BREMEN
Opening in 1896 in which European city is the second-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground?
BUDAPEST
Which city was known as Tsaritsyn from 1598 to 1925 and Stalingrad from 1925 to 1961?
VOLGOGRAD
Führermuseum was an unrealized museum complex planned by Adolf Hitler for which city which is the third-largest in Austria?
LINZ
Originally the Habsburgs’ principal winter residence which palace in Vienna currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria?
HOFBURG PALACE
What is the main port and second city of Albania?
DURRES
Which fortified tower in Lisbon was commissioned by King JohnII to be both part of a defence system at the mouth of the Tagus River and a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon?
BELEM (OR TOWER OF ST VINCENT)
Visby is main town of which island which is the largest island in Sweden?
GOTLAND
Which European city was known as Titograd from 1946 to 1992?
PODGORICA
Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of which river in southern France?
TARN
Which disputed territory in the South Caucasus is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but has an Armenian ethnic majority?
NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Which is the largest lake entirely in Switzerland?
LAKE NEUCHATEL
Who sculpted the bronze statue in Copenhagen known as The Little Mermaid?
EDVARD ERIKSEN
What is the second-highest of the Caucasus Mountains after Mount Elbrus and is also the second-highest peak in Europe?
DYKH-TAU
Which partially recognised state with its capital city of Tskhinvali declared independence from Georgia in 1990?
SOUTH OSSETIA
What is the name of the longest road tunnel in the world which runs for 15 miles in the Song of Fjordane county of Norway?
LAERDAL
