Ch 12 and Ch. 13 Lesson 1 Review - Northern/Southern Europe and Eastern Europe/Western Russia

Question 1

Which country is Europe's biggest exporter of oil?

Accepted Answer

Norway

Question 2

Which peninsula is separated from western Europe by the Pyrenees Mountains?

Accepted Answer

Iberian

Question 3

Which term refers to conflict among ethnic groups within a state, country, or region?

Accepted Answer

balkanization

Question 4

The most important resource from Finland is _____________.

Accepted Answer

forests

Question 5

Eastern Europe and Western Russia are located mostly on a group of _______________________.

Accepted Answer

mountains

Question 6

The Northern European countries are known as ______ countries.

Accepted Answer

Nordic

Question 7

What is Italy's longest river?

Accepted Answer

Po

Question 8

Where are most of Russia's coal, oil, and natural gas reserves found?

Accepted Answer

Sibera

Question 9

Which country is part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

Accepted Answer

Iceland

Question 10

Spain and Portugal make up the _____________.

Accepted Answer

Iberian Peninsula

Question 11

The countries that are Northern Europe are Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and __________.

Accepted Answer

Denmark

Question 12

__________________ is an important economic activity in Northern and Southern Europe.

Accepted Answer

fishing

Question 13

The two mountain ranges in Italy are the Alps and the _______________.

Accepted Answer

Apennines

Question 14

What climate do most Southern European countries have?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean

Question 15

What is the passage from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea?

Accepted Answer

Strait of Gibraltar

Question 16

Much of Eastern Europe and Western Russia have a ____________________ climate.

Accepted Answer

humid continental

Question 17

Which river is the longest in Europe and Russia's most important waterway.

Accepted Answer

the Volga River

Question 18

The Adriatic, Ionian, and ______________ seas surround the Balkan Peninsula.

Accepted Answer

Black

Question 19

Why is whaling no longer an important economic activity?

Accepted Answer

whales are becoming extinct

Question 20

Which mountains form a boundary between Europe and Asia?

Accepted Answer

the Urals

Question 21

The process of weathering and eroding land caused by moving masses of ice is ________________

Accepted Answer

glaciation

Question 22

Why is North Europe's western coast warmer than other areas at the same latitude?

Accepted Answer

the Norwegian Current

Question 23

In Southern Europe, many areas are scrubland. This means __________________

Accepted Answer

places where short grasses and shrubs are dominant

Question 24

A large fishing boat that can catch a large number of fish is a _________________

Accepted Answer

trawler

Question 25

Which country has 56,000 lakes?

Accepted Answer

Finland

Question 26

Russia's coal and rich deposits of iron ore fuel the country's ___________________ industry.

Accepted Answer

steel

Question 27

The climate that features warm hot summers and cool or mild winters is ______________________

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean

Question 28

Water filled valleys called ____________ are found along Norway's coast.

Accepted Answer

fjords

Question 29

Poland has one of the world's richest sources of ___________________.

Accepted Answer

sulfur

Question 30

What type of climate does Finland have?

Accepted Answer

continental

Question 31

The main crops grown by farmers in Russia's fertile triangle are ______________________.

Accepted Answer

grains

Question 32

What two crops are grown in Southern European countries of Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Italy?

Accepted Answer

grapes and olives

Question 33

Which country uses geothermal energy?

Accepted Answer

Iceland

Question 34

What are two reasons that the fish population in the Mediterranean Sea decreased?

Accepted Answer

pollution, overfishing, and lack of nutrients in the water

Ch 12 and Ch. 13 Lesson 1 Review - Northern/Southern Europe and Eastern Europe/Western Russia

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Ch 12 and Ch. 13 Lesson 1 Review - Northern/Southern Europe and Eastern Europe/Western Russia

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