Western Europe I - the Iberian Peninsula

Question 1

What is the largest country in southern Europe and the third largest country in all of Europe?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 2

Who ruled as Spain's dictator?

Accepted Answer

General Francisco Franco

Question 3

Two famous Spanish explorers are _____________and ______________.

Accepted Answer

Cortes and De Soto

Question 4

What two countries are on the Iberian Peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Spain and Portugal

Question 5

What country in the New World did Pedro Cabral discover?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 6

What book did Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes write?

Accepted Answer

Don Quixote

Question 7

What types of government exist in most of Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

constitutional monarchies and republics

Question 8

What is the capital of Portugal?

Accepted Answer

Lisbon

Question 9

What separates Spain from Africa, 8 miles away?

Accepted Answer

the Strait of Gibraltar

Question 10

What continent is the birthplace of western civilization?

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 11

After the dictator died, who became the constitutional monarch of Spain?

Accepted Answer

Juan Carlos

Question 12

What country is on the Balkan Peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Greece

Question 13

What Portugese sailor was the first man to sail around the world?

Accepted Answer

Magellan

Question 14

What is the main religion of Spain and Portugal?

Accepted Answer

Roman Catholic

Question 15

What is the capital of Spain?

Accepted Answer

Madrid

Question 16

What forms a barrier between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Pyrenees Mountains

Question 17

What is a favorite sport in Spain?

Accepted Answer

Bullfighting

Question 18

What countries are on the Scandinavian Peninsula

Accepted Answer

Norway, Sweden ,Lapland and Finland

Question 19

What country is on the Jutland Peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Denmark

Question 20

What swamp is south of the city of Seville?

Accepted Answer

The Tidelands

Question 21

Who was the first European to sail to India by going around Africa?

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama

Question 22

Spain's Valencia region is known for what crops?

Accepted Answer

oranges and olives

Question 23

What are the athletes in the sport of bullfighting called?

Accepted Answer

Matadors

Question 24

Prince Henry the Navigator initiated Portugal into what "great age"?

Accepted Answer

exploration

Question 25

What country is on the Apennine Peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Italy

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