Geography: Western Europe

33) Most island nations in Europe are highly dependent on:

40) Which region of Europe relies the most on tourism as part of their economy?

27) What type of climate is not found in Europe?

5) A series of wars launched by European Christians to capture the Holy Land from Muslims.

37) In 1989, the fall of the Soviet Union led to what in many former Soviet countries?

3) A government in which citizens elect representatives to rule on their behalf.

39) What type of government did the Soviet Union organize Eastern European nations under?

2) Belief that people should be loyal to the people who they share land, culture and history.

9) The process of breaking up a region into small, mutually hostile units.

12) What event in Western Europe helped break through the German advance in World War II?

22) Which European river connected East and West Europe and helped spread both trade and ideas?

4) A period of renewed interest in learning and the Classical arts in the 14th century.

13) Which two civilizations laid the foundations of European culture?

14) After World War I, Germany was forced to pay what to the victorious allies?

38) What currency do most European nations use?

17) What two countries was Germany divided into after World War II?

36) What treaty created the European Union?

11) The genocide of 6 million jews and 11 million total  people by Nazi Germany was called:

34) How many nations are a part of the European Union?

16) In Europe, most of the Cold War was fought through:

29) What historical natural disaster caused mass famine in Medieval Europe?

31) What economic coalition are most European countries a part of today?

23) The Dutch have built these to help reclaim land from the ocean.

6) Forced removal of a population based on ancestry, language, and customs.

21) Formed by glaciers, Europe’s most famous mountain range is called:

8) Loyalty pledged for land.

18) What became a symbol of the Cold War division of Europe?

1) An independent community consisting of a city and the surrounding lands.

15) The Cold War was a power struggle between:

25) A fertile plain stretching from Southeast England to Russia and a highway for invaders?

30) What disease killed 2/3rds of Europe’s population in the 14th century?

35) What type of government do most European countries currently have?

28) What has been a major cause of water and air pollution in Europe?

24) What two factors most influence Europe’s climate and vegetation?

19) What concept of warfare did Napoleon Bonaparte introduce in Europe during his conquests?

32) Which is not a requirement of nations in the European Union?

7) Steep valleys filled with seawater along the Scandinavian Peninsula.

20) Conflict between Christians and Muslims led to the genocide of Muslims in this country:

26) Two natural resources that made it possible for Europe to have their industrial revolution?

10) The philosophical movement that called for people to value reason and question tradition.