European Physical Geography Quiz

A current of warm water from the tropics that warms Europe is called

• Mistral

• Sirocco

• Fjord

• North Atlantic Drift

Eastern Europe has a harsher climate because it is farther from the...

• Atlantic Ocean

• Alps

• Mediterranean Sea

• Pacific Ocean

A hot steady south wind that blows from North Africa is called th

• mistral

• Meseta

• sirocco

• Sahara

Which of the following best describes the Northern European Plain?

• Flooding prevents the land from being cultivated

• A lack of pesticides results in low production

• A variety of crops are produced in abundance

• Air and water pollution have destroyed the land

How have the people of the Netherlands been able to create more land for their country?

• polders

• Chunnel

• took land from Germany at the end of WWII

• using pillars

The geography of Greece is

• green rolling hills

• steep rocky mountains

• rainforests

• deserts

The "Land of the Midnight Sun" includes which of these countries?

• Austria

• Ireland

• Portugal

• Finland

What are the two northern peninsulas?

• Scandinavian and Jutland

• Balkan and Mediterranean

• English and Scandinavian

• Iberian and Italian