Europe Geography Quiz Study Guide

Match the following vocabulary words

• strip of land that extends out into a body of water

• peninsula

• mild to warm summers and cold winters. Precipitation throughout the year and snow in winter

• island

• an area of land completely surrounded by water

• Eastern Europe climate (humid continental)

• very brief summers, cold winters and permanently frozen ground called permafrost

• Northern Europe Climate (tundra)

• Winters and summers are milder. Fog and drizzles are common, storms are rare

• western Europe climate (oceanic)

Match the following

• have a greater population density

• Population Density

• put numbers with

• rural areas

• the amount of things within a certain area

• quantify

• the number of people living in a set area

• city areas

• have a lower population density

• Density

A densely populated city is more likely to have which problem

• overcrowding

• less people

• too much land

• a lot of fires

Demographic information can include

• age and gender

• someone's favorite food

• ethnicities

• clothing size

Europe is the

• second smallest continent

• a country

• a state

• the largest continent

Europe is unique because it's​​ (a)   consists of a lot of ​ (b)  

• landform
• peninsulas
• mountains
• rivers

Democracy means

• one king

• a good government

• people power

• White House

Select the wars that most effected Europe

• World War I

• World War II

• The Cold War

• The American Civil War

Europe's population size is

• decreasing

• increasing

• staying the same

• not changing

​ (a)   Mountains form a barrier between ​ (b)   Peninsula and the rest of Europe.

• Pyrenees
• Iberian
• Amazon
• Glacier