CHP 12 QUIZ 1

The southern part of the region includes three major peninsulas: the Iberian Peninsula, the ___________ Peninsula, and the Balkan Peninsula.

• German

• Italian

• French

• British

In southeastern Europe, the _____________ Peninsula is bounded by the Adriatic and Ionian Seas to the west and the Aegean and Black Seas to the east.

• ITALIAN

• BALKAN

• GERMANIC

• PORTUGUESE

The ___________________ Mountains run down the spine of the peninsula all the way through the center of the large island of Sicily off the southwestern tip of Italy. 

• APENNINE

• PYRANESE

• SWISS

• APPALACHIAN

The Ebro has been dammed to provide a significant portion of Spain’s ________________ power. In addition, the resulting reservoirs provide water to an impressive network of irrigation canals that support the agriculture of Spain.

• CLEAN

• SOLAR

• HYDROELECTRIC

• COAL

To the north, the Iberian Peninsula is separated from the rest of Europe by the ____________, mountains that have isolated the peninsula’s residents for centuries.

• APENNINE

• SWISS

• IBERRIAN

• PYRANESE

Most agriculture in Southern Europe takes place on coastal plains that receive more rainfall and develop a thicker _____________ as a result of runoff and sediment left by rivers.

• DIRT

• OXISOL

• TOPSOIL

• CRUST

 Because the _________ are the highest mountain range in Europe, they are also the source of Europe’s largest and most important rivers.

• APENNINE

• ALPS

• BALKANS

• PYRANESE

The Pyrenees are characterized by flat-topped ______________ —a body of mountain ranges formed by fault-line activity.

• MASIFFS

• PLATEAUS

• PENINSULAS

• MESAS

Sicily, the largest of these islands, is dominated by Mount _______ . At 10,700 feet (3,261 m), Mount Etna is Europe’s tallest active volcano.

• ANTE

• MCKINLEY

• ETNA

• VESUVIOUS

Venice is located at the mouth of the Po on the Adriatic Sea. The city has built a complicated system of dikes and _____________ to help control the river’s outflow.

• BRDIGES

• MOUNTAINS

• CANALS

• TRADE ROUTES