European Geography

The Roman Empire united all the land surrounding what body of water?

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Baltic Sea

What body of water separates England and Ireland from the rest of Europe?

• The North Sea

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Black Sea

• The English Channel

What mountain range separates Italy from the rest of Europe?

• The Carpathians

• The Alps

• The Pyrenees

• The Andes

What people group invaded Britain from Denmark and Germany?

• The Franks

• The Burgundians

• The Romans

• The Anglo-Saxons

What king converted to Roman Catholicism in AD 496, making the Franks a Catholic nation?

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• Julius Caesar

• Caesar Augustus

What mountain range isolates Spain and Portugal from the rest of Europe?

• The Alps

• The Pyrenees

• The Carpathians

• The Andes

Today, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh people are descendants of what people group?

• The Romans

• The Germans

• The Franks

• The Celts

True or False: Almost all of Europe lies less than 300 miles from the ocean.

• True

• False

What benefits did rivers provide Europeans?

• They made travel easier.

• They encouraged people to trade.

• They provided safety from invaders.

• All of the above.

Europe is not only a continent but a ____

• Peninsula

• Island

• Archipelago

• None of the above