UNIT 4: SUBUNIT 2 Northern and Southern Europe

Two peninsulas are major physical geographic features that make up most of Northern Europe.  Which of the following describes a peninsula?

• a narrow area of water that connects two larger areas of water

• an area that contains a chain or group of islands scattered in lakes, rivers, or the ocean.

• area of land surrounded on three sides by water

• any area of land entirely surrounded by water.

Identify the peninsula that separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea

The ​ ​ (a)   mountain range separates the Italian peninsula from the rest of Europe​

• Alps
• Himalayan
• Rocky
• Sierra Madre

Which TWO countries form the Iberian Peninsula?

• Spain

• Italy

• Portugual

• Sweden

Much of Norway’s west coast is dotted by narrow, water-filled valleys known as ​ (a)  

• fjords
• straits
• isthmus
• islands

Using the map and your knowledge of Social Studies, correctly identify the Mediterranean Sea.

Match the following

• Renaissance artist who painted the Sistine Chapel

• Leif Eriksson

• Greek philosopher still studied today

• Michelangelo

• Viking who reached North America

• Johannes Gutenberg

• invented the moveable type printing press

• Aristotle

The city-state of ​ (a)   was the birthplace of democracy.

• Athens
• Sparta
• Olympia
• Thebes

Which of the following European countries is the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• France

• Great Britain

• Spain

• Italy

What new lands to the west did the Vikings reach?

• Newfoundland (Canada)

• Bahamas

• Texas

• California