Western Europe Study Guide

Define the term peninsula.

• Water with land on both sides.

• a piece of land sticking out into a body of water. Projecting from the land.

• Eurasia

• Danube River

What two continents make up the super continent of Eurasia.

• Europe + Asia

• Asia + Africa

• South America + North America

• Antarctica + Australia

In a democracy, people ____ for their leaders.

• sometimes vote if the government lets them.

• vote

• don't vote

• London

What is Europe's Nickname

• "The Heart"

• "The Hand"

• "Peninsula of Peninsula's"

• "Cool place"

What are three major rivers in Europe.

• Danube, Rhine, Elbe

• Loire, Tagus, Saône

• Rhône, Main, Shannon

• Havel, Aller, Marne

Which one of these rivers is the longest.

• Trent

• Elbe

• Rhine

• Danube

What is the capital of Germany.

• Madrid

• London

• Berlin

• Paris

Where are the Pyrenees

• Asia

• Bordering Spain and France

• In the middle of Europe

• Berlin

Paris is the capital of what country?

• Germany

• France

• England

• Wales

What two countries make up the Iberian Peninsula

• Trees

• France and Germany

• Spain and Portugal

• UK and Scotland