Human Environment Interaction Europe

What are earthen banks built in the Netherlands called?

• Terpen

• Dikes

• Dams

• Holland

Another name for the Netherlands is ________.

• Norway

• Sweden

• Holland

• Scandinavia

About __ of the Netherlands was once under water.

• 2

• 30

• 80

• 40

Land in the Netherlands that has been reclaimed by diking and draining is called...

• terpen

• polder

• dikes

• dams

What are places built in the Netherlands that people can go to for safety during floods?

• terpen

• dikes

• polders

• dams

True or False: Venice is made from a swamp.

• True

• False

How many islands make up Venice?

• 120

• 150

• 2,000

• 347

How many canals link Venice?

• 2,000

• 120

• 150

• 36

True or False: Floods do not threaten Venice.

• True

• False

True or False. Venice may not exist by 2100.

• True

• False