Europe: Geography PRETEST

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How did Europe's physical geography encourage (a)   with other regions?

Why is Europe called a “peninsula of peninsulas”?

• A. Europe has water on all sides.

• B. Europe is a peninsula and it contains peninsulas.

• C. Europe has many waterways.

• D. Europe has more than 24,000 miles of coastline.

What is the mistral?

• an ocean current of warm water

• land that has been taken from the seabed

• water surrounded on three sides by land

• a cold wind that brings cold, dry weather

About how long is the Mediterranean Sea?

• 10,000 miles

• 2,500 miles

• 1,000 miles

• 500 miles

What is one way explorers helped Europe’s rulers in the 1400s?

• They helped rulers improve fishing industries.

• They helped rulers build empires and spread religious beliefs.

• They built many inland waterways.

• They helped rulers become allies.

What are fjords?

• the German name for ports

• very narrow bays found in Norway

• polders built in the Netherlands

• giant walls used to hold back seawater

The Alps stretch from Austria and Italy to

• Switzerland, Germany, and France.

• France, Spain, and Portugal.

• Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine.

• Switzerland, Germany, and Poland.

What two major rivers flow through Europe?

• A. Pyrenees and Apennines

• B. Danube and Gdansk

• C. Rhine and Danube

• D. Rhine and Ukraine

What landform stretches across France, Belgium, Germany, and Poland to Russia?

• the Western Uplands

• the Northern European Plain

• the Central Uplands

• the Alpine region

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How did Europe's physical geography encourage interaction with other regions?

Write down some vocabulary words that might be used in the open response on the test.