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WorksheetsLG#34: Major Physical Features of Europe
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
Europe is not a separate landmass. What is the shared landmass of Europe and Asia called?
Eurasia
Africa
Asiastralia
Antarctica
Eurerica
What WAYS have Europe’s nearness to water shaped the lives and history of Europe’s people?
Europeans developed skills in sailing and fishing, which encouraged trade and helped Europe’s economy grow.
The closeness to the sea also allowed people to move easily between continents. As a result, European culture has both influenced and been influenced by the cultures of Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
All Europeans feared the sea and never used it because they were close to it and could see how dangerous it was and they knew they could die if they went in it.
The Europeans never learned to make boats so they were always isolated from other areas in Europe as well as areas like Asia and Africa because of the water.
Europeans afraid to ever be outside of the sight of the sea so the only large populations or cities in Europe are directly beside the sea
What type of landform is Europe?
A huge peninsula, with many smaller peninsulas branching out from it
A huge isthmus, connecting Africa to Asia
A huge mountain system that covers every inch of Europe and makes travel, and farming difficult
A huge basin, the edges of europe are just barely above sea level so that there is constant flooding
What is Europe’s major landform?
The Northern European Plain
The Southern European Plain
The Cross-Continental Mountain Range
The Western European Plateau
What is the result of the plain’s rich agriculture and industry?
It is densely populated
Few people live there because the land is needed for farming
It is mostly poor in money because it is rich in other ways
It is being slowly abandoned
What is the region’s highest peak AND where is it located?
Mont Blanc in the Alps of France
Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Nepal
Mount Denali in the Alaskan Range
Mount Zion in Israel
The mountains of Europe are not very tall compared to the mountains of what continent?
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Avalon
What are passes?
Low areas between mountains that allow the movement of people and goods.
Narrow strips of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land
Narrow passages of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water.
Systems or groups of parallel mountain ranges together with the intervening plateaus and other features
Many European rivers are navigable. What does “navigable” mean?
Wide and deep enough for ships to use
Small and shallow enough to walk across without being submerged
They do not connect to the sea
They are too fast-flowing to cross by boat
What are two of Europe’s longest rivers?
The Danube
The Rhine
The Seine
The Rhône
The Elbe
Today, the fast-flowing rivers of Europe are used to generate what?
Electricity to support the large populations
Speed to support the quick movement ships
Enough water to supply all of the people of Europe
Challenging white-water rapids for kayakers
Europe has almost half of the world’s supply of what energy resource?
Coal
Oil
Nuclear
Solar
What countries have large amounts of the coal?
United Kingdom
Ukraine
Poland
Czech Republic
Spain
What energy resource lies beneath the North Sea?
Oil
Solar
Coal
Nuclear
What countries control the oil?
United Kingdom
Norway
Germany
Spain
Poland
What European countries are leaders in building wind farms to create electricity?
Germany
Spain
Denmark
Italy
Finland
