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Geography of Europe

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

    What is the longest river in Germany and is an important part of Germany’s trade system?

a)

Nile River

b)

Rhine River

c)

Danube River

d)

Volga River

2.

Which river flows through 12 countries in Europe and was important in the development of Central Europe?

a)

Rhine river

b)

Volga River

c)

Danube River

d)

Nile River

3.

What is the name of the narrow water-way that separates Spain from Northern Africa?

a)

English Channel

b)

Hellespont

c)

Straight of Gibraltar

d)

Dardenelles Strait

4.

What is the name of the mountain range that spreads through Northern Italy, Switzerland, Southern Austria, and Eastern France?

a)

Pyrenes Mtns

b)

Himalayan Mtns

c)

The Alps

d)

The Andes Mtns

5.

What is the name of the mountain range that forms the border between France and Spain?

a)

Himalayan Mtns

b)

The Alps

c)

Pyrenes Mtns

d)

Andes Mtns

6.

What is the longest river in Europe?

a)

Volga River

b)

Danube River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Nile River

7.

The Iberian Peninsula contains which 2 countries?

a)

Spain and France

b)

Spain and Portugal

c)

Italy and Austria

d)

England and Wales

8.

Which countries are found on the Scandinavian Peninsula?

a)

Norway, Sweden, Denmark

b)

Norway, Sweden, Finland

c)

Norway, Sweden, Belarus

d)

England, Scotland, Wales

9.

The sea whose name means "middle of the earth"

a)

Caspian Sea

b)

Barents Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Black Sea

10.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the British type of climate?

a)

Hot summers and very cold winters

b)

no trees

c)

mild, rainy winters and mild summers

d)

only coniferous trees grow here

11.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Continental type of climate?

a)

Mild winters and summers

b)

Very hot summers and very cold winters

c)

Climate is mild because of the Westerlies

d)

no trees grow here

12.

This climate is found in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea

a)

Continental

b)

British

c)

Taiga

d)

Mediterranean

13.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Taiga climate in Europe?

a)

no trees are found here - only mosses and lichens

b)

Deciduous trees are found in abundance

c)

Only Coniferous trees are found here

d)

This area only contains low shrubs and bushes

14.

Which country is entirely found on the Jutland Peninsula?

a)

Germany

b)

Denmark

c)

Finland

d)

Great Britain

15.

In which of the following climate types would you experience extremely short cool summers and long, dark, cold winters?

a)

Taiga

b)

Tundra

c)

Continental

d)

British