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3. Category 1 : 1  Question: Which peninsula is one more likely to find the effects of glaciation in Europe?  Answer: Scandinavian Back to the Board

4. Category 1 : 2  Question: What is the longest and most famous mountain chain in Europe?  Answer: the Alps Back to the Board

5. Category 1 : 3  Question: What percentage of European land is suitable for agriculture? What is the average for the world?  Answer: 33% & 11% Back to the Board

6. Category 1 : 4  Question: What wind originates in North Africa and blows across the Mediterranean Sea?  Answer: Sirocco Back to the Board

7. Category 1 : 5  Question: What effect does the North Atlantic Drift have on the climate of Northern/Western Europe?  Answer: creates a more mild climate/makes it warmer Back to the Board

8. Category 2 : 1  Question: What did the Dutch create in order to reclaim land from the sea?  Answer: polders Back to the Board

9. Category 2 : 2  Question: What problems face Venice? (Name 2 of the 3)  Answer: pollution, killer algae, and sinking Back to the Board

10. Category 2 : 3  Question: Why are many trees in the Black Forest dying?  Answer: Acid rain Back to the Board

11. Category 2 : 4  Question: What peninsula is bordered by the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea  Answer: Scandinavian Back to the Board

12. Category 2 : 5  Question: What European landform can be described by it’s variety and abundance of crops?  Answer: North European Plain Back to the Board

13. Category 3 : 1  Question: Of the following, which landforms have contributed most to the development of ethnic differences in Europe? ○ Seas ○ Islands ○ Mountains ○ plains  Answer: mountains Back to the Board

14. Category 3 : 2  Question: Eastern Europe has a harsher climate than that of northern Europe because it is farther from what body of water?  Answer: Atlantic Ocean Back to the Board

15. Category 3 : 3  Question: Why does Scandinavia experience acid rain?  Answer: Germany’s emissions are blown from its industrial region north to Scandinavia Back to the Board

16. Category 3 : 4  Question: Of the following, which is not a reason to create a polder? ○ Gain farmland ○ Protection from armies ○ Reduce population density ○ Reduce erosion caused by waves  Answer: Protect from armies Back to the Board

17. Category 3 : 5  Question: What is the name for a nation that is controlled by another country?  Answer: satellite nation Back to the Board

18. Category 4 : 1  Question: The southern coast of France has colder winters than the rest of the Mediterranean because of what wind?  Answer: mistral Back to the Board

19. Category 4 : 2  Question: What is the name of the current of warm water from the tropics?  Answer: North Atlantic Drift Back to the Board

20. Category 4 : 3  Question: What city developed the first democracy?  Answer: Athens Back to the Board

21. Category 4 : 4  Question: What nation dominated a large portion of Eastern Europe after WWII?  Answer: Soviet Union Back to the Board

22. Category 4 : 5  Question: What was the name of the time period of renewed interest in the arts and learning that lasted through the 16 th Century?  Answer: Renaissance Back to the Board

23. Category 5 : 1  Question: Which two countries dominate Western Europe?  Answer: Germany and France Back to the Board

24. Category 5 : 2  Question: Which nation built a global empire by the 1800s?  Answer: United Kingdom Back to the Board

25. Category 5 : 3  Question: Which region of Europe has an economy dependent on manufacturing, service, and high-tech industries?  Answer: Northern Europe Back to the Board

26. Category 5 : 4  Question: Which region of Europe has the greatest diversity because of its history as a cultural crossroads?  Answer: Eastern Europe Back to the Board

27. Category 5 : 5  Question: What term describes a region characterized by having several small, hostile states?  Answer: balkanization Back to the Board