2. 500 100 200 300 400 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 100 Factors of Climate Geography Climate Natural resources Name that Country! UK, Russia, Germany Italy LocationWild Card 100 200 300 400 500 300 400 500

3. Q: 100 Generally speaking, latitude affects climate because the closer you are to the equator, the _________ it gets

4. Warmer

5. Q: 200 True or False Precipitation changes the temperature.

6. A:200 False

7. Q: 300 What factor of climate explains why the Alps have a highland climate and the Ural Mountains do not?

8. A: 300 Altitude/Elevation

9. Q: 400 Which factor of climate explains why a landlocked region has more extreme fluctuations in temperature from season to season than a region along the coast?

10. Nearness to land or water A:400

11. Q:500 If latitude is a factor of climate, why isn’t longitude? Explain

12. A:500 Longitude measures east and west not the distance from the equator. Since the earth is spinning, longitude lines help determine time zones, but do not affect climate.

13. Q:100 Name the country labeled 1

14. A:100

15. Q:200 Name the physical feature that contains the countries of Spain and Portugal

16. A: 200 Iberian Peninsula

17. Q: 300 Name the physical feature that has its source in the Alps Mountains and passes through several countries before emptying into the Black Sea

18. A: 300 Danube River

19. Q: 400 Name the two countries labeled and the physical feature that contains them 1 2

20. A: 400 Norway and Sweden and the Scandinavian Peninsula

21. Q: 500 Name the plain that dominates Europe and 5 countries it runs across

22. A: 500 European Plain Possible answers: France, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Latvia, Estonia

23. Q: 100 What is a natural resource?

24. A: 100 A natural resource can be described as a gift of nature. It comes from the earth and is not man made.

25. Q: 200 This warm ocean current helps to give the United Kingdom its mild climate.

26. A: 200 The North Atlantic Current

27. Q: 300 Both Germany and the United Kingdom share this climate which is characterized by cool winters, mild summers, and precipitation throughout the year. Name this climate type.

28. A: 300 Marine

29. Q: 400 Russia has all of the following climate types except Humid continental Tundra Subarctic Mediterranean Highland

30. A: 400 Mediterranean

31. Q: 500 Name a country we’ve studied as well as a place in North America that shares each climate type below. Climate typeEuropeNorth America 1.Marine 2.Mediterranean 3.Highland 4. Humid Subtropical

32. A: 500 Climate typeEuropeNorth America 1.MarineUnited Kingdom, Germany Northwest coast of U.S. and Canada (Seattle, VanCouver) 2.MediterraneanItalySouthern California 3.HighlandGermany & Italy (Alps), Russia (Caucasus Mtns) Along the Rocky Mtns. 4. Humid SubtropicalNE ItalySE United States (Georgia)

33. Q:100 Most of my country’s people live in the south near our capital.

34. A:100

35. Q: 200 My country has an abundance of natural resources such as oil, but my harsh climate to the north makes it difficult to access these resources.

36. A: 200

37. Q: 300 I contain a portion of the Alps Mountains and the Rhine River.

38. A: 300 Germany

39. Q: 400 What country am I? 1.Two separate countries are located within my borders 2.I am a peninsula 3.The Apennines Mountains are located in the center of me

40. A: 400

41. Q: 500 I am the only country out of the four that does not have coal as a major natural resource

42. A: 500

43. Q:100 Name the line of latitude that separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere

44. A: 100 Equator

45. Q: 200 Which of the four countries we’ve studied is located in three hemispheres?

46. A: 200

47. Q: 300 This physical feature is the source of the Rhine River

48. A: 300 Alps Mountains

49. Q: 400 Name the capital city for each of the following countries 1.United Kingdom 2.Germany 3.Russia 4.Italy

50. A: 400 1.London, United Kingdom 2.Berlin, Germany 3.Moscow, Russia 4.Rome, Italy

51. Q: 500 This country is located south of the largest country in Europe, north of Romania and east of Poland.

52. A: 500 Ukraine

53. Q: 200 If you lived in Argentina and began traveling north, would the climate become colder or warmer?

54. A: 200 Warmer. Argentina is located in the southern hemisphere. Therefore, when you travel north you are getting closer to the equator. Thus, the climate will be warmer.

55. Q: 400 What is the most abundant resource for both Germany and Italy?

56. A: 400 Natural gas