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What is Europe's longest river?
What is Europe's longest river?
Volga River
Where is Europe's longest river located?
Where is Europe's longest river located?
Russia
What is Europe's second longest river?
What is Europe's second longest river?
Danube
What European country is known as the land of a thousand lakes?
What European country is known as the land of a thousand lakes?
What is the largest saltwater lake in the world and where is it located?
What is the largest saltwater lake in the world and where is it located?
What is the largest mountain system in Europe?
What is the largest mountain system in Europe?
What 4 countries do the Alps extend through?
What 4 countries do the Alps extend through?
What mountain range divides France and Spain?
What mountain range divides France and Spain?
What mountain range is the division between Europe and Asia?
What mountain range is the division between Europe and Asia?
What city is known as the "city on seven hills"?
What city is known as the "city on seven hills"?
Which river flows through Paris, France?
Which river flows through Paris, France?
What country is known for its colorful tulip fields?
What country is known for its colorful tulip fields?
What is the term used to refer to Europe and Asia as one continent?
What is the term used to refer to Europe and Asia as one continent?
What European country is known as the "land of fire and ice"?
What European country is known as the "land of fire and ice"?
What is the world's largest island?
What is the world's largest island?
What is western Europe's highest mountain peak?
What is western Europe's highest mountain peak?
What is the location of the Matterhorn?
What is the location of the Matterhorn?
What are long, narrow inlets of the sea which cut into a coastline called?
What are long, narrow inlets of the sea which cut into a coastline called?
What is a cold, usually frozen, boggy area in northern Europe (and Asia) along the Arctic coastline?
What is a cold, usually frozen, boggy area in northern Europe (and Asia) along the Arctic coastline?
What are cold forest lands in northern regions called?
What are cold forest lands in northern regions called?
Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, and the European part of Turkey are part of which peninsula?
Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, and the European part of Turkey are part of which peninsula?
What is the highest mountain peak in Greece?
What is the highest mountain peak in Greece?
Which mountains are called the backbone of Italy?
Which mountains are called the backbone of Italy?
What is the principal river of England?
What is the principal river of England?
The Po River is which country's longest river?
The Po River is which country's longest river?
Which European city was once separated by a wall?
Which European city was once separated by a wall?
In which city would you find the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, and the Louvre Museum?
In which city would you find the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, and the Louvre Museum?
What major city would you find along the Thames River?
What major city would you find along the Thames River?
In which country would you find the Black Forest?
In which country would you find the Black Forest?
In which city would you find streets that are actually water canals?
In which city would you find streets that are actually water canals?
Where are sunny beaches called the Riviera located?
Where are sunny beaches called the Riviera located?
What is the mountain, river, and sea that separates Europe and Asia?
What is the mountain, river, and sea that separates Europe and Asia?
Where in Europe are fjords found?
Where in Europe are fjords found?
What 4 countries make up the Scandinavian Peninsula?
What 4 countries make up the Scandinavian Peninsula?
What country is located on the Jutland peninsula?
What country is located on the Jutland peninsula?
What countries are part of the Iberian Peninsula?
What countries are part of the Iberian Peninsula?
Where is the Rock of Gibraltar located?
Where is the Rock of Gibraltar located?
What 2 countries are located within Italy?
What 2 countries are located within Italy?
What is the highest point in all of Europe?
What is the highest point in all of Europe?
What is the nickname for Paris, France?
What is the nickname for Paris, France?
What is the most populous country in Europe?
What is the most populous country in Europe?
What currency is used in over 25 countries in Europe?
What currency is used in over 25 countries in Europe?
What river flows through more countries than any other river in the world?
What river flows through more countries than any other river in the world?
What is a river in Rome, Italy?
What is a river in Rome, Italy?
What is the newest country in Europe? What country did it separate from?
What is the newest country in Europe? What country did it separate from?
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Study Notes
Rivers
- Volga River is Europe's longest river, located in Russia.
- Danube is the second longest river in Europe, flowing through many countries.
- Seine River flows through Paris, France.
- Thames River is the principal river of England.
- Tiber River is also a significant river in Rome, Italy.
Lakes
- The Caspian Sea is the largest saltwater lake in the world, situated north of Iran.
- Finland is known as the "land of a thousand lakes."
Mountains
- The Alps, also known as the Alpine Mountains, are the largest mountain system in Europe extending through Italy, France, Switzerland, and Austria.
- Mont Blanc is western Europe's highest peak, located in the French Alps.
- The Pyrenees mountain range divides France and Spain.
- The Ural Mountains serve as the geographical division between Europe and Asia.
- Mt. Olympus is the highest mountain peak in Greece.
- The Apennine Mountains are referred to as the backbone of Italy.
- Mt. Elbrus is the highest point in all of Europe, located in Russia.
Geography and Landscapes
- Fjords are long, narrow inlets of the sea bordered by steep cliffs, commonly found in Norway.
- Tundra refers to cold, typically frozen, boggy areas in northern Europe and Asia along the Arctic coastline.
- Taiga describes cold forest lands found in northern regions.
Peninsulas
- The Balkan Peninsula includes Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, and the European part of Turkey.
- The Scandinavian Peninsula comprises Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark.
- The Iberian Peninsula consists of Spain, Portugal, and Andorra.
- Denmark is situated on the Jutland Peninsula.
Notable Cities
- Rome, Italy, is known as the "city on seven hills."
- Paris, France, is famous for landmarks such as the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, and the Louvre Museum, home of the Mona Lisa.
- Berlin, once separated by the Berlin Wall, is a historically significant city.
- Venice, Italy, is known for its canals replacing streets.
- London is the major city along the Thames River.
Miscellaneous
- The nickname for Paris is "The City of Lights."
- Germany is the most populous country in Europe.
- The Euro is the currency used in over 25 countries in Europe.
- Kosovo is the newest country in Europe, having separated from Serbia.
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