European Geography Study Guide

  1. The Ural Mountains are located where and what do they separate?In Russia Separate Europe from Asia
  1. List the 3 Monotheistic religions and their Holy Text and Place of Worship.

Judaism- Torah, Temple or Synagogue

Christianity- Bible, Church

Islam- Qur’an, Mosque

  1. The Mediterranean Sea separates what continents and Connects to what body of water?Separates Europe from Africa, connects to the Atlantic Ocean
  1. List all the Peninsulas (4) in Europe. Europe, Iberian, Scandinavian, and Italian
  1. What Language family is based off of Latin? List the main Languages of this family.

Romance: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian

  1. Russia is the __Largest______(landmass) country in the world.
  2. List the mountain chains that create a natural border and list what they separate.

Ural Mountains- separate Europe and Asia

Pyrenees- separate Spain and France

Alps

  1. Why does most of Europe have a mild, warm climate even though it has high latitude?

Warm current from the Gulf of Mexico called the North Atlantic drift follows across the Atlantic to warm up most of Western Europe

  1. What river starts in Germany and runs eastward into the Black Sea?Danube River
  1. Why does Germany have a large amount of arable land? (think of a physical feature)

European plain has the most arable land in Europe. Germany is in the middle of the European Plain

  1. Where do people in Russia live? Why?On the eastern Russian Side, near the natural resources, cities, and warmer climate
  1. List the bodies of water in Europe we have studied.Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, English Channel, Danube River, Rhine River, Volga River
  1. What are the 3 Monotheistic religions? List them in order.Judaism, Christianity, Islam
  1. Since many of Russia’s ports are frozen year round, what is difficult for them?Trade and shipping
  1. How do natural resources help a country’s economy?Creates jobs, opportunities for trade, improves economy
  1. What is an island? List examples of islands in Europe.Piece of land surrounded by water on all sides. Examples: Ireland, Iceland, United Kingdom
  1. What causes the acid rain in Germany?Factories (industrial smoke) from the cities in the North create air pollution that mixes into the water cycle
  1. In what countries do the majority of people live in urban areas?Germany, United Kingdom, Italy
  1. What happened in Chernobyl, Ukraine? Why was it a concern for the rest of the world?Nuclear Disaster: a reactor overheated and exploded. Radiation was carried in the wind to other countries. Countries were concerned that if another reactor exploded it could put more radioactive material into the air
  1. What is acid rain? Where is acid rain a problem? When air pollution mixes with the water cycle and comes down in any type of precipitation. Black forest, Germany
  1. What river starts in the Swiss Alps and runs northward through France and Germany?Rhine River
  1. What caused many people to die in Chernobyl, Ukraine in 1986?Radiation exposure and poisoning form the nuclear disaster
  1. Norway and Sweden make up what European peninsula?Scandinavian Peninsula
  1. What country has more than 800 ports and has coasts along the Mediterranean Sea?Italy
  1. True or False. United Kingdom is connected to mainland Europe.False, English channel separates Uk from Europe
  1. What is Literacy rate? What is the Literacy rate an indicator of?The amount of people who can read and write in a country; indicates the amount of education in the country
  1. What is monotheism? Belief in 1 God
  1. What causes air pollution? Where is air pollution an issue in Europe?Car exhaust and industrial smoke: United Kingdom
  1. What forest is dying in Germany because of Acid rain?Black Forest
  1. English belongs to what language family? Germanic
  1. Location, Climate, and natural resources affect what?Where people live and trade
  1. What does the English Channel separate?United Kingdom from mainland Europe
  1. How many times greater is Europe’s arable land compared to the World’s arable land (11%)?3
  1. List the peninsulas in Europe and what countries make up the peninsulas.

Iberian Peninsula- Spain and Portugal

Italian Peninsula- Italy

Scandinavian Peninsula- Norway and Sweden

  1. Where do majority of Italy’s people live? How does natural resources affect where people live in Italy? In the northern 1/3 of Italy; The natural resources (rivers and minerals) and factories were goods and jobs are.

Short Answer Help:

Be able to answer compare and contrast how the location, Climate, and natural resources affect where people live and trade in the following countries:

  • Russia and the United Kingdom
  • Germany and Italy