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41 Cards in this Set
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What are the peninsulas? |
Italian Scandinavian Juteland Iberian Balkan Europe |
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Which river is 820 miles long? |
Rhine |
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How many countries does the Rhine go through? |
9 Borders Germany, Switzerland, France, Liechtenstein, Austria, and the Netherlands |
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Which river is the longest in Europe and how long is it? |
Danube 1770 miles |
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How many countries does the Danube flow through? |
9 |
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What are the four climates in Europe? |
Subarctic- very north Marine West Coast- below subarctic ( France, Germany, etc) Mediterranean- Spain, Italy, Low Countries Highland- Alps. |
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What is a polder and where is one found? |
A polder is land reclaimed from the ocean and blocked by a wall- Netherlands |
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What two languages are most common in Europe? |
North- Germanic (German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic) South- Romantic (Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese) |
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What is the Benelux ( now known as the EC)? |
A European economic alliance between 27 European countries trying to build economy |
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Where is the land of fire and ice and why is it called that? |
Iceland- Volcanic region Glaciers |
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What is the United Kingdom mad up of? |
Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland) and Ireland |
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Where is the Emerald Isle? |
Ireland |
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Where is the land of the Midnight sun? |
Scandinavia |
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What sports are big in Europe? |
Soccer Rugby Hockey Snow Skiing |
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What is Greece known for? |
Mountains Athenian democracy The marathon The Olympics originated from Greece Debt crisis
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What is Italy known for? |
Renaissance Wine Roman collesium Leaning tower of Pisa Trevi fountain |
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What is Venice known for? |
Sinking Canals Venetian glass |
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What is Vatican City State known for? |
Smallest country in the world Inside Rome Headquarters for the Catholic Church |
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What is Spain known for? |
Running of the bulls Bull fights Picasso Tomato fights |
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What is Portugal known for? |
Cork trees Leather |
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What is France known for? (What are they?) |
TGV Eiffel Tower Arc de triumph The louvre Notre Dame de Paris Fashion |
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What is Germany known for? |
Autobahn Bach and Beethoven Auschwitz |
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What is the Netherlands known for? |
Windmills Tulips Liberals |
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What is Belgium known for? |
NATO UNICEF |
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What is Australia known for? |
Vienna boys choir |
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What is Switzerland known for? |
Swiss banks Elk horns Alps Snow skiing |
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What is the United Kingdom known for? |
Big Ben Dibble decker bus London bridge 2.0 Stonehenge |
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What is Norway known for? |
Fjord canyon North Sea oil well Sea food |
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What is Ireland known for? |
Swearing Irish pubs |
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What is Sweden known for? |
Paid parental leave for 480 days when a child is born or adopted Pickled herring 89% of the people speak English Pay $187/month for students to attend high school Stockholm is built on 14 islands and the center is floating IKEA Pleasant Recycling |
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Finland |
3 million+ saunas Safe Mobile phone games Weirdest language |
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Lapps of Lapland |
Follow migrating caribou Very traditional Very north |
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11 11 11 18 |
November 11 at 11am 1918 End of world war 1 |
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When did the Great Depression start? |
October 1929 Black Tuesday 20% of people couldn’t find jobs in America when you declare war, you create a lot of military jobs |
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What were the nicknames for the two world wars? |
The Great War and The War To End All Wars |
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Why did the Germans want to take over more countries? |
Get more Germans, more money, more land |
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Why didn’t other countries stop Germany in the beginning? |
They didn’t want to experience another world war |
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When was D-day? |
June 6, 1944 Normandy, France |
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When was D-day? |
June 6, 1944 Normandy, France |
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After the war ended, how did they rebuild? |
They divided Germany and Berlin into 4 sections: American responsibility, British responsibility, French responsibility, and Soviet Union responsibility Then America, Britain, and France joined together |
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When did world war 2 end? |
August 14, 1945 Armistice day Veterans Day |
