The document provides instructions for an activity where students create index cards summarizing topics related to European geography, as well as rules for a quiz bowl game where students compete in teams to answer questions about European countries, physical features, climate, and natural resources. The questions cover topics like the locations of countries, physical features, and cities in Europe; environmental issues like acid rain; and details about the climates, populations, and natural resources of the UK, Russia, Germany, and Italy.

4. Which number on the map marks the Iberian Peninsula? 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8

5. #1

6. Which number on the map marks the Scandinavian Peninsula? 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8

7. #3

8. Which number on the map marks the Pyrenees Mountains? 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8

9. #6

10. Which number on the map marks the Mediterranean Sea? 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8

11. #4

12. Which country is located at the “2” on the map? 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8

13. France

14. Which physical feature is located near “8” on the map? 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8

15. European Plain

16. The English Channel lies between what two countries?

18. Define:urban

19. Referring to cities

20. What mountain range forms the boundary between Europe and Russia?

21. C= Ural Mountains

22. Define: arable

23. Land that suitable for growing crops

25. C.) The United Kingdom’s fossil fuels are being used up, but much of Russia’s are unused due to Russia’s climate and geography.

26. What are the main causes of acid rain?

27. Coal burning and automobile emissions Answers may vary Factories Powerplants

28. What has Germany’s government done to reduce the problem of acid rain? (At least 2 things)

29. - Passed laws to reduce emissions from automobiles and factories. - Building taller smokestacks -Switching to cleaner fuels -Developing new types of energy: wind turbines and solar power technology

30. ______ is air pollution caused by sunlight acting on gases from automobile and factory exhausts.

31. Smog

32. Why is the Mediterranean Sea essential (important) to traders?

33. It offers access to Africa, Asia, and Europe which is beneficial to traders.

34. The _____ _____makes it difficult for Italian merchants to trade with countries north of Italy.

35. Alps Mountains

36. What happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986? Explain.

37. Answers may vary One of the reactors at the nuclear plant exploded.

38. Why were other countries concerned about the Chernobyl disaster?

39. Radioactive material fell on other countries through air currents.

41. C= cool winters and mild summers with good precipitation for crops

42. Why are most European cities located along the rivers and coasts?

43. Makes travel and trade easier and accessible.

44. What causes the U.K. to have an unusually mild climate?

45. The Gulf Stream

46. Define: permafrost

47. Ground that is permanently frozen

48. The ____________ moves warm water along the coast of North America. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean and warms Ireland and the western coasts of England, Scotland, and Wales.

49. Gulf Stream

50. The U.K. is made up of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, ______, and Wales.

51. Scotland