1) Why can Europe be called a peninsula of peninsulas? 
Its a Large peninsula that consists of smaller ones.
2) Where does the Danube flow?
Through the heart of Europe West to East 
3) What is the most important plain in Europe?
The Northern European Plain 
4) What resources does Europe have in abundance?
Coal, Iron, and Ore.
5) Why do the Irish burn peat?
They didn't have much fuel so they way they could produce more, is to turn to peat. 
6) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage? 
mountains can cause warmer weather. and it blocks out travel, people and languages.
7) What is the North Atlantic Drift?
The winds come from the Atlantic Ocean. 
8) What parts of Europe benefit from the Mediterranean climate?
southern Spain, Italy, Greece.
9) Why do trees not grow in upper Scandinavia? 
Because of permafrost 
10) What percentage of the Netherlands was once under the sea? 
more than 40%
11) Why did Venice grow? 
because it became a trading post and the people were running from invaders, so they decided to stay and build Venice.
12) What problems face Venice today?
Because of pollution, and the fact that Venice is continually sinking.
13) What actions have led to deforestation in Europe?
Trees were cut down for Venice, acid rain.
14) Why was Ancient Greece important? 
The first democracy.
15) What are some of Rome's cultural legacies? 
The latin language and idea of government.
16) What were the crusades?
A series of battles to take over the muslims.
17) How has Mediterranean Europe's economy changed since WWII. 
The North is closer to other industrial countries of Europe, such as Germany and France.
18) Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe? 
The founders of the EU and they both have a lot of recourses.
19) How did language differences develop in Western Europe? 
The leading power in history changed from Germanic and Romantic languages.
20) Why was the Berlin Wall built?  When did it come down? 
t was built to divide the Communist Germany from the non- Communist Germany. It came down in 1989.
21) List the four sub-region of Europe.  Be able to list the countries in each sub-region.      
Mediterranean(Portugal, Spain, Andorra,Italy,Greece,Malta.) Eastern(Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg,Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria) Western(Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Bosnia) and Northern Europe(Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, United Kingdom.
22) What is the history of Northern Europe? 
Germany was a big part in the time of World Wars. Government. Vikings. The british Empires.
23)  What country in Northern Europe chose not to join the EU? 
Norway
24) Where did the industrial revolution start? Western Europe.
25) Why has there been turmoil in Eastern Europe? 
A lot of poverty, religion, Different countries with different ideas. 
26) What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under Communist rule? 
Out dated technology, racism, and lack of trade because of communism.
27) How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?

Catholics broke off from the church creating the protestant church.