Europe and Russia Map Quiz – Flashcards
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mediterranean sea
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larger sea that is below italy and greece and above africa
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adriatic sea
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sea that is east of italy
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aegean sea
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sea in between greece and turkey
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baltic sea
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sea that is southeast of sweden and north of poland
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barents sea
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sea that is northeast of finland
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black sea
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sea that is south of ukraine and north of turkey
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caspian sea
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sea in between azerbaijan and turkmenistan
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ionian sea
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sea that is right under the boot heel of italy
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irish sea
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sea in between ireland and the uk
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north sea
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bigger sea body that is in between the uk, germany, and norway
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sea of azov
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sea that is northeast of the black sea
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sea of okhotsk
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sea north of japan and surrounded by mostly russian land
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tyrrhenian sea
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sea to the west of italy
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white sea
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sea east of finland but surrounded by MOSTLY russian land
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Alps Mountains
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highest and most extensive mountain range stretching over austria, france, germany, italy, etc.
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apennine mountains
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mountain range in central italy
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balkan peninsula
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large area of land comprising of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia. Surrounded by the Aegean, Adriatic, black, and ionian sea
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basque country
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northern region of Spain
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bay of biscay
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area of sea north of spain and west of france
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Bohemia
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region encompassing the western Czech Republic, centered on the national capital (Prague)
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carpathian mountains
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mountain range that stretches west to east from czech republic to romania
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caucasus mountains
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a mountain system in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea (goes through georgia)
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corsica
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a mountainous mediterranean mountain (the northern island)
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crimean peninsula
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the area of land that jolts out into the black sea
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danube river
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body of water starts in southern germany and passes through or touches the border of Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine before emptying into the Black Sea
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dnieper river
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body of water rising near Smolensk, Russia and flowing through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.
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galicia
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most north western region of Spain
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greenland
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massive island located between arctic and atlantic oceans
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gulf of bothnia
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body of water directly between sweden and finland
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iberian peninsula
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land area comprising of mostly portugal and spain
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kamchatka peninsula
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land area in the far east of Russia
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kattegat
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sea area bounded by the Jutlandic peninsula in the west, the Danish straits islands of Denmark to the south and the provinces of Västergötland, Scania, Halland and Bohuslän in Sweden in the east.
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mezzogiorno
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the traditional term for the southern regions of Italy, encompassing the southern section of the continental Italian Peninsula, the island of Sicily, and usually the island of Sardinia.
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Peloponnesus
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is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece. It is separated from the central part of the country by the Gulf of Corinth.
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Po river
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flows eastward across northern Italy, ends at a delta projecting into the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
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Pyrenees Mountains
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a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain.
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Rhine River
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begins in swiss alps and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands
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Sardinia
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large island to the west of italy (the southern one)
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Scandinavia
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region that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
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Scotland
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the U.K.'s northernmost country
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Siberia
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extremely large area of land in Russia that stretches southwards from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and to the national borders of Mongolia and China. (asian part of Russia)
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Sicily
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largest island in the Mediterranean (what the boot is kicking up)
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south tyrol
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located at the northernmost point in Italy. The province is bordered by Austria to the east and north and by the Swiss canton of Graubünden to the west.
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Strait of Gibraltar
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body of water connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea
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Transylvania
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region located in what is today the central part of Romania. Bound on the east and south by its natural borders, the Carpathian mountain range
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Ulster
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a province in the north of the island of Ireland
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Ural Mountains
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a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River and northwestern Kazakhstan.
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Vistula River
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starts in south of Poland and flows through major Polish cities and then empties into Baltic Sea
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Volga River
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longest river in Europe; it flows through central Russia and into the Caspian Sea, and is widely regarded as the national river of Russia.
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Wales
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country in southwest Great Britian
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amsterdam
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capital of the Netherlands
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Athens
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capital and largest city in Greece
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Barcelona
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cosmopolitan capital of the Catalonia region of Spain (northeastern tip of Spain)
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Belgrade
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capital of Serbia
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Berlin
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capital of Germany
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Bucharest
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capital of Romania
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Budapest
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capital of Hungary
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Dublin
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capital of Ireland
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Frankfurt
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central german city on river main (slighty southwestern Germany)
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kiev
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capital of Ukraine
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Lisbon
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capital of Portugal
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London
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capital of England and the UK
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Madrid
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Spain's central capital
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manchester
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major city in England but not the capital,sits below Scotland (but not directly below)
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Milan
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northen metropolis city in Italy, sits above the Po River and below Switzerland
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Moscow
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capital of Russia
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Munich
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Bavaria's (region in Germany) capital (southeastern germany)
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oslo
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capital of Norway
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paris
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capital of France
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prague
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capital of Czech Republic
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Rome
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capital of Italy, located in the center of Italy near the tyrrhenian sea
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Sarajevo
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capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Sofia
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capital of Bulgaria
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stockholm
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capital of Sweden
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St. Petersburg
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Russian port city on the baltic sea
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Venice
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capital of northern Italy's Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea (northeastern Italy)
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Vienna
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Austria's capital
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Warsaw
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capital of Poland
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Zagreb
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croatia's capital
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Zürich
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city in northern Switzerland
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Catalonia
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region in northeastern spain, includes Pyrenees mountians and Barcelona is the capital
