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AC Political/Physical features of Europe check-up
Directions: Use your political/physical map of Europe and notes to help you choose the correct
country or physical feature after reading the following clues.
1.
A nation that has five official languages due to its central location in Europe. Many tourists
travel here to view the physical feature that dominates the country.
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2.
A tiny nation that borders France and Germany and has access to water between it and the
United Kingdom.
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3. A nation bordered by water on three sides in the Mediterranean Sea.
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4.
An area of low elevation that stretches from northern Germany, Poland, and into Russia.
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5.
A river who’s source is in the Alps Mountains and runs through ten countries before emptying
into the Black Sea.
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6.
A physical boundary that separates Russia as part of two continents.
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7. A European river that’s source is the Alps Mountains and flows north to its mouth in the North
Sea.
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8.
Forms a natural boundary between southern France and Spain.
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9. Land surrounded by water on three sides which is the closest of its kind in relation to Africa.
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10. This nation contains the regions of Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
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11. Russia’s neighboring country to the southwest that shares a border with Poland and the Black
Sea.
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12. A peninsula that is also a country in northern Europe.
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13. Spain’s neighbor to the west.
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14. The coasts of 3 continents (Europe, Africa, and Asia) line this physical feature.
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15. The largest European nation in area.
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16. The nations of Norway, Sweden, lie on this physical feature.
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17. The Rhine River flows through these three countries
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18. This nation is directly south of the United Kingdom.
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19. This nation has two countries the size of cities within its borders.
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20. This physical feature offers the shortest water route from England (UK) to mainland Europe.
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