Europe Facts Quiz

1. A train travels from northern Italy into Austria through a major European mountain system. Which mountains does it cross?

2. Hungarian differs from most neighboring languages because it belongs to which language family?

3. A 15th-century Florentine patron commissions art featuring realistic perspective and renewed interest in classical Greece and Rome. Which movement does this best represent?

4. A visitor in Rome enters a separate sovereign state surrounded entirely by the city. Which state is it?

5. A postcard depicts Europe’s familiar boot-shaped peninsula extending into the Mediterranean. Which country is shown?

6. What is the capital of Slovenia?

7. Which pair of countries occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula?

8. A historian examines the early use of steam-powered machinery in textile factories during the late 18th century. Where did this phase of the Industrial Revolution begin?

9. A land route from northern Spain into southwestern France crosses which mountain range?

10. An archaeologist visits Olympia, the site associated with the original ancient Olympic Games. Which modern country are they in?

11. Which of these European languages belongs to the Germanic language family?

12. Which city is the capital of Estonia?

13. A traveler follows the lower Rhine downstream after leaving Germany. Which country does the river cross before reaching the North Sea?

14. A traveler sees steep, glacier-carved sea inlets while journeying north from Bergen. Which country are they exploring?

15. A ferry sailing directly between Dover and Calais crosses which body of water?

16. An expedition follows the Danube downstream from Central Europe to its delta. Which sea does it reach?