| A | B |
|---|
| Athens | capital of Greece |
| Lisbon | capital of Portugal |
| Madrid | capital of Spain |
| Rome | capital of Italy |
| Venice | city of canals |
| Apennines | mountain range that runs down the length of the Italian Peninsula like a spine |
| Batican City | worlds's smallest independent state |
| Strait of Gibraltar | narrow strait separates the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa |
| Spain | The nation that the marriage of Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon united |
| Roman Catholicism | dominant religion of Spain and Italy |
| Amsterdam | capital of the Netherlands |
| Berlin | capital of Germany |
| Bern | capital of Switzerland |
| Brussels | capital of Belgium |
| Vienna | capital of Austria |
| Secrecy laws of Switzerland | made it a popular center for international banking |
| Austria | produces large amounts of crystal glassware |
| Haqmburg Germany | major center of trade since the Middle Ages |
| Netherlands | people here have reclaimed land from the sea to enlarge their borders |
| Liechtenstein | small country that depends upon Switzerland for diplomatic representatives |
| Mt. Elbrus | highest peak in Europe |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land that connects two landmasses |
| Berlin | built a wall in Germany to keep people from escaping to freedom |
| polder | land that has been taken from the sea by using dams, dikes, and windmills to drain the water |
| Moscow | capital of Russia |
| Fertile Crescent | area known as the "Cradle of Civilization" |
| Baghdad | capital of Iraq |
| Tokyo | largest city in the world |
| Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania | called the Baltic States |
| Austria, France and Switzerland | countries where Alps extend |
| globe | most accurate display of the earth's features, showing correct shapes, sizes, and location |
| Arabian Peninsula | world's largest Peninsula |
| Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan | were once under the control of the Soviest Union, but now independent republics today |
| Denmark | occupies the Jutland Peninsula |
| San Marino | world's oldest republic |
| cartographer | a person skilled in displaying geographic information on maps and globes |
| Ireland | known as the Emerald Isle |
| caste system | what the Indian society is bases on which is a strict division of social classes |
| Europe | continent considered the birthplace of Western civilization |
| England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales | 4 major political divisions of the United Kingdom |
| English Channel | body of water that separates Great Britain from continental Europe |
| Indonesia | country that is spread over the thousands of islands in the Malay Archipelago |
| oil | main product exported from the Arabian Peninsula |
| Jerusalem | city that both Muslims and Jews claim as a holy city |
| Tibet | plateau is known as the "roof of the world" |
