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🖨️ Europe geography worksheet (printable, with answers)

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  1. Which of these animals is the heaviest?

    • A. Wild boar
    • B. Reindeer
    • C. Gray wolf
  2. Which of these countries has the most people?

    • A. Poland
    • B. Romania
    • C. United Kingdom
  3. Moscow Kremlin: which of these is closest to it?

    • A. Prague Astronomical Clock
    • B. Santorini (Oia)
    • C. Eiffel Tower
  4. Which of these is a legend that has never been proven to exist?

    • A. Red fox
    • B. Loch Ness Monster
    • C. Greater flamingo
  5. Which of these animals is the heaviest?

    • A. European hedgehog
    • B. Snowy owl
    • C. Arctic fox
  6. Which of these structures is the tallest?

    • A. Louvre Pyramid
    • B. Aqueduct of Segovia
    • C. Pantheon
  7. Which of these is the oldest?

    • A. Moscow Kremlin
    • B. Topkapı Palace
    • C. Florence Cathedral
  8. Colosseum: which country is it in?

    • A. Sweden
    • B. Bulgaria
    • C. Italy
  9. Which of these was completed most recently?

    • A. Big Ben
    • B. Royal Palace of Caserta
    • C. Reichstag Building
  10. Which of these animals is endangered?

    • A. Moose
    • B. Eurasian magpie
    • C. European eel
  11. Leaning Tower of Pisa: which country is it in?

    • A. Italy
    • B. Iceland
    • C. Poland
  12. Which of these animals is native to North America?

    • A. Eurasian brown bear
    • B. Eurasian beaver
    • C. Polar bear
  13. Which of these countries is the largest by area?

    • A. Belarus
    • B. Spain
    • C. Italy
  14. Which of these countries is the largest by area?

    • A. Norway
    • B. Finland
    • C. Ukraine
  15. Which of these is the furthest north?

    • A. Malbork Castle
    • B. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
    • C. St Mark's Square

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Answer key — Europe

  1. B. Reindeer (Wild boar (80 kg) · Reindeer (130 kg) · Gray wolf (40 kg))
    It is the only deer species in which both males and females grow antlers.
  2. C. United Kingdom (Poland (38.5 million) · Romania (19 million) · United Kingdom (69.1 million))
  3. A. Prague Astronomical Clock (Prague Astronomical Clock (1,668 km) · Santorini (Oia) (2,335 km) · Eiffel Tower (2,490 km))
    Every hour the Twelve Apostles appear in little windows above the dial.
  4. B. Loch Ness Monster
    Legend says a monster lives in Loch Ness, but the famous 1934 'surgeon's photograph' was later revealed as a hoax made with a toy submarine.
  5. C. Arctic fox (European hedgehog (1 kg) · Snowy owl (2 kg) · Arctic fox (3.5 kg))
    Its fur changes from brown in summer to white in winter.
  6. C. Pantheon (Louvre Pyramid (21.6 m) · Aqueduct of Segovia (28 m) · Pantheon (43.3 m))
    Its dome is exactly as tall as it is wide: 43.3 m.
  7. C. Florence Cathedral (Moscow Kremlin (1485–1495) · Topkapı Palace (1459–1465) · Florence Cathedral (1296–1436))
    Brunelleschi built the dome without a wooden support frame underneath.
  8. C. Italy
    It could hold an estimated 50,000 to 80,000 spectators.
  9. C. Reichstag Building (Big Ben (1859) · Royal Palace of Caserta (1845) · Reichstag Building (1894))
    Its glass dome was added by architect Norman Foster in 1999.
  10. C. European eel
    European eels are thought to hatch in the Sargasso Sea and drift thousands of kilometres to Europe as larvae.
  11. A. Italy
    Stabilising work from 1993 to 2001 reduced its tilt to about 4 degrees.
  12. C. Polar bear
    Under its white-looking fur, a polar bear's skin is black.
  13. B. Spain (Belarus (207,600 km²) · Spain (505,990 km²) · Italy (301,340 km²))
  14. C. Ukraine (Norway (385,207 km²) · Finland (338,455 km²) · Ukraine (603,550 km²))
  15. A. Malbork Castle (Malbork Castle (54°N) · Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (43.3°N) · St Mark's Square (45.4°N))
    It was the headquarters of the Teutonic Knights.