Scandinavian Countries
Instructions: Discover the lands of the Vikings! Test your knowledge of Scandinavia and the Nordic region.
- 1.
Which three countries are traditionally considered Scandinavia?
ANorway, Sweden, DenmarkBNorway, Finland, IcelandCSweden, Denmark, IcelandDNorway, Sweden, Finland - 2.
What is the capital of Norway?
ATrondheimBBergenCStavangerDOslo - 3.
Which Scandinavian country is the largest by area?
ANorwayBFinlandCSwedenDDenmark - 4.
The fjords are a famous geographic feature of which Scandinavian country?
ANorwayBFinlandCSwedenDDenmark - 5.
Which Nordic country is known as the 'Land of a Thousand Lakes'?
AFinlandBSwedenCNorwayDIceland - 6.
What is the capital of Denmark?
AAalborgBAarhusCCopenhagenDOdense - 7.
Which Scandinavian country includes the large island of Gotland?
ANorwayBFinlandCDenmarkDSweden - 8.
The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are commonly visible in northern Scandinavia. What causes them?
ALight pollution from citiesBVolcanic gases in the atmosphereCMoonlight reflecting off iceDCharged particles from the sun - 9.
Which body of water separates Sweden from Finland?
ASkagerrakBGulf of BothniaCNorth SeaDNorwegian Sea - 10.
Greenland is an autonomous territory of which Scandinavian country?
AIcelandBSwedenCNorwayDDenmark - 11.
What is the highest mountain in Scandinavia?
AGlittertindBGaldhopiggenCHaltiDKebnekaise - 12.
Which Scandinavian capital was formerly known as Christiania?
AHelsinkiBOsloCStockholmDCopenhagen - 13.
The Oresund Bridge connects Copenhagen, Denmark to which Swedish city?
AGothenburgBMalmoCHelsingborgDUppsala - 14.
Which Nordic country has the smallest population?
ADenmarkBNorwayCFinlandDIceland - 15.
The Sami people are indigenous to the northern regions of Scandinavia. What is this region called?
ASvalbardBLaplandCJutlandDNorrland