NewsTracker Answers for week of May 05, 2025

Q: A blackout last week left millions without power in Spain and Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula. Where is Europe’s Iberian Peninsula?

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Q: At the western end of the Eurasian landmass and bounded by the sea on three sides, Europe is sometimes called a “peninsula of peninsulas.” What is Europe’s largest peninsula?

A. Balkan

B. Iberian

C. Italian

D. Scandinavian


D. The Scandinavian Peninsula is Europe’s largest and comprises the mainland areas of Norway and Sweden and the northwestern portion of Finland. The Iberian Peninsula is the second largest, followed by the Balkan Peninsula and the Italian Peninsula. In addition to the mainland areas of Spain and Portugal, the tiny country of Andorra and the British territory of Gibraltar are on the Iberian Peninsula.


Q: Besides a collection of connected peninsulas, many islands are part of Europe. What is the largest island of Europe?

A. Iceland

B. Ireland

C. Great Britain

D. Greenland


C. Great Britain is more than twice the size of Iceland, Europe’s second-largest island. Greenland is the world’s largest island and has been tied to the European kingdoms of Norway and Denmark for more than 1,000 years. However, the island is geographically part of the North American continent. Iceland sits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge border of the North Atlantic and Eurasian tectonic plates.


Q: Our distant prehistoric relatives inhabited the Iberian Peninsula more than 1.7 million years ago, while modern human beings arrived about 40,000 years ago. What continent was the original home of the human family?

A. Africa

B. Asia

C. Australia

D. Europe


A. Modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and they are last surviving members of the genus Homo which originated in Africa. In countless migrations, modern humans and our extinct relatives spread into the connected continents of Asia and Europe. It is believed that ancient land bridges allowed modern humans to reach Australia and North and South America.


Q: The Iberian Peninsula is mostly separated from France and the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees Mountains. What mountain range is considered Europe’s eastern border with Asia?

A. Alps

B. Balkans

C. Himalayas

D. Urals


D. Russia is the world’s largest country in the world’s largest country stretching from the easternmost part of Europe to the northernmost part of Asia, Its Ural Mountain range is part of a conventional border between Europe and Asia, which form a huge landmass also connected to Africa.