Question

Analyze the map below and answer the question that follows.
A map titled European Climate Regions. A key shows climate zones by color. Yellow is Steppe. Dark green is Marine west coast. Green is Mediterranean. Teal is Humid subtropical. Orange is Humid continental. Light gray is Subartic. Gray is Tundra. Brown is Highlands. Italy, Sicily, Spain, Portugal, the southern coast of France, and Turkey are green. Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Belarus, and parts of Norway and Sweden are dark green. An area south of Italy is brown. Parts of Russia, Finland, and Sweden are orange. The northern section of Finland and Sweden are light gray and gray. Part of Kazakhstan is yellow.

According to the climate map above, the __________ have a highland climate.
A.
Pyrenees
B.
Alps
C.
Norwegian fjords
D.
Ural Mountains

Answer 1

B. Alps

The brown shading (highland climate) on the map corresponds to the Alpine region in central Europe, so the Alps have a highland climate.