NE Physical Geography
The British Isles
EU Physical Geography
The Balkan Countries
100
What are the 2 regions that make up the NE? Where are they located?
British Isles, located across the English Channel. Scandinavia, located in far northern Europe.
100
What are the countries of the United Kingdom? What other country, makes up the British Isles?
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland.
100
What are the bodies of water in the EU, and were are they located?
Adriatic Sea (southwest). Black Sea (east). Baltic Sea (far north). Danube river (begins in Germany & flows east across the Great Hungarian Plain).
100
What are the types of Christianity practiced in the area?
Orthodox Church, Roman Catholics, and Protestants.
200
What results in the mild climates of NE? What is it's definition?
North Atlantic Drift, an ocean current that brings warm, moist air across the Atlantic Ocean.
200
What are the names of the early settlers, in the British Isles? Before how many years did they build the Stonehenge?
- The Celts, Angles, Saxons, Vikings, and the Normans. - They built it about 5,000 years ago.
200
The shores of the ...... ..... are the ....... location in EU. ....... there are long, ...., and ..... . It receives ....... rain than other areas.
1. Baltic Coast. 2. Coldest. 3. Winters. 4. Cold. 5. Harsh. 6. Less.
200
When the Roman Empire divided into east & west in the ..... .......s, the ....... Peninsula became part of the ....... ....... .
1. Late AD 300. 2. Balkan. 3. Byzantine empire.
300
What are the effects of glaciers?
- Created deep fjords. - Carved thousands of lakes in NE. - Left marks on NE's coastlines and lakes (Norway).
300
Why was Churchill important to British history?
He guided the UK through the dark days of WWII. He inspired the British to continue fighting, despite their defeat.
300
The interior plains are .... ..... than far north. Winters are ...., summers are .... & .... . That's why the plains have many types of ......... .
1. Much milder. 2. Cold. 3. Mild and Pleasant. 4. Vegetation.
300
How many countries share the Balkan Peninsula? List them...
8 countries, which are; Albania, Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria.
400
What are NE's natural resources? Primary resources, and their examples...
Energy (Oil, Natural Gas, Hydroelectric & Geothermal energy). Forests and Soils. Seas and Oceans (North sea, Norwegian Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean).
400
What are constitutional monarchy & Magna Carta?
A monarchy in which the powers of the ruler are restricted to those granted under the constitution and laws of the nation. The “great charter” of English liberties, forced from King John, limited the powers of kings.
400
Why is the Danube so important to the people of Eastern Europe?
It's central to EU economy. Some of the region's largest cities lie on it's banks. Dams on the western part of the river, generates electricity. Used for fishing, and is a trade waterway.
400
Why did WWI start? Until when did the nation of Yugoslavia last?
It started when a protest, a man from Siberia shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, sparking the war. It lasted until the 1990s.
500
Most of NE has a ...... .... ..... climate. Central Norway, ......, ........ ....... have a humid continental climate. Subarctic regions have ...., .... ....... and ..... ....... .
1. Marine west coast. 2. Sweden. 3. Southern Finland. 4. Long, cold winters. 5. Short summers.
500
Why does Northern Ireland want to unite with the Republic of Ireland?
Many Catholics in Northern Ireland believe they haven't been treated fairly by Protestants.
500
Along the ........ ........., the Balkan coast has a .............. climate, with ........ summers, and ............. winters. This type of climate doesn't bring ...... ...... . So, the land is covered in ........ and ....... ........ instead.
1. Adriatic Sea. 2. Mediterranean. 3. Warm. 4. Mild. 5. Much rain. 6. Shrubs. 7. Hardy trees.
500
The countries of the Balkan Peninsula, were once run by ...... ....... . ......... .......... planning has left most of them poor & ....... to improve their economies. Relations among ...... & ....... groups have had serious .......... for the Balkans.
1. Communist governments. 2. Weak economic. 3. Struggling. 4. Religious. 5. Ethnic. 6. Implications.
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