Vocabulary
A large area of flat or gently rolling land
Plain
This landform is almost always flat?
Plain
A representative government with a mostly ceremonial ruler is known as a what?
Constitutional Monarchy
Which West Central European country recently experienced reunification?
Germany
Unity
Differences
Diversity
What is the difference between tundra and taiga?
Trees grow in the taiga, but not the tundra
What are the two parts of the British Parliament?
House of Commons and House of Lords
Which of the following countries has a long history of neutrality in wars?
Switzerland
What is deportation?
Sending an immigrant back to his or her homeland
An area of land almost completely surrounded by connected to the mainland
Peninsula
Scandinavia is an example of what?
A peninsula
A system of basic services for every stage of life is known as what?
A cradle-to-grave system
What is the statistic gross national produce used to measure?
Which two countries are on the Iberian Peninsula?
Spain and Portugal
Process of becoming unified again
Reunification
What was the result of a chemical spill in 1986?
Pollution of the Rhine River
What are the white nights of Scandinavia?
Nights when the sun shines almost all night
Who make polders by draining land to reclaim it from the sea?
The Dutch (The Netherlands)
What is one of the biggest threats to the economies of Southern Europe?
Competition in Asia
Absorbing ideas or customs from other cultures
Cultural Borrowing
What is loess?
A type of soil spread by winds
Why did Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales gain their own legislatures?
What does privatization do?
It transfers ownership of business from government to individuals
Islamic architecture in Spain is an example of what?
Cultural Diffusion