western Europe vocab
rivers in Europe
general vocab
mountains in Europe
northern Europe
100

What is the definition of Holocaust?

The government sponsored murder of 6 million Jews.

100

What is the primary water source for Rome?

the Tiber river.

100

What is the definition of upland?

an area of high elevation.

100

What is the mountain range that separates the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) from France?

The Pyrenees Mountains.

100

What are three of the countries in Northern Europe?

Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Norway.

200

What is the definition of smelting?

a process to make bronze when people needed to melt and fuse tin and copper.

200

What countries does the Rhine river flow through?

France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

200

What is the definition of homogeneous?

alike even if there is some diversity.

200

What makes the mountains steeper?

Glaciers.

200

What are the two main climates in Northern Europe?

Tundra and Continental.

300

What is the definition of feudalism?

a system to bring order.

300

What is the longest river in France?

the Loire River which is 634 miles long.

300

What is the definition of Renaissance.

a period of artistic and intellectual activity.

300

What is the tallest and most famous mountain in Greece?

Mount Olympus (9,573 feet).

300

Norway is mostly ____, while Finland is mostly _____?

Norway is mostly mountainous, while Finland is mostly flat with a few mountains and hills.

400

What is the definition of deciduous?

(forest), trees like oak or maple

400

What two rivers are on the Iberian peninsula that are too shallow for boat transportation?

Tagus and Ebro.

400

What is the definition of Steppe?

vast level areas of land that support only low growing vegetation-like grasses

400

What is the mountain range running down the length of the Italian Peninsula?

The Apennine Mountains.

400

What are the rivers in the Iceland and the Scandinavian peninsula used for?

To generate electricity.

500

What is the definition of coniferous?

(trees), fir or pine trees.

500

What does the Seine River do?

It connects French cities (including Paris) to the English Channel.

500

What is the definition of Balkanization?

conflict among ethnic groups with a state, country or a religion.

500

What mountain range separates Italy from France, Swizterland, and Austria?

The Alps.

500

Iceland is an island country with...?

Many volcanoes and hot springs, also prone to earthquakes.

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