Country
How do you describe Europe?
A Peninsula of Peninsulas
What is the E.U and what did it do?
European Union and it coordinated a policy among weaker countries to help even the wealth and power.
What are the two may languages of Europe?
Germany and Romance
What type of climate does Europe mostly have?
Warm Summers and cool winters
Mixed Economy
System of government that combines different degrees
Humans changed the environment of Europe by?
Clearing of trees for farmland
What are the two main activities of western Europe that has been traditionally important?
Shipping and trade
What physical characteristics helped FUEL the Industrial Revolution?
Coal resources in the midlands
Democracy
Plant disease
Blight
why did London grow and become on the main centers for shipping and trade?
Ships could travel right to its ports
Where is Frances chief commercial industries located?
Paris
What was a result of the Industrial Revolution?
Exports of manufactured goods increased
What two Elements together make up the marine west coast climate?
Winds and North Atlantic Drift
Keeping ethnic groups separate
Cultural convergence
What is the basic landforms of western Europe?
Mountains in the north and the south
in the 1700s Western Europe was characterized by?
Growing use of machines that began in England
What is the reason Germany was reunited in the 1900s?
Pressure from the citizens and the fall of the berlin wall
What are the most densely populated countries in Europe? (Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and Spain)
Germany and Italy
energy produced from the heat of the earths interior
Geothermal energy
What two physical features separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe?
Pyrenees mountains and the steep coastal cliffs
What are the three types of Economy in Europe and tell me what each one has
Communism- government control
Socialism- mix of both
Capitalism- free market
Polders reclaiming of farmland
Spain and Portugal both?
established a colonial empire during the 15th century
what is Fertile and what is Tertiary Activities?
Fertile is being able to grow an abundant of crops
Tertiary activates- activities suck as finance and insurance