Land and Water
Climate and Vegetation
Natural Resources
Time Zones
Definitions
100
The Netherlands used these to keep the polders dry before switching to pumps with powerful motors
What is a windmill?
100
In Siberia, snow covers the ground for ___________ months.
What is six?
100
Power generated by water driven turbines
What is hydroelectric power?
100
If it is 10am in Boston, what time is it in San Francisco?
What is 7am
100
A new piece of land reclaimed from the sea
What is a polder?
200
The continent of Europe forms one of these
What is a peninsula?
200
The name of an ocean current that warms up northwestern Europe.
What is the Gulf Stream?
200
Three types of fossil fuels
What is coal, oil, and natural gas?
200
How many times zones there are in the world
What is 24?
200
The average number of people living in an area is called this
What is population density?
300
In the center of southern Europe there are mounatins and plateaus called the __________________.
What is the Central Uplands?
300
An area on the dry, sheltered side of a mountain that receives little rainfall
What is a rain shadow?
300
An area with large deposits of coal
What is Silesia?
300
If it it 8pm in Moscow, it is this time in Houston, TX
What is 11am?
300
Large raised areas of mostly level land
What is a plateau?
400
On the Eastern border of the European plain, is the __________________.
What is the Ural Mountains?
400
Russia's three great vegetation zones
What is the tundra, the forests, and the grasslands?
400
The world's largest oil producer
What is Russia?
400
If it is 6am in Anchorage, Alaska, it is this time in Miami, Florida
What is 10am?
400
A river or stream that flows into a large river
What is a tributary?
500
The longest river on the continent of Europe is ________________________
What is the Volga River?
500
Another name for the Russian grasslands
What is steppes?
500
Three-fourths of Russian forests lie in _____________
What is Siberia?
500
If it is noon in Ireland, it is _______ in Denver
What is 5am?
500
A type of rich, dustlike soil deposited by wind
What is loess?
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