Vocabulary
Climate Regions
Landforms
Mixed Review
A Bit of This, A Bit of That
100
Land that does not touch or border an ocean or a sea is said to be this.
What is landlocked?
100
What are the three main climate zones of Europe?
What are marine west coast, humid continental, and Mediterranean?
100
The Alps, Pyreness, and Carpathians are all examples of what type of landform?
What are mountains?
100
Hot winds from Africa that blow across southern Europe are called what?
What are sirocco winds?
100
Use the map on page 119, what is letter "B" locating?
What is the North Sea?
200
If a waterway is wide and/or deep enough to be traveled by a ship, it is said to be what?
What is navigable?
200
What types of trees dominate the landscape in south Sweden and Norawy?
What are coniferous trees?
200
This is the major landform in Europe.
What is the Northern European Plain?
200
True or False? The country of Europe includes more than 40 countries.
What is true
200
Use the map on page 119, what is letter "C" identifying?
What is the Meseta?
300
Low areas between mountains, allowing the the movement of people and goods.
What are passes?
300
What is the climate like in a subarctic/tundra zone?
What is: it is cold year round with a lot of snow and non-standard amounts of sunlight.
300
Europe's farmland can be described as some of the richest in the what?
What is world?
300
A cold, dry, winter wind from the north that strikes against southern France
What is a mistral wind?
300
A nuclear disaster occurred here in 1986.
Where is Chernobyl? (Ukraine)
400
Trees that lose their leaves in the fall are called _____________ trees.
What is deciduous?
400
True/False: Climate Change is only a problem in western Europe.
What is false?
400
Hydroelectric and Wind Power are two examples of what type of non-polluting energy sources.
What is clean energy?
400
What are the five smaller climate zones that are a part of Europe?
What are: subarctic, tundra, highland, steppe, and humid subtropical?
500
Evergreen trees, that grow in cooler areas.
What are coniferous trees?
500
Sewage, garbage, and farm runoff are all sources of this.
What is water pollution?
500
What are 15 countries that are a part of Europe?
What is (listen to responses)