Geography Terms 1
Capitals
Physical Geography
Vocab
Scandinavia
100

A group of islands located across the English Channel from the rest of Europe

British Isles

100

Capital of England

London

100

a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.

Glaciers

100
to give up all weapons
disarm
100

A large peninsula in northern Europe that includes Norway and Sweden

Scandinavian Peninsula 

200

a narrow inlet of the sea set between high, rocky cliffs 

Fjord

200

Capital of Ireland

Dublin

200

a naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain.

Hills

200
a document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the king to honor certain rights
Magna Carta
200
Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe in the early Middle Ages
Vikings
300

hallow, northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the British Isles and the mainland of northwestern Europe

North Sea

300

Capital of Sweden

Stockholm

300
An area of rugged land that generally rises higher than 2,000 feet
Mountain
300
not taking sides in an international conflict
neutral
300

Island to the West of Norway, often considered a part of Scandinavia 

Iceland

400

 hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air.

Geysers

400

Capital of Norway

Oslo

400
energy produced from the heat of Earth’s interior
geothermal energy
400
unable to support human settlement
uninhabitable
400

What is the most highly populated country in Scandinavia?

Sweden

500

A union of countries in Northwestern Europe composed of northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England 

United Kingdom

500

Capital of Finland 

Helsinki

500
a warm ocean current that brings warm, moist air across the Atlantic Ocean to Northern Europe
North Atlantic Drift
500
a type of democracy in which a monarch serves as head of state, but a legislature makes the laws
constitutional monarchy
500

Country to the East of Sweden that is often considered a part of Scandinavia

Finland