western Europe vocab
What is the definition of Holocaust?
The government sponsored murder of 6 million Jews.
What is the primary water source for Rome?
the Tiber river.
What is the definition of upland?
an area of high elevation.
What is the mountain range that separates the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) from France?
The Pyrenees Mountains.
What are three of the countries in Northern Europe?
Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Norway.
What is the definition of smelting?
a process to make bronze when people needed to melt and fuse tin and copper.
What countries does the Rhine river flow through?
France, Germany, and the Netherlands.
What is the definition of homogeneous?
alike even if there is some diversity.
What makes the mountains steeper?
Glaciers.
What are the two main climates in Northern Europe?
Tundra and Continental.
What is the definition of feudalism?
a system to bring order.
What is the longest river in France?
the Loire River which is 634 miles long.
What is the definition of Renaissance.
a period of artistic and intellectual activity.
What is the tallest and most famous mountain in Greece?
Mount Olympus (9,573 feet).
Norway is mostly ____, while Finland is mostly _____?
Norway is mostly mountainous, while Finland is mostly flat with a few mountains and hills.
What is the definition of deciduous?
(forest), trees like oak or maple
What two rivers are on the Iberian peninsula that are too shallow for boat transportation?
Tagus and Ebro.
What is the definition of Steppe?
vast level areas of land that support only low growing vegetation-like grasses
What is the mountain range running down the length of the Italian Peninsula?
The Apennine Mountains.
What are the rivers in the Iceland and the Scandinavian peninsula used for?
To generate electricity.
What is the definition of coniferous?
(trees), fir or pine trees.
What does the Seine River do?
It connects French cities (including Paris) to the English Channel.
What is the definition of Balkanization?
conflict among ethnic groups with a state, country or a religion.
What mountain range separates Italy from France, Swizterland, and Austria?
The Alps.
Iceland is an island country with...?
Many volcanoes and hot springs, also prone to earthquakes.