European Words
European Landmarks
Physical Geography
Political Geography
Economic and cultural geography
100
Balkinization
The process of breaking up a region into small, mutually hostile units
100
The eiffel tower
This is the one of the most popular landmarks in France, named after Gustave Eiffel, shines a golden color, there's a replica of this landmark half the size in Las Angeles.
100
Eurasia is a large landmass part of Europe. It's also combined to Asia and, they're on the same tectonic plates and don't have a sea between them.
What is a large landmass part of Europe?
100
Country
A nation with it's own government, occupying a particular territory
100
culture
all the features of a people's way of life
200
Ethnic cleansing
The policy of trying to eliminate an ethnic group.
200
Big Ben
This is one of the most famous clock tower landmarks in Great Britain. This was named after Benjamin Caunt, a heavyweight boxing champion.
200
Scandinavian, Jutland, Iberian, Italian and Balkan
What are the five major peninsulas of Europe?
200
African Union
international organization with the goal of encouraging cooperation and development among African nations
200
cultural traits
learned activities and behaviors that people often take part in
300
City-state
An autonomous political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands
300
Swiss Alps
This landmark is south of Bern and Luzern, east of Lake Geneva. It has swiss scenery, high peaks, sheer valleys, and cool lakes.
300
Great Britain, Iceland, and Ireland
What are some of the islands in Northern Europe?
300
ljesselmeer
a freshwater lake separated from the North Sea by a dike and bordered by polders
300
chernozem
Land that is good for farming, it's the fertile soil in the Northern European plain
400
Sirocco
This is a hot steady south wind that blows from North africa across the mediterranean sea into Southern Europe, mostly in Spring
400
Berlin Wall
This is a powerful and enduring symbol for the cold war. This wall has stood until November 9, 1989. The East Germany Communist party announced that the GDR could cross this wall whenever they want, some crossed it freely and others brought hammers and picks to chip the wall itself.
400
Europe is a large peninsula. A peninsula is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides.
Europe is a large _____. explain what _______ is.
400
elongated
A state that has a shape that is extremely longer than it is wide like Chile
400
globalization
the process in which connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike
500
Polder
Land that is reclaimed from the sea or other body of water by diking and drainage
500
Alps
bottom ofrance, bottom half or swiss, top half of italy, austria, slovenia, small part of croatia and bosnia and herzogneia it looks like a gun from bottom of france to bos. and her.
500
warmed by wind current called westerlies. The north Atlantic drift is an ocean current that warms Europe.
What was the climate like in Europe?
500
seaworks
structures that are used to control the sea's destructive impact on human life
500
traditionalism
following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas