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Vocab
Questions
Questions
Map Skills
100
An area on the sheltered side of a mountain that receives little rainfall
What is a rain shadow?
100
Plant life in a region
What is vegetation?
100
How do the population densities of Europe and Russia compare?
Europe’s population density if greater than most of the world’s, and Russia’s is lower.
100
The North Atlantic Current affects northwestern Europe by
bringing warm water and winds
100
Island country separated from mainland Europe by the English Channel
What is the United Kingdom?
200
Permanently frozen soil
What is permafrost?
200
Another name for grassland
What is a prairie?
200
Western Europe’s peninsulas and bays have enabled the countries to become leaders in
the shipping industry?
200
Areas of Europe that are west of the mountains receive
heavy rainfall.
200
Landform that covers more than half of Europe. This region has the most productive farmland and the largest cities.
What is the North European Plain?
300
A cold, dry treeless region where grasses and mosses grow
What is a tundra?
300
largest forest in the world
What is the taiga?
300
How does Siberia’s harsh climate affect life in that region?
Few people live there.
300
What are Europe’s most important natural resources?
fertile soil, water, and fuels
300
Mountain system that stretches from France to the Balkan Peninsula.
What is the Alpine Mountain System?
400
The average number of people living in a square mile or a square kilometer
What is population density?
400
source of energy that forms from the remains of ancient plants and animals
What is a fossil fuel?
400
More than half of Europe is covered by a landform called the
North European Plain
400
Because of Russia’s size, harsh climate, and few rivers suitable for travel, the country has not developed its
natural resources
400
Mountain range that separates Europe from Russia
What are the Ural Mountains?
500
a large raised area of mostly level land bordered on one or more sides by steep slopes or cliffs
What is a plateau?
500
wide and deep enough for ships to travel through
What is navigable?
500
The three great vegetation regions of Russia are
the tundra, the forests, and the grasslands.
500
What is the name for the side of a mountain that receives heavy rainfall, and the side that receives little rainfall?
wayward and leeward
500
This is the longest river in Russia. It freezes in the winter, rendering it not navigable.
What is the Volga River?