A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes.
What is definition of Fjords?
100
Europe started to explore the world in the mid 15th century.
When did Europe start exploring the world?
100
The mountain range that divides the country of Russia.
What is the Ural Mountains?
100
Part of a large landmass called Eurasia.
What large landmass is Europe part of?
100
Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. The population is split between catholics and protestants. The catholics fought for political power and the protestants fought to retain power and remain part of the United Kingdom.
What are the ethnic groups in the United Kingdom and what did they fight for?
200
Partially decayed plant matter found in bogs.
What is the definition of Peat?
200
The first European countries to explore were Portugal and Spain. These countries were looking for a route to Asia in order to by spices.
What were the first countries to explore and what were they looking for?
200
It is the nation part of the region of Scandinavia and its capital is Reykjavik.
Iceland
200
Scandinavian Peninsula, Jutland, Liberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Balkan Peninsula
What are the five major peninsulas in Europe?
200
Because Europe has many ethnic groups and types if religion there have been several conflicts. There was an ethnic and religious conflict in the Balkans from 1992- 1995. There is an ongoing conflict in Northern Ireland.
What are the ethnic and religion conflicts?
300
Land that is reclaimed from the sea or other body of water by diking and drainage.
What is the definition of Polder?
300
It is when a country takes over another country.
What is the definition of Imperialism?
300
The country in western Europe with a landscape of forests, rivers, mountain ranges and North Sea beaches.
What is Germany?
300
A narrow body of water on an important transportation route or sea lane. It includes The English Channel, The Strait of Gibraltar, The Dardanelles and Bosporus
What is strategic waterway?
300
The Northern European Plain has fertile soil called chernozem. This land is good for farming. The Ruhr and Po Valleys have deposites of iron ore and coal. There are large deposits of oil on the floor of the North Sea. Mountainous areas have mineral resources.
What is Europe's natural resources?
400
A freshwater lake departed from the North Sea by a dike and bordered by polders.
What is the definition of Zuider Zee?
400
Europe has many large cities that serve as centers of culture and trade.
What does the large cities in Europe serve?
400
It is a European Country with a long Mediterranean coastline. The capital rhymes with home and has a site of a hilltop.
What is Italy?
400
Wales, Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland
What is the Unites Kingdom composed of?
400
The countries of Europe have advanced farming techniques, high crop yields, and fertile soil called chernozem. They have chemical fertilizers, tractors and machines and genetically enhanced plants.
What is the agriculture in Europe?
500
An autonomous political unit made of a city and its surrounding lands.
What is the definition of city-state?
500
Imperialism was made possible by the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution was a period of time from the late 18th and 19th centuries when machines replaced human labor in Europe.
What made Imperialism possible?
500
It is a Scandinavian nation with thousands of coastal islands and inland lakes, along with vast boreal forest and glaciated mountains. The country is sweet.
What is Sweden?
500
It has middle and high latitudes. In Northern Europe there is tundra and subarctic climates. Most of Western Europe has a Marine West Coast climate zone.Southern Europe has a Mediterranean climate.
What are the different types in Europe?
500
Europe has high per capita GDP, high life expectancy, low population growth rate, low infant mortality, low percentage of population under age 15, high literacy rate.