Europe 1
What peninsula is bound by the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea?
Scandinavian Peninsula
Iceland and mainland Europe (relationship)
Settled by Scandinavians and have maintained cultural ties with the mainland
Ethnic differences examples what causes this?
Physical Features (mountains, rivers, oceans, deserts)
Alps Location
most famous mountain chain in Europe, arc across France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the northern Balkan Peninsula
Mesas
uplands may contain mesas, an example of uplands is the central plateau of Spain called the Meseta
Jutland Peninsula (location)
Denmark, separates the North and Baltic Seas, borders Germany from the south
Rhine (flows)
820 miles from the interior of Europe north to the North Sea
Describe the Northern European Plain?
One of the most fertile agricultural regions of the world, stretching in a huge curve across parts of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, and Poland
Who does Europe have an abundance of food?
abundant supplies of coal and iron ore; about 33 percent of Europe’s land is suitable for agriculture resulting in a surplus of crops like grains, grapes, olives, and cork
Setting for many traditional European folk tales?
deep, dark forests
What is the North Atlantic Drift
current of warm water from the tropics, flows near Europe’s west coast Western France. This helped with agriculture
Land that is reclaimed by diking and draining helps with erosion and farming
Polders
Supplied the power used to pump water from polder land. Netherlands has lots of water
Windmills
Was an arm of the North Sea that was transformed into a freshwater lake
Zuider Zee
This Place has an advanced canal system that transport people, goods, and water (120 islands)
Venice
First European Democracy was developed where?
Athens
A time of renewed interest in learning and the arts that lasted from the 14th through the 16th centuries
Renaissance
Bubonic plague was also known as?
Black Death
The two dominant countries of Western Europe?
Germany and France
A place where various cultures cross paths
European Cultural Crossroad
The practice of acquiring full political control over another country taking their people and money
Colonialism
Process of a region breaking up into small, mutually hostile units
Balkanization
Difficulty for Croatia to achieve its independence
they had a large Serbian population
Provides the EU with reliable information about the environment
European Environmental Agency
Maastricht Treaty
Established the EU