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Vocabulary
Southern Europe
West-Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
100
The title for the leader of the Catholic Church.
What is the Pope?
100
The countries of Southern Europe all share a coastline with this Sea.
What is the Mediterreanean Sea?
100
The highest mountain range in Europe
What is the Alps?
100
The Chernobyl disaster was what type of explosion.
What is nuclear?
100
The capital of the United Kingdom.
What is London?
200
Define geyser.
What is a spring that shoots hot water and steam into the air?
200
This country created the idea of democracy.
What is Greece?
200
The Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral are in this city and country.
What is Paris, France.
200
After WWII, many Eastern European countries came under the rule of this country.
What is the Soviet Union?
200
Greenland is a territory of this Northern European country.
What is Denmark?
300
Define CIS
What is a union of former Soviet republics that meets about issues such as trade and immigration?
300
Name the 3 peninsulas of Southern Europe.
What is the Italian, Iberian, and Balkan?
300
This city in Germany hosts the annual Oktoberfest to celebrate German cultural heritage.
What is Munich?
300
The Chernobyl disaster had this effect on the vegetation of region surrounding it.
What is lack of vegetation?
300
The country that Martha (our guest speaker) is from.
What is Norway?
400
Define Mediterranean Climate
What is warm, dry, sunny summers, and wet, mild winters?
400
Spain and Portugal are on this peninsula.
What is the Iberian?
400
The Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989 signifying the end of this type of government rule
What is communism?
400
Today the countries of Eastern Europe have developing economies. The main factor behind this is what?
What is the bad planning of the Soviet Union?
400
The Northern European Plain is best known for this important feature of life in Europe.
What is farmland?
500
Define infrastructure
What is a set of resources, like roads, airports, and factories, that a country needs in order to support economic activities?
500
The westernmost peninsula of Southern Europe.
What is the Iberian?
500
A majority of the people in Greece are believers of this religion.
What is Orthodox?
500
Building infrastructure is a big economic challenge for this region in Eastern Europe.
What is Poland and the Baltic region?
500
The three countries that make up the United Kingdom.
What are England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland?