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Vocabulary
Climate/Population Density
Atlas Skills
Natural Resources/Land use
EU
100
The average number of people living in a square mile.
What is population density?
100
The region in Europe that has a higher population density.
What is Western Europe?
100
This is the largest country in the world in land area.
What is Russia?
100
An important resource of Western Europe that allows for abundant crops.
What is fertile soil?
100
The currency that is used by most countries in the EU.
What is the Euro?
200
A layer of permanently frozen ground.
What is permafrost?
200
The dominate climate of northern Europe and Russia.
What is Arctic climate?
200
The city that is located at approx. 60° north and 11° east.
What is Oslo, Norway?
200
The land cover in much of Northern Europe and Russia that makes forestry the main land use in this region.
What is coniferous forest? (also accept Taiga)
200
The European Union is made up of independent ___________.
What are countries?
300
The dry, sheltered side of a mountain with little rain.
What is a rain shadow?
300
The United Kingdom is in a moderate climate occuring in areas warmed by ocean currents. Name this climate that supports forests more than grasslands.
What is Marine West Coast climate?
300
Madrid, Spain is this direction from Dublin, Ireland.
What is south?
300
Because there are so many rivers in Europe, many countries are able to generate electricity through this process.
What is hydroelectric power?
300
Nations that belong to the EU can trade freely with one another, without having to pay any__________.
What are taxes?
400
A government official in charge of a nation's foreign affairs/issues.
What is a foreign minister?
400
Western Europe is densely populated because of these two reasons.
What is milder climate and access to water bodies?
400
About how many countries are there in Europe?
What is about 44? ( I will accept answers from 44-47)
400
Europe has large deposits of these three fossil fuels.
What are oil, natural gas, and coal.
400
This treaty established the EU.
What is the Maastricht Treaty?
500
A system in which goods, services, and capital move freely with no barriers.
What is a single market?
500
If Ireland has 3,900,000 people and a land area of 26,598 sq. miles, the population density is_________.
What is 147 people per square mile?
500
There are four regions in the United Kingdom. Name them.
What are England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales?
500
Russia has more natural resources than the US, but has difficulty obtaining them due to these two reasons.
What is the large size of Russia, the harsh climate and the need to protect the environment.
500
People who are citizens of the European Union countries can travel among all the EU countries without using this form of identitfication.
What is a passport?