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100

A peninsula of peninsulas jutting out from the huge landmass of Eurasia

What is the description of the continent of Europe?

100

This is known as a cooperative economic organization

What is the European Union?

100

This has affected ecosystems in Western Europe, causing the need for natural forests to be cleared to make way for farms and to provide timber for building materials

What is human settlement


100

This is the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia

What is Eurasia

100

This is considered a great period of art and learning 

What is the Renaissance

200

 Where and when was the growing use of machines, beginning in England

What is Western Europe in the 1700s

200

Ships could sail directly into its port, making this European city one of the greatest commercial & shipping centers in the world

What is London

200

These two French regions lie in south central and southeastern Frace

What is the Massif Central and the Alps

200

This is a temperate grassland found in Europe and Asia

What is steppe

200

Money claimed for war damages 

What are reparations 

300

The two languages, Romance and Germanic

What is the two major language groups in Western Europe

300

Heavy industries in this country have declined since the mid-1900s due to a lack of modern technology

What is Wales

300

This land form separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe

What is the Pyrenees 

300

This is a system of government in which the government controls the means of production

What is communism 

300

The island home of Minoan culture

What is Crete

400

This area in Europe has warm summers with cool winters

What is Mediterranean Europe

400

This is NOT a major economic activity in the Nordic Nations

What is coal mining

400

These are areas of land that have dropped down between faults

What are grabens

400

This is the process of training and breeding animals for use by humans

What is domestication 

400

A loose organization of independent states

What is confederation 

500

Literacy rates are close to 100% in this area of the continent 

Western Europe

500

This has allowed Luxembourg to maintain a high standard of living 

What is changing from a manufacturing to a service & high-tech based economy 

500

This is referred to as land reclaimed from the sea

What is polder

500
This is what soft brown coal is called

What is lignite?

500

An extended decline on general business activity 

What is a recession