Physical Geography
The seas around Northern Europe provide what important natural resource?
fishing
The capital of Ireland?
Dublin
Vikings
Give up all weapons?
disarm
Does not take sides in a conflict?
neutral
The physical geography of Northern Europe doesn't change much? True or False?
False, it does change dramatically in different locations.
Did Britain rule much of the world at one point?
Yes
The capital of Sweden?
Stockholm
Springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air?
geysers
Not able to support human settlement?
uninhabitable
Northeast of the British Isles is a region of islands and peninsulas called?
Scandinavia
The conflict in Northern Ireland was between which two religious groups?
Protestants and Catholics
Which Scandinavian country has remained neutral during wars?
Sweden
Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages
vikings
A narrow inlet of sea set between high, rocky cliffs?
fjord
Northern Europe has a milder climate that you would except because of what?
North Atlantic Drift
The U.K.'s economy soared in the 1700s and 1800s because of what event?
Industrial Revolution
Which country at one point ruled all the Scandinavian countries?
Denmark
An ocean current that brings warm, moist air across the Atlantic Ocean?
North Atlantic Drift
Energy from the heat of the Earth's interior?
geothermal energy
What country has a tundra and ice cap climate?
Iceland
Name the four small countries that make up the U.K.
England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
The Scandinavian peninsula is made up of what 2 countries?
Norway and Finland
A type of democracy in which a king or queen serves as head of state but the legislature makes the laws?
constitutional monarcy
This Great Charter limited the power of kings?
Magna Carta