Vocab 1
What type of trees grow in cooler areas of the marine west coast climate zone?
What is Coniferous.
What is the international agreement to limit greenhouse gasses.
What is the Kyoto Treaty
Name three European Islands?
What is Sicily, Crete, and Cyprus.
What problem threaten Europe's forests, lakes, and rivers?
What is Acid rain
What is Europe's highest mountain?
What is Mount. Blanc
What are treeless plains near the North Pole.
What is Tundra
A description that fits most European countries?
What is Near an Ocean or a Sea.
What best describes Europe’s best natural resources?
What is Abundant and varied
What is dirty coal that causes acid rain?
What is lignite coal?
What is one of Europe’s longest rivers?
What is Danube
What resource fueled Europe’s industry in the 1800s?
What is Coal
Climate in Northwestern and Central Europe is influenced by what?
What is the Mediterranean
What was the biggest tank battle during WW2 called?
Battle of Kursk
What are cold, dry wind blowing across/from France.
What is Mistral
A large Island located in the Mediterranean.
What is Sicily
What European region can be described as having rich soil, a lot of resources, and a lot of people?
What is the Northern European Plain
Where are Europe’s most forested areas?
What is Norway and Sweden
What year did WW1 end?
1918
Mountains between France and Spain.
What is the Pyrenees
A climate zone of Southern Europe.
What is Mediterranean
Where do Europe’s most productive oil fields lie?
What is the North Sea
Why is Northwestern Spain cool, wet, and green, but inland Spain is hot, dry, and brown?
What is the Rain shadow effect
Which country was invaded first during WW2?
What is Poland