This keeps Europe milder than many places on earth at the same latitude
What is the gulf stream or gulf current?
100
The location of the roots of demcracy
What is Ancient Greece?
100
The time period characterized by manufacturing being done more by machine than by people.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
100
The limited type of government of England is led by this position.
What is the Prime Minister?
100
The train link between England and France.
What is the Chunnel?
200
The reasons for a wider variety of plant life on mainland Europe than the British Isles
What is milder climate and richer soil?
200
The beginnings of representative government
What is Ancient Rome?
200
Agreement between nations to support each other in times of need.
What is alliances?
200
Monarchy, Dictatorship, Feudalism and Communism can all be categorized by this type of government.
What is unlimited?
200
The center of Ancient Greece
What is Athens?
300
The type of renewable energy source mainly used in Iceland.
What is Geothermal?
300
The downfall of Ancient Rome (2 reasons)
What is the empire was growing too vast, military, defeats, and poor financial decision making?
300
The build up of armaments within a nation
What is militarism?
300
Positive effects of the EU. Name 2
What are fewer trade barriers, greater consumer choice, lower prices and more jobs.
300
One of the earliest centers of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
400
The formation of the Alps.
What is plate tectonics and glaciation?
400
The disease that can be attributed to the end of Feudalism
What is the "Black Plague" or the "Black Death"?
400
Expansion into far off places and creating colonies to obtain their natural resources
What is Imperialism?
400
The negative effects of the EU
What are too many countries, so reaching agreements might be difficult, not all countries have switched to the Euro and wealthier nations have to support poorer ones.
400
What has been done in the Netherlands to deal with 25% of the country being below sea level.
What is the construction of dikes?
500
Compare different types of forest found in the British ISles and Mainland Europe
What is British Isles' "deciduous" forests and Mainland Europe "coniferous" forest?
500
The time period characterized by inventions such as the printing press, new architecture and the arts and sciences blossoming .
What is Renaissance?
500
An organization set up after WWI to help the European countries cooperate politically and economically
What is the European Union?
500
Which time period in Europe can be characterized by little social to moblility
What is Feudalism?
500
Explain the acronym MAIN
What is M is for Militarism
A is for Alliance
I is for Imperialism
N is for Nationalism?