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33 Cards in this Set
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Vikings |
Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe in the early Middle Ages |
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Stockholm |
Sweden's capital and largest city |
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Neutral |
Not taking sides in a international conflict |
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Oslo |
The capital of Norway |
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Helsinki |
Finland's capital and largest city |
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Geyser |
A spring that shoots hot water and steam into air |
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Paris |
Capital and largest city in France |
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Amsterdam |
Capital of the Netherlands |
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The Hague |
Seat of government in the Netherlands |
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Brussels |
Capital of Begium, headquarters of many international organizations |
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Cosmopolitan |
Characterized by many foreign influences |
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Northern European Plain |
Broad coastal plain that steaches from the Atlantic coast into Eastern Europe |
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North Sea |
Large body of water to the north of the region |
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English Channel |
Narrow waterway to the north of the region that separates West-Central Europe from the United Kingdome |
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Danube River |
One of the major rivers of the region |
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Rhine River |
One of the major rivers of the region
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Navigable river |
River that is deep and wide enough for ships to use |
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Berlin |
Capital of Germany |
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Chancellor |
Prime minister elected by Parliament who runs the government |
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Vienna |
Austria's capital and largest city |
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Cantons |
Districts of Switzerland's federal republic |
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Bern |
Capital of Swizerland |
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British isles |
A group of islands located across the English Channel from the rest of Europe |
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Scandinavia |
A region of islands and peninsulas in far northern Europe |
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Fjord |
A narrow inlet of the sea set between high, rocky cliffs
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Geothermal Energy |
Energy form the heat of Earth's interior |
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North Atlantic Drift |
An ocean current that brings warm, most air across the Atlantic Ocean |
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Constitutional Monarchy |
A type of democracy in which a king or queen serves as head of state, but a legislature makes the law |
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Magna Carta |
A document that limited the powers of kings and required everyone to obey the law |
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Disarm |
Give up all weapons |
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London |
The capital of the United Kingdom(UK) |
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Dublin |
The capital of Ireland |
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Uninhabitable |
not able to support human settlement |
