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45 Cards in this Set
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Capital of Finland
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Helsinki
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Capital of Sweden
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Stockholm
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Capital of Norway
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Oslo
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Capital of United Kingdom
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London
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Iceland Capital
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Reykjavik
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Capital of Ireland
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Dublin
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Capital of The Netherlands
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Amsterdam
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Capital of Austria
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Leichtenstein
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What strait is the boundary between Europe and Asia?
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Bosporus
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Europe's two most develouped rivers?
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Rhine & Danube
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Oil reserves and gas depoosits are found beneath the __________
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North Sea
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Largest colonial empire in the world?
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Brittish
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Cold War began...?
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After WWII (1945)
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What were NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
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Military Alliances
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The United Kingdom includes what 4 countries?
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England
Scotland Wales Northern Ireland |
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Where is the Thames River?
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London
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Glen is the Scottish term for ________
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valley
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Capital of Denmark
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Copenhagen
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Capital of Italy
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Rome, San Marino
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Capital of Spain
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Madrid
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What is the body of water separating England and France?
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The English Channel
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What is the name of the sea that borders Italy and is not the Mediterranean Sea?
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Adriatic Sea
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What Strait goes between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?
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Strait of Gibraltar
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What are the names of the Nordic countries?
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Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and Lapland
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One of the most crowded areas of Europe
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Belgium, the Netherlands, and central Germany
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What are the four major landform regions?
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Northwest Highlands, Northern European Plain,Central Uplands, Alpine mountain system
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What Landform region covers most of France?
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Northern European Plain
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@hat are Europe's three major climate types?
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marine west coast, humid continental, Mediterranean climate
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What is thelargest landform region of France?
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north European Plain
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What are the four important rivers of France?
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Seine, Loire, Garonne, Rhone
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London is _________and _____________.
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UK's capitol city...largest urban area
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IRA stands for?
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Irish Republican Army
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The__________ River is the longest river in the Brittish Isles.
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Shannon
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Europe's northernmost nation?
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Norway
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fjord
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narrow, deep inlets of the sea between high, rocky cliffs.
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Larget Scandanavian country?
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Sweden
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What is socialism?
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a mixed economy
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Smallest Nordic country.
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Denmark
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Most of Denmark lies on the____________________________.
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Jutland Peninsula
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Most people who live in Greenland are ________________________.
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Eskimo
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Europe's westernmost country.
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Iceland
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Lapland is home of the ______________________.
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Reindeer herders
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Pyrenees and the Alps are located in which country?
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France
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The busy port of __________ is France's oldest and second largest city.
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Marseilles
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Germany's major rivers:
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Danube
Rhine Elbe |