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39 Cards in this Set
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___ blow down from the mountains
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foehn
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The Jutland Peninsula is made from___.
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Denmark.
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___ are shrubs and short trees
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chaparral
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One way to describe europe's climate is ____.
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mild
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What are 5 natural resources?
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hydroelectricity
coal iron oil nuclear energy |
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The Balkan Peninsula is made from ____.
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Greece
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What are the 5 seas?
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Mediterranean
north Baltic Black Adriatic |
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what are the 5 major peninsulas?
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Iberian
Apennine Balkan Jutland Scandanavian |
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Where in the Rhine river?
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western Europe
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Ireland is known as the ____
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"Emerald Isle"
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the North European Plain is known as the ____.
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Breadbasket
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No where in Europe is farther than ____ miles from the coast.
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300
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Scandanavia is made up of...
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Norway, Swedan, and Finland
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What are the Mediterrarean Islands?
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Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus,Malta, and Crete
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___ is a mass of ice
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avalanche
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The Apennine is made from __.
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Italy
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___ is a drained area that was once filled with water.
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Polder
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what are two warm water masses?
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North Atlantic Drift
Mediterranean Sea |
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___ is soil that is often permanently frozen below the surface
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permafrost
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The Iberian peninsula is made from ___ and ____.
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Spain and portugal
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What are rivers used for?
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irrigation
transportation hydroelectric power |
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What are the Atlantic Islands?
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Iceland, Great Britain,Ireland, and the British Isles
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__ are hot winds from the north African deserts of Libya
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sirrocas
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What is Europe's nickname?
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" The Peninsula of Peninsulas"
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What are the 5 rivers in Europe?
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Rhine
Danube Thames Seine Po |
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The Scandanavian Peninsula is made from ____.
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Norway and Swedan
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___ is the hightest mountain in Europe
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Mt. Blanc
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___ is a kind of vegetable matter usually composed of mosses
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peat
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What are the 5 mountain ranges?
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Apennine
Carpathians Pyrenees Scandanavian Alps |
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___ is a glacial made/ filled lake or valley filled with water
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fjord
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Why did the industrial Revolution begin in England?
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b/c of vast amount of natural resources
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Where is the Danube river?
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Eastern Europe
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What are the 3 climate zones
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Mediterranean
Humid Continental marine West Coast |
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Where is the Seine River?
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France
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___ is a strong, northerly wind from the Alps
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Mistral
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Steppe is the type of climate found in Spain on the ____.
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Mesetas
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What are there a lot of near the Scandanavian area of Europe?
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lakes
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Where is the Thames river?
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england
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What is the major vegetation
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forests
grasslands |
