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21 Cards in this Set
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Loire
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longest river in France
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England
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largest island in Europe
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London
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largest city in Western Europe
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Roman Catholoicism
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dominant religion in Northern Ireland
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Stockholm
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largest city in Scandinavia
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Canal du Midi
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links Atlantic Ocean to Mediterranean Sea
connected to Garonne River France |
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Central Uplands
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system of hilly plateaus in southern Germany and France
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Rhodes
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Greece
part of Dodecanese Islands displayed a huge bronze statues of the sun god Helios |
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Milan
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second largest city in Italy
banking center Po River Valley |
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Barcelona
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important port in northeastern Spain
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mini-states near Italy
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San Marino
Monaco Malta |
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Irish Republican Army (IRA)
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terrorist group
campaigned to reunite Ulster and Ireland |
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Iceland
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"land of fire and ice"
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European Union
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organization of economic cooperation
1992 Masstricht Treaty |
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Pyrenees
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form border between Spain and France
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dikes
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used to hold back water
built by Dutch |
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Liechtenstein
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tiny principality
between Switzerland and Austria industrialization high standard of living |
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Iberian Peninsula
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Spain
Portugal Andorra |
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Strait of Gibraltar
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eight miles wide
between Spain and Africa |
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Venice
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Italian city
built on one hundred islands in Adriatic Sea |
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Balkan Peninsula
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where Greece is located
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