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31 Cards in this Set
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Lapland |
Norway, Sweden, Finland |
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Benelux |
Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg |
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Major fishing countries |
Iceland, Ireland, Denmark |
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Main oil/natural gas deposit |
North Sea |
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Socialism |
Economic system in which gov owns the means of producing goods |
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Primate city |
largest and dominant city in a country (ex: new york) |
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Ural Mountains |
eastern boundary of Europe |
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Dikes |
walls built to hold back water (Netherlands) |
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North Atlantic Drift |
warm ocean current that flows along northwestern Europe |
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polders |
lands reclaimed from sea (below sea level) |
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Countries in UK (4) |
England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland |
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Euro |
common currency for European Union countries |
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Vikings (home) |
Scandinavia |
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Greenland is a self governing territory of... |
Denmark |
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What country has tremendous geothermal energy because of geysers? |
Iceland |
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Louvre museum is in... |
France |
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Metro and Euro Disney is in |
France |
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Subway - "tube", Big Ben and Stonehenge are located... |
UK |
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"Emerald Isle", Potato Famine of 1860's = ?? |
Ireland |
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Dutch people are from |
Netherlands |
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Belgium's two culture regions |
North- Flemish South- Walloon |
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When did East and West Germany reunite? |
1990 |
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City in Switzerland that hosts many international conferences |
Geneva |
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Where did Mozart live? |
Vienna, Austria |
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Almost all Estonians are... |
Lutheran |
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What country has close ties to Sweden? |
Latvia |
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Group placed in ghettos in Poland in World War II by Germans |
Jews |
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What two countries became complementary regions because of the Velvet Revolution? |
Czech Republic and Slovakia |
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River that flows through the city of Vienna |
Danube |
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3 countries that have a rich history of folk traditions and music |
Slovakia, Hungary, and Lithuania |
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Neutral country, famous for cheese, chocolate, and watches |
Switzerland |
