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Bimonthly Exam Februaru Flashcards

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Two Regions that make up Northern Europe

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Scandinavia and British Isles

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Mountain that separate Norway and Sweden

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Kjolen

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Narrow inlet of the sea set between high,rocky cliffs

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Fjord

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Energy from the heat of Earth’s interior

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Geothermal energy

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Iceland produces:

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Geothermal energy

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Finland has large areas of:

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Forests

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A key industry in Iceland Denmark and Norway

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Fishing

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Seas and oceans in Northern Europe

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Norwegian Sea North Sea and Atlantic Ocean

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What is the Northern Europe climate

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Mild climate(Marine west coast climate)

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An ocean current that brings warm,moist air cross the Atlantic Ocean

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North Atlantic Drift

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Central Norway,Sweden,and Southern Finland Climate

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Humid continental climate

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What countries make up the British isles

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United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland

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The United Kingdom is a union of what countries

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England,Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland

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The celts settled in

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Scotland Wales and Ireland

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Ancient monument built in the British isles 5000 years ago

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Stonehenge

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Invadors that ruled the British isles between 800 and 1100

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Vikings

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Who conquered England and established a strong kingdom in 1066

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The Normans from northern France

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Example of strong rulers that turned England into a world power by 1500s

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Queen Elizabeth

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Why the United Kingdom economy soared in the 1700 to

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Thanks to the Industrial revolution

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United Kingdom industries

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Iron,steel,and textiles or cloth products

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A type of democracy in which a king or queen serves as head of state but a legislature makes the laws

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Constitutional monarchy

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Government of the United Kingdom

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Constitutional Monarchy

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What the Magna Carta did

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Limited the powers of kings

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British isles religion

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Roman Catholic

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Between who is the problem in Ireland
Protestants
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Give up all weapons
Disarm
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Scandinavian warriors who raises Europe and Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages
Vikings
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What countries make up Scandinavia
Norway Sweden Denmark | Greenland ,Iceland ,Finland
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Not able to support human settlement
Uninhabitable
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That has chosen not to take sides in an international conflict
Neutral
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Smallest country in Scandinavia
Denmark
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Neutral country for 200 years
Sweden
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Greenland is a territory of
Denmark
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Norway's resources
Sea,oil and natural gas
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Finland resources
Forest products
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Springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air
Geysers
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Iceland has a
Fertile farmland
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South the Northern European Plains is a low mountain range
Carpathians
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Two mountain ranges that cover most of the Balkan Peninsula
Alps and Balkan mountains
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In Eastern Europe they use their bodies of water to
Navigate
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The longest of these rivers is
The Danube
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The coldest location in Eastern Europe
The Baltic coast
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The Baltic coast physical features
The coldest location in Eastern Europe
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We're a faulty reactor in a nuclear power plant of Ukraine exploded
Chernobyl
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What damaged the forests in EU
Chernobyl accident
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Why the Danube is important intheir economy?
Some of the region largest cities lay on its banks and thousands of boats travel
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What kingdoms were the strongest in the Middle Ages
Lithuania and Poland
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What dominated Eastern Europe after WWII
The Soviet Union
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When the Baltic republics broke away from the Soviet Union
1991
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Which countries conform Northern Europe
Iceland,Ireland,United Kingdom,Denmark,Norway,Sweden,Finland
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Is the set of resources like roads,airports and factories that a country needs in order to support economic activities
Infrastructure
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What are the Baltic republics
Poland Lithuania Latvia Estonia
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Capital of Poland
Warsaw
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Economic activity in the Baltic republics cities
Tourism
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Capital of Hungary
Budapest
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What countries are in inland Eastern Europe
Czech Republic ,Slovakia,Hungary,Ukraine,Belarus and Moldova
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Who founded the kingdoms long ago in Slovakia and Czech Republic
The Slavs
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Capital of Czech Republic
Prague
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Religion in Czech Republic and Slovakia
Catholic
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What invaders invaded Hungary in the 900s
Magyars
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Who also settled in Ukraine Belarus and Moldova
The Slavs the pen the Vikings
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Where a group oft he Rus built a settlement in Ukraine
Kiev
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Why Kiev was important
Because they turned into a big empire
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Religion in Ukraine Belarus and Moldova
Orthodox Christians
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Capital of Ukraine
Kiev
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During the soviet era they had _________________ governments
Communist
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Belarus is in a
Dictatorship
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Meets to discuss issues such as trade and immigration that affected former soviet republics
Commonwealth of Independent States
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Capital of Belarus
Minsk
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List them group ps that governed Kiev in order
Rus then Russia and Soviet Union
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Country that broke up in the Balkans
Yugoslavia
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The poorest area in Europe today
The Balkans
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Consequences
Implications
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Kind of effort to remove all members of a group from a region
Ethnic cleansing
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Poorest country in Europe
Albania
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City of Bosnia and Herzegovina left in ruins
Mostar

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