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Bimonthly Exam Februaru Flashcards

1
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Two Regions that make up Northern Europe

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Scandinavia and British Isles

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2
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Mountain that separate Norway and Sweden

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Kjolen

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3
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Narrow inlet of the sea set between high,rocky cliffs

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Fjord

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4
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Energy from the heat of Earth’s interior

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Geothermal energy

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5
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Iceland produces:

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Geothermal energy

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6
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Finland has large areas of:

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Forests

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7
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A key industry in Iceland Denmark and Norway

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Fishing

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8
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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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9
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What is the Northern Europe climate

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Mild climate(Marine west coast climate)

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10
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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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11
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Central Norway,Sweden,and Southern Finland Climate

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Humid continental climate

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12
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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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13
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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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14
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The celts settled in

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Scotland Wales and Ireland

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15
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Ancient monument built in the British isles 5000 years ago

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Stonehenge

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16
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Invadors that ruled the British isles between 800 and 1100

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Vikings

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17
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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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18
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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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19
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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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20
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United Kingdom industries

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Iron,steel,and textiles or cloth products

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21
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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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22
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Government of the United Kingdom

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Constitutional Monarchy

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23
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What the Magna Carta did

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Limited the powers of kings

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24
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British isles religion

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Roman Catholic

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25
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Between who is the problem in Ireland

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Protestants

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26
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Give up all weapons

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Disarm

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27
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Scandinavian warriors who raises Europe and Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages

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Vikings

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28
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What countries make up Scandinavia

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Norway Sweden Denmark

Greenland ,Iceland ,Finland

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29
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Not able to support human settlement

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Uninhabitable

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30
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That has chosen not to take sides in an international conflict

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Neutral

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31
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Smallest country in Scandinavia

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Denmark

32
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Neutral country for 200 years

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Sweden

33
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Greenland is a territory of

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Denmark

34
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Norway’s resources

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Sea,oil and natural gas

35
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Finland resources

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Forest products

36
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Springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air

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Geysers

37
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Iceland has a

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Fertile farmland

38
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South the Northern European Plains is a low mountain range

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Carpathians

39
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Two mountain ranges that cover most of the Balkan Peninsula

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Alps and Balkan mountains

40
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In Eastern Europe they use their bodies of water to

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Navigate

41
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The longest of these rivers is

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The Danube

42
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The coldest location in Eastern Europe

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The Baltic coast

43
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The Baltic coast physical features

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The coldest location in Eastern Europe

44
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We’re a faulty reactor in a nuclear power plant of Ukraine exploded

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Chernobyl

45
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What damaged the forests in EU

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Chernobyl accident

46
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Why the Danube is important intheir economy?

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Some of the region largest cities lay on its banks and thousands of boats travel

47
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What kingdoms were the strongest in the Middle Ages

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Lithuania and Poland

48
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What dominated Eastern Europe after WWII

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The Soviet Union

49
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When the Baltic republics broke away from the Soviet Union

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1991

50
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Which countries conform Northern Europe

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Iceland,Ireland,United Kingdom,Denmark,Norway,Sweden,Finland

51
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Is the set of resources like roads,airports and factories that a country needs in order to support economic activities

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Infrastructure

52
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What are the Baltic republics

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Poland Lithuania Latvia Estonia

53
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Capital of Poland

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Warsaw

54
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Economic activity in the Baltic republics cities

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Tourism

55
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Capital of Hungary

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Budapest

56
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What countries are in inland Eastern Europe

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Czech Republic ,Slovakia,Hungary,Ukraine,Belarus and Moldova

57
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Who founded the kingdoms long ago in Slovakia and Czech Republic

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The Slavs

58
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Capital of Czech Republic

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Prague

59
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Religion in Czech Republic and Slovakia

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Catholic

60
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What invaders invaded Hungary in the 900s

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Magyars

61
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Who also settled in Ukraine Belarus and Moldova

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The Slavs the pen the Vikings

62
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Where a group oft he Rus built a settlement in Ukraine

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Kiev

63
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Why Kiev was important

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Because they turned into a big empire

64
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Religion in Ukraine Belarus and Moldova

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Orthodox Christians

65
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Capital of Ukraine

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Kiev

66
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During the soviet era they had _________________ governments

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Communist

67
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Belarus is in a

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Dictatorship

68
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Meets to discuss issues such as trade and immigration that affected former soviet republics

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Commonwealth of Independent States

69
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Capital of Belarus

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Minsk

70
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List them group ps that governed Kiev in order

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Rus then Russia and Soviet Union

71
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Country that broke up in the Balkans

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Yugoslavia

72
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The poorest area in Europe today

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The Balkans

73
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Consequences

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Implications

74
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Kind of effort to remove all members of a group from a region

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Ethnic cleansing

75
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Poorest country in Europe

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Albania

76
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City of Bosnia and Herzegovina left in ruins

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Mostar

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