Chapter 18: Northern Europe

Question 1

British Isles

Answer 1

A group of islands located across the English Channel from the rest of Europe?

Question 1

Scandinavia

Answer 1

A region of islands and peninsulas in far Northern Europe.

Question 1

Fjord

Answer 1

A narrow inlet of the sea set between high, rocky cliffs.

Question 1

Geothermal Energy

Answer 1

Energy from the heat of Earth’s interior.

Question 1

North Atlantic Drift

Answer 1

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

Question 6

Constitutional Monarchy

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Magna Carta

Answer 7

A document that limited the power of kings.

Question 8

Disarm

Answer 8

To give up all weapons.

Question 9

London

Answer 9

The capitol of England.

Question 10

Dublin

Answer 10

The capitol of Ireland.

Question 11

Geysers

Answer 11

Springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air.

Question 12

Helsinki

Answer 12

The capitol of Finland.

Question 13

Oslo

Answer 13

The capitol of Norway, and the country’s leading seaport.

Question 14

Uninhabitable

Answer 14

Not able to support human settlement.

Question 15

Neutral

Answer 15

“It” has chosen not to take sides in a international conflict.

Question 16

Stockholm

Answer 16

Sweden’s capitol and largest city.

Question 17

Vikings

Answer 17

Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages.