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Mediterranean Sea

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In Europe, some places border it

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Pyrenees

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Form a boundary between Spain and France to the north

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Apennines

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Run along the whole peninsula

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Alps

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Europes highest mountains

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Mediterranean climate

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The type of climate found across Southern Europe

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Orthodox Church

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A branch of Christianity that dates to the Byzantine empire

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Athens

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The nations capital

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Pope

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The spiritual head of the Roman Catholic Church

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Vatican City

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An independent state located within the city of Rome

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Sicily

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An island at the peninsula’s tip

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Naples

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A busy port and the largest city in Southern Italy

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Milan

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A major industrial center as well as worldwide center for fashion design

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Rome

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Italy’s capital

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Iberia

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The westernmost peninsula in Europe

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Parliamentary monarchy

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The king rules with the help of a elected parliament

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Madrid

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The capital

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Barcelona

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Centers of industry, tourism, and culture

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Lisbon

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Has many industries

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Northern European plain

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Stretches from Atlantic coast to Eastern Europe

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North Sea

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In the north

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English Channel

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In the north

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Danube

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Important river

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Rhine

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Important river

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Navigable river

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Deep and wide enough for ships to use

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Paris

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France’s capital

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Amsterdam

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Capital of Netherlands

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The Hague

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The seat of government

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Brussels

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Capital of Belgium

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Cosmopolitan

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Characterized by many foreign influences

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Berlin

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A city in Germany

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Chancellor

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Prime minister

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Vienna

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Austria’s capital

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Cantons

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Districts

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Bern

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Switzerlands capital

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British Isles

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A group of islands located across the English Channel

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Scandinavia

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A region of islands and peninsulas in far Northern Europe

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Fjord

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

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Geothermal energy

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Energy from the heat of Earths interior

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North Atlantic drift

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

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Constitutional monarchy

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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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Magna Carta

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Great Charter, a document that limited the powers of kings, it also required everyone to obey the law.

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Disarm

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Give up all weapons

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London

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Capital of the UK

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Dublin

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Ireland’s capital

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Vikings

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Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early ages

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Stockholm

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Sweden’s capital and largest city

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Neutral

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It has chosen not to take sides in an international conflict

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Uninhabitable

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Not able to support human settlement

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Oslo

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Norway’s capital

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Helsinki

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Capital of Finland

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Geysers

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Springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air

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Carpathians

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Mountains that are an extension to the alps of west-central Europe

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Balkan Peninsula

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One of the largest peninsulas in Europe

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Danube

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A river that is vital to transportation and trade

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Chernobyl

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A nuclear power plant

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Infrastructure

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

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Warsaw

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The capital of Poland

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Prague

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The capital of the Czech Republic

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Kiev

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A city in Ukraine

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Commonwealth of Independent States

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A international alliance

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Budapest

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The capital of Hungary

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