Europe: Ch6 Northern Europe Flashcards
fjord
a narrow inlet of the sea set between high, rocky cliffs
geothermal energy
energy produced from the heat of Earth’s interior
North Atlantic Drift
a warm ocean current that brings warm, moist air across the Atlantic Ocean to Northern Europe
constitutional monarchy
a type of democracy in which a monarch serves as head of state, but a legislature makes the laws
Magna Carta
a document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the king to honor certain rights
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he led the United Kingdom through the difficult years of Word War II
disarm
to give up all weapons
Vikings
Scandinavian warrios who raided Europe in the early Middle Ages
neutral
not taking sides in an international conflict
uninhabitable
unable to support human settlement
geyser
a spring that shoots hot water and steam into the air
