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European physical geography Flashcards

1
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Mediterranean climate

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hot, dry summers and cool, rainy winters

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2
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connects the Med. Sea and Atlantic Ocean

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Strait of Gibraltar

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3
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range between France and Spain, named for a myth involving Hercules

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Pyrenees

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4
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Hannibal staged an invasion of Italy through this range

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Alps

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5
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where you’d find the Italian wolf and Marsican brown bear

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Apennines

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6
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range that runs through central Italy

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Apennines

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7
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range that borders Italy to the north

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Alps

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8
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well-preserved specimen of a human found in the Alps, dates c. 3500 BCE

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Otzi the Iceman

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9
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Spain and Portugal constitute this landmass

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Iberian Peninsula

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10
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body of water bordering southern Europe and northern Africa

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Mediterranean Sea

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11
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second longest river in all of Europe

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Danube

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12
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longest river after the Danube

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Rhine

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13
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body of water borders Europe to the north

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North Sea

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14
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strait between Britain and France

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English Channel

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15
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how a Londoner might get to Paris

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Chunnel

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16
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this river empties into the North Sea

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Rhine

17
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Budapest is a city in Hungary built on either side of this river

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Danube

18
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where the vikings once roamed

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North Sea

19
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a renewable energy that uses earth’s heat

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geothermal

20
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where you’d find the UK, Republic of Ireland, and Isle of Man

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British Isles

21
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theory proposed by Alfred Wegner that the Earth’s plates move

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continental drift

22
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name for the original supercontinent

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Pangea

23
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he “discovered” Iceland and started a Viking colony there

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Erik the Redd

24
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warm ocean current that regulates temperatures in northern Europe

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North Atlantic Drift/Current

25
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plate boundary on the sea floor that runs between the Americas and Europe/Africa

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Mid-Atlantic Ridge

26
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inlets of water surrounded by steep cliffs

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fjords

27
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these formed the fjords

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glaciers

28
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name for the group of countries including Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland

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Scandinavia

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