Geography Bimestral Flashcards
Austria:
Viena
Germany:
Frankfurt
Switzerland
Bern
Netherlands
Amsterdam
France
Paris
Belgium
Brussels
Luxembourg:
Luxembourg
Natural resource of France:
Coal, iron .
Natural resource of Germany:
Natural gas
France was part of a region called:
Gaul
Romans conquered Gaul and …:
and ruled for hundreds of years
Franks conquered :
Gaul
Which countries fight The Hundred Years War?
France and England
What happen in 1500s to 1700s?
France begins to…..?
To build a colonial empire
United Kingdom:
London
Iceland:
Reikiavik
Ireland:
Dublin
Sweden:
Stockholm
Denmark
Copenhagen
Norway
Oslo
Finland:
Helsinki
Poland:
Wersaw
Estonia:
Tallinn
Latvia:
Riga
Lithuania:
Villnius
Bellarius
Minsk
Ukraine:
Kiev
Czech republic:
Prague
Slovakia
Bratislava
Moldova:
Chisinau
Hungary:
Budapest
Romania:
Bucharest
Slovenia
Ljubljana:
Croatia:
Zagreb
Serbia:
Belgrade
Bulgaria:
Sofia
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
Sarajero
Montenegro:
Podgorica
Kosovo
Pristina
Macedonia :
Skopje
Albania:
Tirana
2 Physical features of Northern Europe :
- British Isles
- Scandinavian
What is British Isles :
Agroup of islands located across the english channel
Scandinavian is :
Region of islands and peninsulas in far northern Europe
3 natural resources of northern Europe :
Energy , forest , ocean
Climate of Northern Europe :
North Atlantic Drift
What are the 2 independent countries that make up British Isles:
U.K and The Republic of Ireland
It is a center for world trade and industry :
London
What government is British Isles have?
Constitutional monarchy
What is constitutional monarchy ?
Type of democracy in which a king or queen serves as a head of state but a legislature makes the laws.
What happen in 1558-1603?
England becomes a world power during the region of Queen
Elizabeth 1.
What happen in 1730-1860?
The industrial brings great wealth to England
What happen in 1940?
London is bombed during the battle of Britain in World War2
The major mountains range of Eastern Europe:
Carpathians
Climate of Balkan Peninsula :
Mediterranean
What religion did many people embrace during Byzantine rule ? ( balkan countries )
Orthodox Christians
Religion that many people embrace during Ottoman rule ?
Christianity
Country that are most people muslim?
Albania
Form which 3 language do most Balkan languages come?
Slavic , Russian , latin
What is ethic clearing?
Kind of effort to remove all members of a group from a country or region.
Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic :
Prague
What is infrastructure?
Set of resources , like roads and factories that a country needs to support economic activities.
Two major bodies of water that border E.E?
Adriatic Sea and Black Sea
3 Baltic Republics:
Estonia , Lithuania , Latvia
6 countries that make up Inland Easter Europe:
- Ukraine
- Belarus
- Moldova
- Hungary
- Slovakia
- Czech Republic
In 1789 the people…:
Rise up in the French Revolution
Napoleon takes control in what year?
In 1799
France is a ….?
Republic
France have what type of government ?
Democratic
1066 the Normans conquered with what country?
England
the 1300s England’s king tried to claim what ?
The French throne to gain control of the rest of France.
What happen in the 1950s and 1960s ?
many of of the French colonies gained their independence.
What religion is in france?
Catholic
What language did they speak ?
French
Most famous cathedral in France ?
Notre Dame
Benelux countries :
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
In 1648 Netherlands gain his ..?
Independence
Belgium in what year gain his indepence?
1830 and Luxembourg in 1867
What is cosmopolitan?
Characterized by many foreign influences.
In Belgium people is called:
Walloons
Where is located Germany?
In the heart of Europe
How the romans called the region ?
Germania
In 1939 Germany attacked what country?
Opoland
