Northern Europe and Eastern Europe Flashcards
What countries make-up Scandinavia
Finland, Norway, Oslo, Denmarck, and Iceland
Which countries make up the British Isles?
United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
The capital of Finland is…
Helsinki
The capital of the Republic of Ireland is…
Dublin
What is a fjord?
a narrow inlet of the sea set between high, rocky cliffs
What is the most important river that flows across Eastern Europe starting in Germany
Danube
How long is the Norway’s Sogne Fjord?
100 miles (160 km)
How is the land in Northern Europe?
Fertile farmland and flat plains stretch across the southern parts of the British Isles and Scandinavia.
What provide the Ireland rolling green hills?
Ireland’s rolling, green hills provide rich farmland.
What is the Effect of Glaciers?
As the glaciers melted, these valleys filled with water creating deep fjords.
What is primary?
main. or most important
From what type of energy Norway and United Kingdom benefit?
Oil and Natural Gas
What is geothermal energy?
is energy from the heat of Earth’s interior.
Were is produced hydroelectric energy?
Hydroelectric energy is produced by the region’s many lakes and rivers
What type of livestock is very common in Nortehrn Europe?
common sheep and daily cattle
What is the North Atlantic Drift?
An ocean current that brings warm, moist air across the Atlantic Ocean.
How is the climate in most of the Northern Europe countries?
Mild
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
a type of democracy in which a king or queen serves as head of state but a legislature makes the laws.
What type of geoverment does the United Kingdom has?
constitutional monarchy
What is Magna Carta for?
It limits the powers of the king
What is the other name or Magna Carta?
Great Charter
What is disarm?
give up all the weapons
Who were the Vikings?
they were Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages.
What is a geyser?
geysers are springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air
The capital of Sweden is…
Stockholm
The capital of Czech Republic is…
Prague
Why are called Baltic Republic?
Because is near the Baltic Sea
What countries make-up the Baltic Republic?
Lthuania, Estonia, and Latvia
The capital of Norway is…
Oslo
Kiev is the capital of…
Ukraine
The capital of Denmark
Copenhague
Reykjavik is the capital of…
Iceland
Poland: its capital is…
Warsaw
Budapest is the capital of…
Hungary
Albania
Tirana
Lithuania
Vilnius
Riga
Latvia
Minsk
Belarus
How has its location influenced the culture of the Czech Republic?
It has long ties with Western Europe
What is the government of Belarus like?
Dictatorship
Which countries have the type of government republic?
Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, and Moldova
The capital of Moldova is…
Chisinau
What religions are common in the Balkan countries?
Christian, Orthodox, Islams, and Muslims
What is implications?
consequences
arwswa—the capital of Poland
Warsaw
neicht glncaenis—the effort to remove all members of a group from a country or region
ethnic cleansing
ebndua—the major river that flows through Eastern Europe, one of the longest on the continent
Danube
ageurp—the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic
Prague
ncimlaitpiso—consequences
Implications
laknab—the peninsula on which much of Eastern Europe is located
Balkan
ufrnrtriuacste—the set of resources, like roads and factories, that a country needs to support economic activities
Infraestructure
nrhatcapias—a mountain range in Eastern Europe
Carpathians
What is the capital of Serbia…
Belgrade
Skopje is the capital of…
Macedonia
Sofia
Bulgaria
What is the Commonwealth of Independent States (C.I.S.) is for?
meets to discuss issues such as trade and immigration that affect former Soviet republics.
List the groups that ruled Kiev and the surrounding area in chronological order.
Slavs, Vikings, and Rus, and Russians.
How have the economies of the region changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union?
It has become a challenge but the four countries have been most successful.
Why do you think life is largely centered around cities in inland Eastern Europe?
Because in each country the capital is a key, for both, economic center and cultural one.
From which three language families do most Balkan languages come?
Slavic, Latin, and Germanic
What issuea does the Balkan region face today?
Weak economy, poor countries and struggles to improve their economy
The capital city of Estonia is…
Tallin
Who was Queen Elizabeth I?
She was the queen regnant of England and Ireland
The Bucharest city is the capital of which country?
Romania
Whjy is Danube river so important to the poeple of Eastern Europe?
It is Eastern Europe’s economy, ships crossing the Danube are loaded woth goods and people
The capital of Slovakia is…
Bratislava
Why are there few trees in the far southern areas of Eastern Europe?
Cause the nuclear power plant explotion in 1986
Ljubljana is the capital citty of…
Slovenia
What happened in 1986?
In 1986, a faulty reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, releasing huge amounts of radiation into the air.
What happened tyo the trees and to the soil in the Chernobyl disaster?
The radiation expelled poisoned millions of acres of forest and ruined soil across much of the region.
The capital of Croatia is…
Zagreb
What were the effects in people, after they were exposed to high levels of radiation?
Deformities, cancer, and other health disorders
Sarajevo is the capital of…
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro
Podgorica
Pristina is the capital of…
Kosovo
