Semester 2 Europe and Russia Vocab

Question 1

Penninsula

Answer 1

An area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for it connecting it to the mainland

Question 2

Tundra

Answer 2

One of the vast nearly Level treeless plains of the Arctic regions of Europe and Asia

Question 3

Steppes

Answer 3

Grassland especially those in south and east Europe and West and Southwest Asia and in parts of Russia.

Question 4

Permafrost

Answer 4

Permanently frozen land

Question 5

Tributary

Answer 5

A stream that flows into a larger stream or another body of water

Question 6

Fossil fuel

Answer 6

Natural gas created by the remains of plants and animal remains

Question 7

Plateau

Answer 7

A flat raised area of land

Question 8

Hydroelectricity

Answer 8

Energy created by the movement of water

Question 9

Population density

Answer 9

The number of people living per square mile or square Kilometer

Question 10

Navigable

Answer 10

Deep and wide enough for ships to pass

Question 11

Rain shadow

Answer 11

A region and the mountains that receives less rainfall then the region on the other side of the mountain

Question 12

Loess

Answer 12

Soil deposited by wind common in Europe and Asia