Western Europe Review Flashcards
What two countries have four official languages?
Spain and Switzerland
What is Finland’s largest summer festival?
Midsummers night
What country has the TGV train the fastest in the world?
France
What countries are in the United Kingdom? Which is the smallest, largest, etc.?
North Ireland Wales and Scotland and England
Which countries history deals a lot with mythology?
Greece
Which sport is the most popular in Ireland?
Hurling
Vatican City
In Rome Italy Catholic microstate
Where is Pompeii
In Italy
What part of the UK has coal reserves?
Wales
France is a world leader in production of what items?
Wheat cheese milk butter and wine
Which country has a per capita income of $36,410? Parentheses one of the highest in the world and parentheses
Switzerland
Most Western European countries are first world and have a______ population growth
Low
Where are Catholic religion found in Western Europe
Ireland Spain Italy and France
Where can you find protestant religions In Western Europe
UK Norway Sweden and Denmark
Where can you find both Catholic and Protestant religions in Western Europe
Germany and Switzerland
What religion is Greece
Eastern orthodox which is Christian
A narrow valley
Glen
A plant disease
Blight
Able to produce abundantly rich in resources
Fertile
A rocky material containing a valuable mineral
Ore
An extended decline in general business
Recession
A hot dry wind from Northern Africa
Sirroco
A system combining several different degrees of government regulation
Mixed economy
Broad treeless rolling land often poorly drained and having patches of Marsh and Pete Bob
Moor
The consistent flow of air from west to east in the temperate zones of the earth
Prevailing westerlies
To bring business under state control
Nationalize
Not taking sides in disputes
Neutral
Deep or wide enough for ships
Navigable
