Geo Chp 11

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Thames River

Runs through England and its capital city London

Seine river

Runs through the capital of France (Paris)

Venice

Built on over 100 low islands

Rome

Capital city of Italy

Copenhagen

Capital of Denmark which is on Denmark's largest island

Helsinki

Capital of Finland

Berlin

Capital of Germany

Amsterdam

Capital of Netherlands

Oslo

Capital of Norway

Edinburgh

Capital of Scotland

Madrid

Capital of Spain, on a plateau over two thousand miles high

Stockholm

Capital of Sweden

Bern

Capital of Switzerland

Volvo and saab

Cars of Sweden

San Marino

Claims to be the oldest republic in the world

North Atlantic drift

Comes off the coast of Canada and warms northern Europe

Duchy

Country ruled by a Duke

Norway and Sweden

Cover the Scandinavian peninsula

Pyrenees Mts.

Create the border between France and Spain

Tagus

Spain's longest river

Apennine Mts

Stretch the length of the Italian peninsula "backbone of Italy"

Dikes

Strong walls of stone and earth was built by the dutch

Policy of neutrality

Switzerland has this to refuse to fight in wars

Lapp

Tend reindeer in northern Scandinavia

Greece

The capital of athens

Ben Nevis

The highest mountain in the British isles

Galdhopiggen

The highest peak in Scandinavia

Great Britain

The largest island in Europe

Cantons

Divides Switzerland

Roman Catholicism

Dominates south and western Europe

Most people

Don't live in the north of Norway

Barcelona

Famous city in Spain

Danish

Have one of the highest tax rates in the world

Apulia

Heel of the boot

Mt. Blanc

Highest Mt. In the Alps

Spain, Andorra, and Portugal

Iberian peninsula

The Kiel canal

In Germany connects the North sea and Baltic sea

United Kingdom

Includes Wales, England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

Belfast

Is Northern Ireland's biggest city and capital

Luxembourg

Is a duchy Speak German Highest GDP per capita of any country in the world

Northern Ireland

Is known for its loughs

Lisbon

Is the capital of Portugal and is the largest city, has one of the finest natural harbors in the world

Sweden

Is the largest Scandinavian country

Moors

Wasteland on a high treeless plateau used for raising of cattle

Danube river

Winds through the foothills of the Alps

Iceland

Known as the land of fire and ice, also has lots of volcanoes

Scotland

Known for its glens and lochs

Belgium

Known for its largest city Brussels

Vienna

Largest city and capital city of Austria

France

Largest country in Europe

Vatnajokull

Largest glacier in Europe

Ruhr

Largest industrial region in Europe

Denmark

Located in the Jutland peninsula

Loire river

Longest river in France the fertile river valley produces grapes and vegetables

Po river

Longest river in Italy

Glasgow

Major city of Scotland

Massif central

Mountainous plateau with poor soil that makes the land only useful for grazing livestock

The Hague

National government in the Netherlands

Sogne Fjord

Norway's longest fjord

Independent

Not under the authority of someone else

Althing

Oldest parliamentary assembly that is still in existence today

Germany

Birthplace of the reformation

Mt. Hekla

Once thought to conceal the gates of hell

England

Out of the four divisions of the UK it is the largest

Scandinavia

Part is above the Artic circle and for 2 months every summer the sun never sets

Polder

Portion of land that is claimed from the sea

Milan

Second largest city and banking center


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