Geography Europe

Sicily and Sardinia

Two islands that belong to Italy

Northern European Plain

Vast area of flat or gently rolling land from France to Russia.

Germanic...

What groups of languages are spoken in Northern Europe?

Romance...

What groups of languages are spoken in Southern Europe?

The Great Hungarian Plain

What important plain covers a large portion of Eastern Europe?

Protestant...

What is a non-Catholic Christian referred to as?

Protestant...

What is the main type of religion in Northern Europe?

Seine River

What is the name of the river that flows through Paris?

Slavic...

What language group do Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania speak?

Germanic...

What language group does English belong to?

The Carpathians

What mountain range runs through Eastern Europe?

Eastern Orthodox...

What religion is dominant in Southeastern Europe?

Roman Catholic...

What religion is dominant in Southern Europe?

...Greece

Which ancient group of people laid the foundations of Western civilization?

Apennines

a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula

Industrial capitalism

an economic system based on industrial production or manufacturing

European Union

an organization whose goal is to promote economic and political unity among member countries.

Meseta

the central plateau of spain

Ethnic cleansing

the mass expulsion and killing of one ethic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area

North Atlantic Drift

warm ocean current that helps keep Europe's climate mild

Avalanche

Destructive mass which slides down a mountainside

Polder

Drained area used for farming and settlement

Foehns

Dry winds from the mountains

Alps

Mountains that run from England to Russia

Renaissance

"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

Enlightenment

18th century movement led by French intellectuals who advocated reason as the universal source of knowledge and truth

Crete

A Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea, southeast of Greece

Impressionists

A group of French painters who tried to capture immediate impressions of the natural world

Communism

A political and economic system where factors of production are collectively owned and directed by the state.

Rhine River

A river in Western Europe that flows from eastern Switzerland into the North Sea.

Crusades

A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.

Welfare state

A system in which the government takes responsibility for its citizen's social and economic needs.

Middle Ages

Also known as the medieval period, the time between the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD and the beginning of the Renaissance in the fourteenth century.

Mediterranean Climate

Climate of Southern Europe

Dikes

Earthen or stone banks that are created to hold back water

Timberline

Elevation above which trees cannot grow

Loess

Fine, rich, wind-borne soil

Corsica

French island that is located southeast of France

Siroccos

High, dry winds from North Africa

Mount Blanc

Highest peak in the Alps

Spain and Portugal

Iberian Peninsula

Danube

It flows from southern Germany east into the Black Sea.

the peninsula on which Denmark is located

Jutland Peninsula

The Elbe River

Large German River

The Balkan Mountains

Located in Northern Greece

Fjords

Long, narrow, steep-sided inlets

Greece

Main country of the Balkan Peninsula

England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland...

Name the four parts of the United Kingdom.

Central Massif

Name the large plateau region of central France.

The Pyrenees

Name the mountain range that divides France and Spain.

England, Scotland, Wales...

Name the three parts of Great Britain.

Cyprus and Malta

Name the two Mediterranean islands that are independent countries.

Reparations

Payment for damages after a war.

Cold War

Power struggle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

Westerlies

Prevailing winds that blow from west to east between 30 and 60 degrees latitude in both hemispheres

Po river

River in northern Italy that flows to the Adriatic Sea

Thames

River which flows through London.

Norway and Sweden

Scandinavian Peninsula

Permafrost

Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface

Mistral

Strong north wind from the Alps

Holocaust

The mass killing of more than 6 million European Jews by Germany's Nazi Party

Realism

emphasized the importance of reason and encouraged the questioning of longstanding traditions.

Feudalism

monarchs gave nobles land in exchange for loyalty.