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.