World Geography
Sustainable fishing
remains a major issue for the European Union (EU), where 75 percent of stocks are overfished and catches are only a fraction of what they were 15 to 20 years ago
Danube river
runs from southern Germany's Black Forest through Austria and into Eastern Europe and empties into the Black Sea.
The norsemen were the early settlers of northern europe, what method of transportation did they rely on?
ship of war
What is ecotourism and where do we find ecotourism in Northern Europe?
the practice and business of recreational travel based on concern for the environment
What countries have ratified the Kyoto protocol and which have not?
they all have
polder
With the dikes as protection, they have reclaimed land from the sea. These reclaimed lands, called polders, once were drained and kept dry by the use of windmills.
communism
a theory that calls for economic equality and ownership of resources and factories by the state.
What is the term for wet or dry acids that fall to the ground
acid deposition
Kyoto protocol
an amendment to the international treaty on climate change designed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by specific countries. The Kyoto Protocol sets emissions targets for participating countries and establishes a system of cap-and-trade.
Industrial capitalism
an economic system in which owners use profits to expand their companies.
agribusiness
an industry engaged in large-scale, corporate farming operations.
Rhone river
begins in the Swiss Alps and flows through Switzerland and France. It is the only major river in the subregion that flows directly to the Mediterranean Sea. Important for hydroelectric power.
What is fragmentation, what countries are most susceptible to fragmentation in northern europe?
breaking or being broken into small or separate parts. Belgium, the netherland and luxembourg
Overfishing in the baltic sea between 2010 and 2012
decreased
Seine river
flows northwest through Paris and empties into the English Channel. It carries most of France's inland waterway traffic.
What country in Europe is the most tectonically active country?
iceland
Water stratification and pollution has or hasn't impacted the biodiversity?
it hasn't
Northern Europe's high latitudes makes it more or less resistant to climate change?
less
What has lead to deforestation of europe's original forests?
logging and agriculture
Has human activity had an impact on the environment in northwestern europe include desalination and monoculture farming?
no
Is air pollution minimal in Europe
no
cold war
After World War II, the division of Europe led to the Cold War, a power struggle between the communist world, led by the Soviet Union, and the noncommunist world, led by the United States.
Thames river
Although relatively short, England's Thames River allows oceangoing ships to reach the port of London.
What does france do with a lot of its wastes
Dump it in the Mediterranean Sea
The kemi river. Where is it? What good is it?
Finland, For hydroelectric power, a significant renewable resource
What river in NW europe has limited use for water navigation due to several reasons of being shallow, fluctuations in volume, and silt
Loire River
How did governments address the acid rain in northwestern Europe?
Governments have focused on both restricting the cause of acid rain and the damage it causes
With temperature causing ice melts in northern europe it has limited land use for what activities?
Herding and Farming
What powers production in the industries of norway?
Hydroelectricity
European union
In the 1950s, several European countries formed trade agreements. By the twenty-first century it was called the European Union (EU), with 27 member countries seeking economic unity. Seventeen EU members have replaced their national currencies with a common currency—the euro.
Rhine river
It connects many industrial cities of the interior to the port of Rotterdam on the North Sea.
Even though this country is not part of the European union, it has attracted the immigrated workers to work in the petroleum industry.
Norway
Acid deposition define
Refers to wet airborne acids that fall to the ground with precipitation
What created the islands of svalbard?
Repeated ice ages and continental drifts
What created the landforms Svalbard
Repeating ice ages and the folding and faulting due to continental drift and plate tectonics
Conservation efforts by Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
To limit the amount of timber that could be harvested had big impact on forest