Geography Quiz 2
Alps
Mountain range located in northern Italy
Pyrenees Mountains
Mountains between Spain and France
Schengen Area
Opened borders within the European Union without a passport; Passport Bubble
Islam Region
Parts of the balkans
Iberian Peninsula
Peninsula in southwestern Europe occupied by Spain and Portugal
Slavic Language Region
Poland through Bulgaria, Czech Republic
Scandinavian Peninsula
The peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden
Ural Mountains
unofficial border between Europe and Asia
Blue Banana
A banana-shaped zone stretching from England across northwest Europe and into northern Italy with a large concentration of industry, infrastructure, and people. Spread of jobs/economic development throughout Europe as a result of EU Corridor of urbanization
Italian Peninsula
a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea
Balkan Peninsula
A large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
Carpathian Mountains
A mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania.
Rhine River
A river in Western Europe that flows from eastern Switzerland into the North Sea; Europe's most important inland Waterway
European Union
An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members and decrease risk of conflict
Eastern Orthodoxy Region
Balkans
Marine West Coast Region
British isles, north Spain, France, East Germany
States
Countries
Supranationalism
Countries working together as members of an international organization, sometimes ceding a degree of sovereignty (EX: UN, EU)
Eurozone
EU countries using the euro
Humid Continental Region
Germany, Poland, south Scandinavia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia
Germanic Language Region
Germany, UK, Scandinavia (minus Finland)
humid continental climate
Humid climate type that possesses warm-to-cool summers and bitterly cold winters.
Human Development Index (HDI)
Indicator of level of development for each country, constructed by United Nations, combining income, literacy, education, and life expectancy
Roman Catholic Region
Mainland Europe except Germany, UK, Balkans
Protestantism Region
Scandinavia, Germany, UK
Romance Language region
Spain, France, Italy, Romania
Mediterranean Climate Region
Spain, Italy, Greece, some countries along Adriatic Sea
Danube River
The second-longest river of Europe. It flows from southern Germany east into the Black Sea.
Mediterranean climate
a climate marked by warm, dry summers and cool, rainy winters
social welfare
a government policy where citizens pay a higher percentage of taxes to support universal healthcare, higher education, child care, and retirement programs
Humanism
a philosophy emphasizing the value of human beings and the use of reason in solving problems
thermohaline circulation
an oceanic circulation pattern that drives the mixing of surface water and deep water
Nation States
countries made mostly of people with shared culture
Judaism and former Jewish Pale Region
eastern europe; poland, ukraine, Lithuania, etc
Rhône River
flows through Switzerland and France to the Mediterranean Sea.
centripetal force
forces that tend to unify people within a country
centrifugal force
forces that threaten national unity by dividing a state
Nations
group of people with majority shared culture
Secularism
the exclusion of religious ideologies from government or public activities
Nationalism
the feeling of political unity within a territory
Balkanization
the tendency of territories to break up into smaller, often hostile units (EX: Yugoslavia and ethnic tensions, leading to violence and genocide)
Devolution
the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the states occurs when regions within a state seek greater autonomy, has continued in Europe, representing a tension between nationalistic ideals and ethnic ties
marine west coast climate
weather pattern characterized by rainy and mild winters and cool summers