9-1 history – Flashcards
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Eurasia
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the large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia.
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Geographers consider the _______ ___________to be the boundary between the two continents.
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Ural Mountains
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Topography
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refers to the shape and elevation of land in a region.
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Mountain ranges cover much of
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southern Europe
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The highest mountains have large snowfields and____
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glaciers
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Northern European Plain is also the location of most of Europe's___________ ________
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major rivers
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Far northern Europe has many _______ ________ and low mountains.
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rugged hills
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Europe's largest peninsula is in
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Scandinavia
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southern Europe is largely
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warm and sunny
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Most of northwestern Europe, in con- trast, has a
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has a mild and cooler, wetter climate.
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In southern Europe, most people lived on coastal plains or in_______ _______ where the land was flat enough to farm
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river valleys
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In Southern Europe people grew what bc of the heat?
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Grapes and olives
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In Southern Europe where the mountains were steep they raised what animals?
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Sheep and goats
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Because southern Europe has many peninsulas, people there don't live far from the ________
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Sea
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Most people in northern Europe lived
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farther from the sea
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towns grew up along
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Rivers
