Physical Geography Of Europe Answers – Flashcards
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Which of the following statements about Europe's most important industries is false?
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Most Europeans are employed in the mining industry.
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http://media.education2020.com/evresources/2045-02-01-05-00_files/i0040000.jpg The __________ Ocean lies north of Europe and covers the North Pole.
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Arctic
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http://media.education2020.com/evresources/2045-02-01-05-00_files/i0090000.jpg In northern Europe, many reclaimed polders, such as the one in the photo above, are created by systems of __________ that have been built to hold back water.
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[NOT] fjords
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http://media.education2020.com/evresources/2045-02-01-05-00_files/i0070000.jpg The Great __________ Plain, shown in the photo above, stretches across Croatia, Serbia, and Romania and is highly populated because of its fertile soil.
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[NOT] British
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A(n) __________ is a warm, dry wind that blows down the side of a mountain.
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foehn
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http://media.education2020.com/evresources/2045-02-01-05-00_files/i0180000.jpg Spain and Portugal (circled on the map above) are located on the __________ Peninsula, a landform that is separated from the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees.
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Iberian
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http://media.education2020.com/evresources/2045-02-01-05-00_files/i0120000.jpg To which major European sea is the orange arrow pointing on the map above?
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the Mediterranean Sea
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Which two islands are part of the British Isles?
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Ireland and Great Britain
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Three-fourths of the over 500,000 lakes in Europe are found in __________.
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Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia
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http://media.education2020.com/evresources/2045-02-01-05-00_files/i0140000.jpg
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siroccos