Ch 16.3 and 16.4 World Geography – Flashcards
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The Dutch have built ______ of earth and rock to hold back from water
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dikes
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The Land that the Dutch reclaimed from the sea is called a _____
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poder
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The Belgian Government has passed laws to _________ giving greater authority to the governments in Wallonia, Flanders, and Brussels
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decentralize
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covers only 990 square miles smaller than Rhode Land, close ties to Germany France, Belgrim, One of the highest standards in Europe member of European Union.
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Luxenborg is a small prosperous country
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1/3 is used for farmland country, 55% Fleming speak dutch, 30% waloon speaks French
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Conflict between two ethic groups affects Belgian life
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They become even more skilled of creating land, building dikes pump out water, reclaimed 1/5 out of their land, great use of location by Red Sea
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The Dutch have intensely managed their environment
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Three official languages French, German, and Italin, Swiss Confederation, Red Cross, Confederations govered by cantons, Swiss banks account.
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Switzerland
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Dairy Farming, German roots, Flashing Lights, Not members of NATO
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Switzerland and Austria
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Mining, Machine Tools, Germany, They developed new borders after World War I
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Ausria
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__________ conquered the area, they built dikes, or embankments of rock and earth to ____________
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When the Romans, hold back the sea
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____________ became more skillful at creating new land, ___________ pumping out eater, and creating polders, land reclaims the sea
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The Dutch, building dikes, reclaims from the sea
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Beginning in the ____- the Dutch used __________
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1200's, windmills, to power the pumps
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The Netherlands almost ____ third of the country is __________
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one, below sea level
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The _____ has an extremely high ______ and almost _______ is used for agriculture
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Netherlands, population density, half of the land
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The Dutch government ________ preserving rural land and preventing the densely populated area ___________________
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devotes special attention to, from expanding into it
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____________ Rotterdam serves as a link between ___________________
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Situtioned at the month of the Rhine, much of Europe and the World
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About ___ percent of Belgians speak _______ and call themselves ____________ while almost ______ percent speak a dialect of Dutch called __________
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30, French, Walloons, 55, Flemish
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After Belgium gained independence from the ______,realtions between Walloons and Flemings ________ as the only official language was ________
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Netherlands, grew more tense, French
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______________, the national government made Flemish an ___________
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To resolve the conflict, official language
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The Belgian Parilament has recently _______ to decentralize its government, or transfer power to ____________
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passed laws, smaller regions
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Luxemborg covers only ______ square miles
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990
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Luxembourg maintains cultural ties with Belgium, _______ and France and ___ languages are spoken here
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Germany, 3
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Luxembourg has one of the highest ______________
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standards of living in Europe
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Luxembourg -The economy has _________ from steel-making into __________ and service industries
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diverseized, high-tech farms
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Luxemborg is a ____________
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member of the European Union
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Beginning in the 1200's what did the Dutch use to power their water pumps
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windmills
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How did Belgium resolve tenisons between Walloons and Flemings
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Flemish was made an official language
