East and West Europe – Flashcards

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If you go ----------- of the Alps, you would run into the Balkan and Dinaric mountains of the former western Soviet states.
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Balkan and Dinaric
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If you go south of the Alps, you would run into the ------ and -------- mountains of the former western Soviet states.
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western Soviet
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If you go south of the Alps, you would run into the Balkan and Dinaric mountains of the former ---------- --------- states.
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Swiss Alps or Swiss Alpines
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Technically all of these mountains are the eastern extension of the ----------- or ----------------.
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eastern
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Technically all of these mountains are the ----------- extension of the Swiss Alps or Swiss Alpines.
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Adriatic coast or dalmatian coast
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The mountainous area of the extensions of the Swiss Alps is known as the --------------- or ------------------.
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karst
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the Adriatic coast or Dalmatian coast area exhibits a ------- topography or where the terrain is dominated by limestone dead rock and characterized by rock ground, caves, sinkholes, underground rivers, and the absence of surface streams and lakes.
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rock ground, caves, sinkholes, underground rivers, and the absence of surface streams and lakes.
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the Adriatic coast or Dalmatian coast area exhibits a karst topography or where the terrain is dominated by limestone dead rock and characterized by -----------, ---------, ----------, underground ----------, and the absence of --------------------------.
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Carpathian
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The -------------- Mountains run from Slovakia to Romania and are distinguished by mountains separated by large basins.
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Slovakia to Romania
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The Carpathian Mountains run from ------- to ------------- and are distinguished by mountains separated by large basins
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basins
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The Carpathian Mountains run from Slovakia to Romania and are distinguished by mountains separated by large ---------.
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Balkan
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The --------- peninsula is the eastern most peninsula of Europe's 3 great peninsulas.
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Russia
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-------------- is dominated by 2 mountain ranges: the Ural, and the Caucasus
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European Russia and Siberian Russia
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The Urals form a natural barrier between -------------- ------------------ and --------------- -------------
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Caucasus; Russia and Europe
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The highest peak of the ------------- is Mt. Elburz at 18,510 ft. It is the highest mountain in --------- and -----------.
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Mt. Elburz
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----------- is the highest mountain in Russia and Europe.
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18,510
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How tall is Mount Elburz?
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second
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Ukraine is the ------ largest country in Europe occupying the southwest portion of the Russian Plain.
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southwest; Russian
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Ukraine is the 2nd largest country in Europe occupying the --------------- portion of the ----------- Plain.
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landlocked
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Belarus is ------------------ and lies entirely in the northern European Plain.
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northern European
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Belarus is landlocked and lies entirely in the ----------- ---------- Plain.
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11,000
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Belarus has ------------- lakes within the country.
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second; Germany ---> Black Sea
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The Danube River is the ----- largest River in Europe starting in ---------- and emptying in the ------------ -----.
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9
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The Danube passes through -- countries.
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Rhine; Main
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The Danube is connected to the ---------- River through the -------- River.
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Main-Danube; 1992
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The Main River of the --------------------- Canal is a waterway that was completed in ---------.
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Baltic Sea
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The Vistula River is the largest river in Poland and empties into the -------------- --------.
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2,293; longest
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The Volga travels --------- miles, making it the ---------- river in Europe.
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Baikal; 25
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Lake ------------- is located in Siberia and is the oldest lake in the world at ---- million years old.
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in Siberia
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Where is Lake Baikal located?
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the world; 5,715
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Lake Baikal is also the deepest lake in ------------- at ------- feet.
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1/5; freshwater
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Lake Baikal holds ------ of all unfrozen ----------------- on the planet.
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Galapagos of Russia
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Lake Baikal is known as the "--------------- --- ----------" because of its age, isolation and all of the unusual freshwater marine specimens.
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- age - isolation - unusual freshwater marine specimens
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Why is Lake Baikal known as the "Galapagos of Russia"?
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limans
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What is a large saline water lake found along the coast?
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- Dnieper -Berezina -Pripyat' -Neman -Bug -Western Dvina
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The largest rivers in Belarus include the: --(6 rivers)---
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Narach; 31
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The largest lake in Belarus the country is lake --------- measuring ---- square miles.
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Poland; - coal - natural gas - iron - zinc - lead - copper
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----------- does have vast natural resources including: -----(6 things)-----
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amber; Baltic gold
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Poland also has vast amounts of ------- also known as "--------- -------."
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south; Danube
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The region ------- of the Northern European plain is called the ----------- region.
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the Hungarian plain, the Carpathian, and the Balkan Mountains
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the Danube region composes the: ------(3 areas)
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natural gas, coal, and oil
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The Danube region has large quantities of: ---(3 things)---
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Adriatic coast
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The ------------ -------- can support crops such as grapes and olives.
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grapes and olives
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The Adriatic coast can support crops such as ------- and -------.
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10%
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Tundra covers about ----- of Russia
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subarctic zone
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South of the Tundra lies the ------------ ----- where vegetation is boreal forest or taiga, which is broad expanses of coniferous evergreen trees.
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taiga
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what is broad expanses of coniferous evergreen trees?
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Black Sea; steppe
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There are area of Russia around the ---------- ------ that has --------- climate can support the growth of wheat, barley, rye, oats, sunflowers, mint, and beans.
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- wheat - barley - rye - oats - sunflowers - mint - beans
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The area of Russia around the Black Sea that has steppe climate can support the growth of: ---(7 things)---
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continentality
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the effect of extreme variation in temperature and very little precipitation with the interior portions of a landmass
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Shatter belt
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Eastern Europe is known as the --------- ------ because of the constant political and territorial fighting along cultural and ethnic lines.
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- the Celtics - the Germanic - Slavic peoples
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The 3 main groups of the Shatter belt are the: -------
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Serbian; Francis Ferdinand
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The most famous ethnic conflict started WWI when a --------- nationalist assassinated Archduke ---------- --------------- who was heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne in 1914.
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1914
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand was heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne in ------
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- ethnicity - populations - politics - economic strengths
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After WWI a new map of Europe was drawn based on: ---(4 things)---
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Balkanization
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This new map of Europe tried to reverse the system of ------------------
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Balkanization
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division of regions into smaller hostile regions.
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Ethnic cleansing
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Balkanization led to a practice called -------- -------------
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Ethnic cleansing
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the expelling from a country or genocide of an ethnic group
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8; ethnic groups
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Yugoslavia was broken up into -- different countries mostly based on ------- -------
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Slavic farmers
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Russia's history goes back to the -------- ------------ of East Europe
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Kievan Rus
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Slavic farmers create a loose union of city-states called the --------- ------ which were ruled by princes.
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1600s; Peter the Great
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In the ------- Czar Peter 1 known as --------- ----- --------- came to power and modernize Russia.
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Baltic Sea; west
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Czar Peter expanded the country of Russia to the -------- ---- giving the country a window on the ----
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1891; Siberia; 6,000
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It wasn't until ------- under Czar Alexander 3rd Russia expanded into --------- with the Trans-Siberian railroad nearly -------- miles to the Pacific
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Karl Marx; public ownership
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A Jewish German philosopher named -------- ------- changed Russia forever with his idea of --------- ------------- of all land and means of production, and a classless society with an equal sharing of wealth, later known as communism.
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communism
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What did Karl Marx create?
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the Iberian Peninsula, the Italian Peninsula, and the Balkan Peninsula
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Geographically Europe is made up of three major peninsulas: ---------
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80; flat
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The Pyrenees are --- miles across and are characterized by ------ topped massifs or a body of mountains ranges formed by fault-line activity.
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massiff
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a body of mountains ranges formed by fault-line activity
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1,245
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the Apennine Mountains run down the spine of the peninsula some ------ miles to the center of the Island of Sicily.
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10,700
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On Sicily is Mount Etna at ---------- ft Europe's tallest active volcano.
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Mount Etna
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what is Europe's tallest active volcano?
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Alps; glaciation
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The ----- were created by the folding of the Earth's crust and shaped by the --------------, form a crescent that runs from France to the Balkan Peninsula.
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France to the Balkan Peninsula
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The Alps form a crescent that runs from --------- to ---- -------- -------------
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Blanc; 15,771
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Mount --------- is the highest peak in the Alps at the border of France and Italy and stands at ----------- feet.
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France and Italy
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Mount Blanc is the highest peak in the Alps at the border of --------- and --------
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British Isles
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The ---------- -------- lie northwest of West Europe.
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2
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how many large islands make up the British Isles?
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Great Britain and Ireland
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-------- ----------- and ----------- are the 2 large islands of the British Isles along with thousands of other small islands.
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ice
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Valleys filled with ------ cut deep fjords
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fjords
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long, steep-sided glacial valley now filled by seawater
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5
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Northern Europe is made up of -- countries
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Norway and Sweden; Denmark; Finland; Iceland
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---------- and ---------- are found on the Scandinavian plain, ------------ is on the Jutland Peninsula, --------- lies to east, and ----------- is an island in North Atlantic.
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200
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Iceland is a geological hotspot with over ----- volcanoes.
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Europe and North American
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Iceland marks the boundary between the ------------ and --------- --------------- continents and sits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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Where does Iceland sit?
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Tagus and the Elbro
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There are two major rivers on the Iberian Peninsula the --------- and the --------.
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Spain; 626
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The Tagus begins in --------- runs ------ miles to the Atlantic.
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the Atlantic Ocean
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The Tagus flows into which ocean?
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Po
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The Italian Peninsula is home to the --------- River
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Apennine Mountains; 405
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the Po River which starts in the ------------- ---------------- and is Italy's longest river at ----- miles long
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the Po River
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What is Italy's longest river?
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Netherlands
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25% of the ------------- is below sea level.
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Dutch
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The --------- use a series of dikes
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dikes
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large banks of earth and stone to hold back water
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dikes
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------- can allow the people to reclaim land which is called polders
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polders
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low lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new land
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Swiss Alps; 505
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The Rhone in the ------ ------ runs through Switzerland and France is ------- miles and flows directly into the Mediterranean Sea.
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France and Switzerland
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What 2 countries does the Rhone River flow through?
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the Rhone River
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What river flows into the Mediterranean Sea?
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Germany; 1,770
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the Danube River which runs through ---------- and is ----- miles emptying into the Black Sea.
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the Danube
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What river flows into the Black sea?
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Thjorsa; 143
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The longest river in Iceland is the ----------- and is only ---- miles.
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Klar-Gota; 447
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Norway's longest river ---------, flows ------- miles emptying in Lake Vanern.
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Lake Vanern
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Where does Klar-Gota empty into?
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Finland; 300
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The Kemi River in ----------- harnesses the river for hydroelectric power and is ----- miles long.
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marine west coast; Mediterranean
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The Alps separate into two major climate zones: the --------- ----- -------- climate to the north and warm ---------------- climate of Italy and the Balkans
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north; Italy and the Balkans
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The Alps separate into two major climate zones: the marine west coast climate to the -------- and warm Mediterranean climate of --------- and the -------------.
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copper
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Portugal has a large deposit of -----------
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- coal - tin - tungsten
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Spain has ---(3 things)---
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mild; North Atlantic Current
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Northwestern Europe generally has a ------- climate compared with other regions of the same latitude this is a result of the ----------- --------- ------------- that brings warm tropical air from the Caribbean.
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mistrals
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strong cold north wind from the Alps
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foehns
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dry winter winds blow down from the mountains
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marine west coast
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For the most part Northwestern Europe has a ------------ ------- ---------- climate with vegetation such as deciduous and coniferous trees
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coniferous and deciduous
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For the most part Northwestern Europe has a marine west coast climate with vegetation such as ---------------- and --------------- trees.
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- deer - brown bears - badgers - squirrels - songbirds
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The wildlife in Northwestern Europe typically include --(5 things)--
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Ireland; fuel
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The peat bogs of ----------- serves as ------- especially in rural country sides.
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1/3
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Finland's peat deposits cover ----- of the country
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peat
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a vegetable matter found in swamps, once dug up and chopped into blocks then dried
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fuel
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Once dried the peat can be burned as -------
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Norway
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---------- is also the world second largest natural gas exporter in the world.
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geothermal energy
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Iceland is unique in that most of its energy needs are filled by ------------ ---------- which utilizes Earth's heat energy and converts it to electricity.
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