Western Europe
Terms and facts having to do with Western Europe.
Terms
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- House that chooses Prime Minister
- House of Commons
- Capital of Sweden
- Stockholm
- Capital of Belgium
- Brussels
- Religion of UK
- Protestants
- Countries on the Iberian Peninsula
- Spain, Portugal, Andorra
- Capital of Iceland
- Reykjavik
- Half of this country is below sea level
- Netherlands
- This Alpine country stayed nuetral in all European conflicts
- Switzerland
- The four regions of the UK
- England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
- Capital of Denmark
- Copenhagen
- Greece is the ___________ tip of the __________ Peninsula.
- Southern...Balkan
- Capital of Germany
- Berlin
- Capital of Finand
- Helsinki
- Benelux
- Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
- Define The Ruhr
- industrial center of Germany
- Capital of Netherlands
- Amsterdam
- Wealthier part of Italy
- North
- Capital of Norway
- Oslo
- Belgian Ethnic Groups
- North-Flemings (Flemish) South-Walloons (French)
- Define Federal Republic
- when power is shared between national and state governments
- Major industry of Switzerland...
- Banking and Red Cross (international organizations)
- Capital of Luxembourg
- Luxembourg
- Whay do German immigrants face racial discrimination?
- They "steal" Germans' jobs because they are willing to work for less
- When was the fall of Germany's communist government?
- 1989
- Nordic Nations
- Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark
- Ethnic group in Spain in Pyrenees
- Basques
- What are the Austria's main income sources?
- Tourism and Manufacturing
- Define Welfare State
- high taxes provide services to people who are sick, needy, jobless, or retired
- Capital of Spain
- Madrid
- % of French farmers
- 5
- In Germany farmland and large cities are in the...
- North
- Ethnicity of Finland
- Siberian
- What are the Alpine countries?
- Switzerland, Austria, and Liechtenstein
- What creates Geothermal Energy?
- geysers, hot springs, and volcananic activity
- Who is the head of government in a Federal Republic?
- The Chancellor
- Parliamentary Democracy
- Voters elect representatives to Parliament
- What are Switerland's four languages?
- French, German, Italian, and Romansch
- Capital of Portugal
- Lisbon
- Why Luxembourg is home to multinational businesses
- Centrally located, multilingual people
- Define Continental Divide
- a mountainous area from which rivers floe in opposite directions
- Why was the East poorer than the West?
- They had less technology for manufacturing
- Superhighways
- Autobahns
- Northern Ireland Conflict
- Whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the UK, or be part of Ireland
- Who is fighting in the Northern Ireland Conflict
- Loyalists and Nationalists
- Capital of Italy
- Rome
- Why do people immigrate to Germany?
- Jobs
- Define Fjords
- steep sided valleys that make up the coastline of Norway
- Denmark makes up the ________ Peninsula with the northern part of ________
- Jutland...Germany
- Mountains that separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe
- Pyrenees
- Constitutional Monarchy
- A King or Queen is the official head of state but power is limited by a constitution.
- How House of Lords member get their positions
- Inherited, or appointed by the Queen
- Capital of Greece
- Athens
- Two Houses in Parliament
- House of Commons and House of Lords
- Capital of UK
- London
- 2nd largest exporter of food
- France