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- ___ blow down from the mountains
- foehn
- The Jutland Peninsula is made from___.
- Denmark.
- ___ are shrubs and short trees
- chaparral
- One way to describe europe's climate is ____.
- mild
- What are 5 natural resources?
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hydroelectricity
coal
iron
oil
nuclear energy - The Balkan Peninsula is made from ____.
- Greece
- What are the 5 seas?
-
Mediterranean
north
Baltic
Black
Adriatic - what are the 5 major peninsulas?
-
Iberian
Apennine
Balkan
Jutland
Scandanavian - Where in the Rhine river?
- western Europe
- Ireland is known as the ____
- "Emerald Isle"
- the North European Plain is known as the ____.
- Breadbasket
- No where in Europe is farther than ____ miles from the coast.
- 300
- Scandanavia is made up of...
- Norway, Swedan, and Finland
- What are the Mediterrarean Islands?
- Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus,Malta, and Crete
- ___ is a mass of ice
- avalanche
- The Apennine is made from __.
- Italy
- ___ is a drained area that was once filled with water.
- Polder
- what are two warm water masses?
-
North Atlantic Drift
Mediterranean Sea - ___ is soil that is often permanently frozen below the surface
- permafrost
- The Iberian peninsula is made from ___ and ____.
- Spain and portugal
- What are rivers used for?
-
irrigation
transportation
hydroelectric power - What are the Atlantic Islands?
- Iceland, Great Britain,Ireland, and the British Isles
- __ are hot winds from the north African deserts of Libya
- sirrocas
- What is Europe's nickname?
- " The Peninsula of Peninsulas"
- What are the 5 rivers in Europe?
-
Rhine
Danube
Thames
Seine
Po - The Scandanavian Peninsula is made from ____.
- Norway and Swedan
- ___ is the hightest mountain in Europe
- Mt. Blanc
- ___ is a kind of vegetable matter usually composed of mosses
-
peat
- What are the 5 mountain ranges?
-
Apennine
Carpathians
Pyrenees
Scandanavian
Alps - ___ is a glacial made/ filled lake or valley filled with water
- fjord
- Why did the industrial Revolution begin in England?
-
b/c of vast amount of natural resources
- Where is the Danube river?
- Eastern Europe
- What are the 3 climate zones
-
Mediterranean
Humid Continental
marine West Coast - Where is the Seine River?
- France
- ___ is a strong, northerly wind from the Alps
- Mistral
- Steppe is the type of climate found in Spain on the ____.
- Mesetas
- What are there a lot of near the Scandanavian area of Europe?
-
lakes
- Where is the Thames river?
- england
- What is the major vegetation
-
forests
grasslands