Western Europe

Question 1

Scandinavian

Answer 1

Northernmost, Norway & Sweden-thin, rocky soil is difficult to farm.

Question 2

Jutland

Answer 2

-Northern Europe, Spain& Portugal, Pyrenees mountains create a natural barrier that blocs off the peninsula from the rest of Europe.

Question 3

Italian

Answer 3

The “Boot”, southern Europe, Italy is the only country, plants of shoreline for shipping and trading

Question 4

Balkan

Answer 4

Southeastern Europe, Albania, Basnia and Herzergorina, Serbia, Kosovo, difficult to navigate, many cultures exist.

Question 5

Anatolian

Answer 5

Asia, and Europe connect, consists of Turkey

Question 6

Alps

Answer 6

Arc across Europe, Separates Italy from the rest of Europe.

Question 7

Pyrenees

Answer 7

France and Spain, Natural border restricts movement from France to Spain and Portugal

Question 8

Balkans

Answer 8

Balkan Peninsula, Isolate many ethnic groups

Question 9

Caucuses

Answer 9

Intersection of Europe and Asia (Southern Boundary)

Question 10

Ural

Answer 10

Russia, Eastern boundary between Europe and Asia

Question 11

Northern European Plain

Answer 11

Fed Europe for centuries and allowed foreign invaders an easier route into Europe. Most Fertile agricultural regions in Europe.

Question 12

Cultural Effects NEP

Answer 12

Easy access between groups: works as a Highway

Question 13

Physical Effects NEP

Answer 13

Major industrial Importance, coal steel and production

Question 14

Economic Effects NEP

Answer 14

“Breadbasket of Europe” fertile soil with many rivers, early communication, travel and agricultural development

Question 15

Marine west coast

Answer 15

UK, Northern Spain, most of France, Germany, Poland. The North Atlantic Drift regulates the climate

Question 16

Humid continental

Answer 16

Eastern Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. Distance from the sea regulates climate.

Question 17

Mediterranean

Answer 17

Southern portion of Europe, The presence of mountains.

Question 18

Modification

Answer 18

The environment changes

Question 19

Adaptation

Answer 19

People change to fit into the enviorment

Question 20

Greece (ADAPTATION)

Answer 20

Separated grease into city states (cities with their own governments)

Question 21

Bubonic Plague (ADAPTATION)

Answer 21

Growth of cities, increase in trade. Spread of the bubonic plague-millions die

Question 22

UK: Industrial Revolution (ADAPTATION)

Answer 22

Coal, Iron, and flowing rivers to power factories, Island-surrounded by water. Industrial Revolution was born here, helped control trade become a global Empire and stop invaders

Question 23

Canals: Venice Italy (ADAPTATION)

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Built on 118 small islands in marshy lagoon. Adapt to environment-engineered way to build on marshland. Become excellent boatman and merchants

Question 24

Polders: Netherlands (ADAPTATION)

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Netherlands-made of many rivers deltas and low islands. Most use engineering to reclaim land. Build dikes (dams) and pump water out to create new lands.

Question 25

Polders

Answer 25

Land in low-lying area that has been reclaimed from a body of water by building dikes and drainage canals. Near windmills

Question 26

Diffusion

Answer 26

The spread of people, things, ideas, cultural practices, diseases, technology, weather, and other factors from place to place.

Question 27

(Religion) Christianity

Answer 27

Spread through Palestine to the Roman Empire and combined diffusing through Europe-spread through the New World during exploration and colonization

Question 28

(Ideas) Renaissance

Answer 28

Began Italy city states renewed interest in learning the acts from the 14th through 16 centuries

Question 29

(Disease) The Bubonic Plague

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Spread of trademark rats, people. 25 million of people died around a quarter to a third of the population known as “Black Death”

Question 30

(Development) Industrial Revolution

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Britain: first country to industrialize coal and machineries built by use of iron. Imported raw materials, sold finished goods. Spreaded to Belgium, France, Germany and US

Question 31

Industrial Revolution

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Britain, Textile Industry, Late 1700s, Coal was plentiful, lots of money and raw materials, steam engine, agricultural revolution. Diffraction followed the location of coal throughout Europe and manufacturing plants connected to parts. Raw materials could arrive and finished goods could deport.

Question 32

Demand for Raw Materials

Answer 32

Less developed countries were deported

Question 33

Search for new markets

Answer 33

Late 1800s-surplus of goods-international markets (In China)

Question 34

Colonialism

Answer 34

Increased production meant increased need for raw materials from colonies.

Question 35

Autonomy

Answer 35

The right to self-government

Question 36

Sovereignty

Answer 36

The authority of a state to govern itself or another state

Question 37

Centripetal Forces

Answer 37

And action that untitled or PULLS people together

Question 38

Centrifugal Forces

Answer 38

An action that divides or FORCES people away from each other.

Question 39

Northern Ireland

Answer 39

Protestants, Republic of Ireland (Catholics) independence-1921 Britain Divided Ireland into 2 states. Religious coin flick and Anti-British violence have plagued Northern Ireland. 2 separate countries. Northern Ireland-UK, Republic of Ireland- not UK

Question 40

Basque Dispute

Answer 40

People in the weary foothills of the Pyrenees, Armed and political conflict from 1959 to 2011 between Spain and the Basque National Liberation Movement. Sought independence from Spain and France, in 1770 Spain granted the region saferrule

Question 41

Catalonian Dispute

Answer 41

1017-18 Spanish constitutional crisis, the issue of Catalan independence from Spain. Document establishing Catalonia as an independent republic was signed by the members of colonials Pro-independence parliamentary majority.

Question 42

Flemish and Walloons

Answer 42

Flemish-Dutch speaking. Walloons- French Speaking. Struggle of the countries Flemish speaking community to gain equal status for its language, political, and economic influence. Belgium is recognized as a bilingual country with two distinct regions.