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Mediterranean Sea

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Al countries are on the Mediterranean Sea

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Pyrenees

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Form a boundary between spain and France

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Apennines

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They run along the whole peninsula

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Alps

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Europe’s highest mountains

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Mediterranean climate

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The type of climate found across Southern Europe

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Orthodox Church

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A branch of Christianity that dates back to the Byzantine Empire.

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Athens

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The nations capital

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Iberia

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Westernmost peninsula in Europe

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Parliamentary monarchy

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Which means that the king rules with help of an elected parliament

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Madrid

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The and a center of industry, tourism, and culture

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Barcelona

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A center of industry, tourism, and culture

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Lisbon

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Where the economy is largely based

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Northern Europe Plain

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It stretches from the Atlantic coast into Eastern Europe

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North Sea

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Lay in the north

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English Channel

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Lies in the north

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Danube

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Is a very important river

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Rhine

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A very important river

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Paris

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The capital of france, also home to the Eiffel Tower

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Amsterdam

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The capital of the Netherlands

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The Hague

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The seat of the government

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Brussels

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The capital of Belgium

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Cosmopolitan

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Means characterized by many foreign influences

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Berlin

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The city of Berlin was in Communist East Germany.

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Chancellor

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chancellor, or prime minister,

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Vienna
The city of Vienna is Austria’s capital and largest city.
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Canotns
Today it is a federal republic with 26 districts called cantons.
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Neutral
Switzerland’s location in the Alps has helped it remain neutral for centuries.
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Bern
Switzerland’s capital, Bern, is centrally located to be near both German- and French-speaking regions.
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British Isles
A group of islands located across the English channel
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Scandinavia
A region of islands and peninsulas
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Fjords
A narrow inlet of the sea between high and rocky cliffs
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Geothermal Energy
Energy created by the interior of the earth
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North Atlantic Drift
A ocean current that brings warm moist air across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Constitutional Monarchy
A type of democracy in which a king or queen serves as head of state but a legislator make the laws
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Magna Carta
Limited the abilities of kings and it also required everyone to obey the law
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Disarm
To let go of all weapons
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London
The capital of the United Kingdom
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Vikings
Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages
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Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden’s capital and largest city, is located on the east coast near the Baltic Sea
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Neutral
Neutral means that it has chosen not to take sides in an international conflict.
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Uninhabitable
uninhabitable, or not able to support human settlement.
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Osio
Oslo, Norway’s capital, is the country’s leading seaport as well as its industrial center.
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Helsinki
The capital and largest city is Helsinki, which is located on the southern coast
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Geysers
.Geysers are springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air.
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Carpathians
. These rugged mountains are an extension of the Alps of West-Central Europe. They stretch in a long arc from the Alps to the Black Sea area.
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Balkan Peninsula
one of the largest peninsulas in Europe. It extends south into the Mediterranean Sea.
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Danube
The longest of these rivers, the Danube (DAN-yoob), begins in Germany and flows east across the Great Hungarian Plain. The river winds its way through nine countries before it finally empties into the Bl
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Chernobyl
A faulty reactor at the Chernobyl (chuhr-NOH-buhl) nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded, releasing huge amounts of radiation into the air
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Infrastructure
Infrastructure is the set of resources, like roads, airports, and factories, that a country needs in order to support economic activities.
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Warsaw
Warsaw, the capital of Poland, have become major industrial centers.

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