Geography Chapter 14 Flashcards
- How did Britain control a vast empire?
Naval power helped the empire expand.
How has Ireland’s economy changed in the last few years?
A. Less agriculture
B. One of Europe’s most rapidly developing economies
How have Ireland’s economic changes affected immigration?
Drawing immigrants from other countries
What are Belgium’s two language regions?
Flanders and Wallonia
How is Scandinavia’s population distributed?
A. People tend to live along the coasts and in the southern portions of their countries.
B. Most Scandinavians live in cities.
sequent occupance
A process of settlement by successive groups of people in which each group creates a distinctive
cultural landscape
famine
A widespread shortage of food
constitutional monarchy
A type of government with a king or queen as head of state and a parliament as the lawmaking
branch
nationalized
A feeling of pride and loyalty for one’s country or
culture group
primate city
A City that ranks first and dominates a country in terms of population and economy
European Union cosmopolitan
Organization of European countries featuring
close cooperation on trade, economic, political, and social
issues.
uninhabitable
Unable to support human life and
settlements.
geysers
Hot springs that shoot water into the air.
socialism
An economic system in which the government owns
and controls the means of producing goods.
