Geography Exam/ review packet
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 currency | form of money |
| constitutional monarchy | a king or queen is the head of state, but has little real power |
| parliamentary democracy | Form of government in which voters elect representatives to a lawmaking body called Parliament |
| Moors | Treeless, often windy highland areas that have damp ground |
| lochs | narrow bays |
| Great Britain | In 1707 England and wales united with Scotland to form |
| The Industrial Revolution | During the 1800s, the United Kindom became the worlds leading economic power as a result of |
| 59 million | the population of the United Kingdom is more than |
| prime minister | The political party that has the largest number of members in the House of Commons shooses the goverment leader,the |
| of a lack of farmland | The United Kingdom must import one-third of its food because |
| bogs | low swampy lands |
| Dublin | capital city of Ireland |
| peat | wet ground with decaying plants that can be used for fuel |
| Celts | settled Ireland around 500 B.C. |
| North Atlantic Current | brings warm moist winds to Ireland |
| 1922 | The southern part of Ireland won its independence from United Kindgom in |
| 70 miles from the sea | No part of Ireland is more than |
| manufacturing | Although farming is still important in Ireland, what employs more people and contributes more to the country's economy today? |
| The Emerald Isle | Ireland is also called |
| Pyrenees | mountain range that seperates France from Spain |
| Rhine River | a major inland waterway of Europe forming part of France's eastern border |
| navigable | wide and deep enough to allow the passage of ships |
| Paris | capital city of France |
| republic | a strong national government headed by elected leaders |
| Roman Catholics | About 90% of the French people are |
| Alps | France is divided from Switzerland and Italy by the |
| The Chunnel | The tunnel under the English Channel that connects France and England is called |
| grapes | The crop that is used to make France's highly priced wine is |
| 1789 | The french people overthrew their king in |
| official languages | In Ireland, Irish Gaelic and English are two |
| neutrality | refusing to take sides in dissagreement or wars between countries |
| reunification | bringing East and West Germany together under one government |
| autobahn | German superhighways |
| Jara Mountains | mountains range in Northwest Switzerland |
| infrastructure | transportation and communications networks on which an economy depends |
| summers | Austria's climate is similar to Switzerland's but with cooler |
| cantons | The units of local government in Switzerland are called |
| German | Switzerland's four national languages are Romansch, French, Italian, and |
| indistrial centers | An area in western germany called the Ruhr is one of Europe's most important |
| Adolf Hitler and his followers | The Holocaust was the murder of more than 6 million jews by |
| Brussels | capital city of Belguim |
| polder | area of drained land reclaimed from sea |
| Amsterdam | capital city of Netherlands |
| Luxembourg | capital city of Luxembourg |
| multinational companies | companies that do buisness in several countries |
| The Netherlands | What country is located on the North Sea, northeast of Belguim? |
| headquarters of mulinational companies | Luxembourg has become an important center for the |
| the dutch | the people of Netherlands are called |
| Belguim | Two culteral and language groups, The Wallons and Flemings, live in |
| Benelux countries | Benguim, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg are known as the |
| black forest | a tree-covered area in Germany |
| English Channel | body of water that lies along the southeast coast of France |
| Flemings | the dutch-speaing people of Belguim |
| Hamburg | Germany's largest port city |
| Mediterranean Sea | body of water that lies along the southeast coast of France |
| Moors2 | treeless windy highland areas that have damp grounds2 |
| Berlin | a city of Germany that was divided after World War 2 |
| Otto von Bismark | leader who inited Germanny's territoriess into a single countrry |
| Seine River | river that flows through Paris, the capital of France |
| Walloons | the French-speaking people of Belgium |
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