chapter 15 northern europe
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 glen | scottish term that means valley |
| peat | dead plants usually mosses that are burned as fuel |
| scandinavain penn. | contains sweden and norway |
| fjords | deep narrow sea inlets between rocky high cliffs |
| greenland | largest island in the world |
| textiles | cloth products |
| lochs | lakes in valleys carved by ancient glaciers |
| constitutional monarchy | form of goverment in which a parliment makes laws and a monarch is head of the state |
| north atlantic drift | warm ocean current |
| london | largest city in england and capital of the united kingdom |
| famine | extreme food shortage |
| dublin | capital of ireland and center for education shipping and baking |
| iceland | mountainous volcanic country with many glaciers |
| unhabital | unable to support humman settlement |
| bog | soft ground soaked with water |
| neutral | country that does not take sides in a conflict |
| finland | scandinavia includes denmark iceland norway sweeden and _________ |
| geysers | a spring that shoots hot water and steam into the air |
| vikings | the original ingabitants of scandinavia were war aggressive warlike ______ |
| jutland | denmark is located on the ____ peninsula and nearby islands |
| shannon | river in ireland is the longest river in the british isles |
| willian shakespere | is the most famous british poet and playwright |
| ice | most of greenland is covered by a thick cap made of |
| sweeden | is the largest and most populated country in scandinavia |
| british | by 1900 the _____ empire controlled almost one quarter of the worlds land |
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