Quizlet World Geography ch25

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  1. Acid Rain: a type of polluted rain, produced when acids from smokestacks combine with water vapor, that can harm lakes, forests, and human health
  2. Alps: a mojor mountain systerm of central europe
  3. Bavaria: a state in southern Germany
  4. Cantons: a largely self-governing state within a country, as in Switzerland
  5. City-States: a self governing city and its surrounding area
  6. Confederation: a group of states joined together for a common purpose
  7. Cosmopolitan: having many foreign influences
  8. Danube: one of Germany's major rivers
  9. Dikes: a wall built to keep water out of a low-lying area
  10. EU: an economic association, made up of several European countries, whose ultimate goal is for Europe to be a unified economic region
  11. Frankfort: the main city of Germany's Rhineland region
  12. Hamburg: a major seaport on the Elbe river in northwestern Germany
  13. Loire: a river in central France
  14. Lyons: a large city on the Rhone River in eastern France
  15. marseilles: a busy seaport on the Medditeranean sea
  16. Munich: a major city and manufacturing center of southern Germany
  17. paris: the capital of France
  18. Polders: a low-land area that has been drained of water
  19. Primate City: a city that ranks first in a nation in terms of population and economy
  20. Pyrenees: a mountain range along the border of France and Spain
  21. Rhine: a major river in western Europe that flows through Germany into the North Sea in the Netherlands
  22. Seine: a river that flows through Paris in northern France