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kjolen mountains- scands - -Glaciations - large blocks of ice in mtns
-glaciers carved up norways coastline
Fjords - narrow steep slopes formed by glaciers making their way down to
the ocean.
- North European Plain - -Steppe - russian for short grass/short growing
season
small grains - barley, rye, and oats
- massif central - -wine making central plateau in france
- scottish highlands - -- one of the oldest mtn ranges
-so old and weathered down that the mountains turned into hills
- apennines - --richter scale- scale used to measure strength/magnitude of
earthquakes
-still tectonically active, high earthquake risk area
-runs down the center of Italy
- alps - --alpine countries- stretch from france all the way through switz,
germany, and austria
-hydroelectricity- electricity generated by hydroelectric power. from mtn
streams. renewable.
- pyranees - --basques- own language. live in pyranees to keep
independence from northern spain.
-ETA- basque libertarian army. tries to achieve independence for Basque,
commit terror attacks to prove their point. (train station bombing)
-Domestic terrorism- planned assasinations (eta)
- carpathians and transylvanian alps - --vlad dracula- in power of area in
1400's. ottoman empire tried to take over. vlad killed all of them. impaled
them with wooden stakes.
-ottomans are islam/muslims
-islam- dominant religion in this region
- thames river - -prominent city scape feature in london
- seine river - -primate city scape feature in Paris.
- po river - --runs through northern italy
, -irrigation- supplying dry land with water
-extremely important for agriculture/irrigation
- rhine river - --most heavily traffic river in world from all the goods carried
on it
-rotterdam, one of the busiest port cities in the world
-slow transportation (high bulk, low value goods transported)
- danube river - -crosses through vienna, austria, bratislava, slovaka,
budapest, hungary, belgrade, serbia.
- UK of GB and Northern Ireland - --GB- england, wales, scotland, N. ireland
-brit empire- dominated seas with royal navy. covered 26% of worlds land.
once was largest empire.
-british- 1st to make accurate longitudinal measurement. longitude= prime
meridian. runs through London b/c that is where base for Navy is
-industrial revolution- manchester (birthplace of revolution) b/c resource
base is close. Leads, Birmingham.
devolution- countries give local control but do not give them full
independence. compromise.
colonialism- full/partial control over another country
imperialism- extending a countrys power and influence
- ireland - --part of british empire. vast majority are catholics.
-celtic tiger, period of rapid economic growth
-the troubles, split of North ireland and ireland b/c of religious differences.
(protestant 60% catholic 40%)
-irish republican army, made violent terrorist attacks. haves vs have nots.
who does and doesn't have power and money.
-irish potato famine- fungus blithe grew. starved millions to death. migration
to america (2nd highest).
-monocountry, prime for sickness and epidemic.
- portugal - --leaders in age of discovery.
-pioneers discovered tons of new places
-got equipment from the moors
- spain - --ferdinand and isabella found columbus to travel an find new
world.
moors, invaded peninsula. ruled for 700 yrs. were defeated at grenada
battle. modern spain was finally born (1492).
- france - --primate city, paris.
-mediteranean climate, dry summers, wet winters.good to grow wheat.
-viticulture, grow grapes for wine
-olives, to make olive oil.
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