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Europe Mid Term
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| These are high platforms used during floods and high tides. | terpens |
| What did the Dutch create so that more lands could be used for growing crops and building settlement? | levees and polders |
| These have been seriously damaged by acid rain, pollution entering the atmosphere when sulfur emissions from factories and water vapor combine. | Black Forest |
| How much of the Netherlands was once underwater? | 40 percent |
| Which landforms make up the city of Venice? | Islands |
| What are two abundant resources in Europe? | Peat and oil |
| How are goods and people moved throughout the city of Venice? | Boats and Canals |
| Europe’s forests are being destroyed because of which two reasons? | Acid Rain and deforestation |
| Which form of government means “majority rule”? | democracy |
| Which form of government means “the public thing” or “the law”? | republic |
| What caused a huge demand for wood during the 1700s and 1800s | industrialization |
| How much of Europe’s forest have been destroyed since Roman times? | 99 percent |
| What is the one positive of Europe's open plains? | agriculture |
| Where is most of Europe's oil found? | North Sea |
| What is happening within the canals in Venice? | pollution |
| What is the most common form of government in the world? | oligarchy |
| The proper role of government is to protect what? | rights |
| Which civilization was the first to experiment with a republic? | Rome |
| The flaw of this type of government is that is doesn't actually exist, it is usually an oligarchy. | Monarchy |
| The flaw of this type of government is that it is not a stable form of government. | anarchy |
| What type of government does America have? | republic |
| What has agricultural runoff in the canals in Venice caused? | Killer algae |
| Which countries are located on the Scandinavian Peninsula? | Norway and Sweeden |
| Which country is located on the Italian Peninsula? | Italy |
| Which countries are located on the Iberian Peninsula? | Spain and Portugal |
| What is the main country located on the Jutland Peninsula? | Denmark |
| What is the main country located on the Balkan Peninsula? | Greece |
| in what year did Europeans begin drilling for oil? | nineteen seventy one |
| Why did the Dutch people need to recover more land from the Sea? | growing population |
| Which sea did the Dutch block off and turn into a freshwater lake? | North Sea |
| People been clearing the forest in Europe since when? | Ancient Times |
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