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Euro Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fjords | Narrow deep inlets of the sea set between high rocky cliffs |
| Navigable Rivers | Rivers that have natural harbors and are suited for transportation |
| North Atlantic Drift | A warm ocean current that originates off the North American coast that is feed by tropical waters. |
| Loess | fine-grained soil that is very fertile found in N. Europe |
| sequent occupance | The process of settlement by a successive group, also the manner in which the British Isiles and France was settled |
| Benelux Countries | Belgium, Luxemburg and Netherlands |
| Cosmopolitan City | A city that is characterized by many foreign influences |
| geothermal energy | energy that is created by the earth natural heat |
| geysers | shoot hot water into the air |
| Scandinavia | includes Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Greenland and Iceland |
| Central Europe | Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria |
| alliances | an agreement between countries to support each other against their enemies |
| Canton | In Switzerland a state is called a |
| Baltic Countries | Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania |
| Exclave | an area separated from the rest of the country by the territory of another country |
| Iberian Peninsula | Portugal and Spain |
| Western Balkans | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia/Montenegro |
| Eastern Balkans | Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova |
| Primate City | A city that ranks first and dominates a county in terms of population and economy |