Social Studies Europe
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- economic association
- organization formed to break down trade barriers among member nations
- constitutional monarchy
- has a reigning king or queen, but a parliament serves as the lawmaking branch of government
- loch
- Scottish lake
- nationalize
- owned and operated by the government
- bog
- soft ground soaked with water
- peat
- composed of decayed vegetable matter
- socialism
- government owns and controls the means of producing goods
- neutral
- chooses not to take sides in international conflict
- mistral
- strong cool wind that blows from Alps to Meditarranean coast
- primate city
- one that ranks first in a nation in terms of population and economy
- loess
- dust size soil particles deposited by the wind
- dike
- walls to keep out water
- polder
- lowland area that has been drained
- foehn
- warm dry wind that blows down the slopes of the Alps
- ariable
- suitable for growing crops
- meseta
- high plateau that covers most of Spain
- plaza
- village center
- cork
- bark stripped from the trunk of a meditarranean oak
- autonomy
- the right to self government
- balance of trade
- relationship between the value of a countries exports and imports
- Name the four major landform regions
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Northwest Highlands
Northern European Plain
The Central Uplands
Alpine Mountain System - The largest landform region in area is ?
- North European Plain
- Western and Central Europe's highest mountain range
- Alps
- What's the natural boundary between Spain and France?
- The Pyrenees
- Three climate types?
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Marine West coast
Humid continental
Mediterranean - Largest sea bordering Europe
- Mediterranean Sea
- natural boundary
- when physical features determine political borders
- navigable river
- river deep and wide enough for ships
- ice breakers
- ships used to keep rivers from freezing over
- imperialism
- gaining control over territory outside a nation
- alliance
- agreement between countries to support one another against enemies
- balance of power
- members of a group having equal levels of strength
- multi lingual
- the ability to speak three or more languages
- famine
- an extreme shortage of food