Ch.13 L1 Flashcard

Front

What sea influences the weather and provides travel and trade to southern Europe?

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Mediterranean

Front

What is an area of land completely surrounded by water?

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island

Front

What is an area of land surrounded by water on both sides but connected to the mainland?

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peninsula

Front

What is a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs formed by glaciers?

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fjord

Front

What climate has mild winters and cool summers in northern Europe because of the Norwegian Current?

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marine

Front

The five Nordic countries are Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and ___.

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Norway

Front

Places where short grasses and shrubs are the dominant plants is called?

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Scrubland

Front

The weathering and erosion caused by moving masses of ice called________

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Glaciation

Front

The weathering and erosion caused by moving masses of ice called________

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Glaciation

Front

A peninsula in Northern Europe, which today covers Norway, Sweden, and most of northern Finland.

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Scandinavian Peninsula