Europe: The Land

• Most of Europe lies within ___ miles of the seacoast.• The country of the Netherlands however is 25% below ___.• This was created by large banks of earth called ___ and then the land was

drained by windmills.• Sometime the windmills do not work that good and the reclaimed land ___.• #This is an example that best demonstrates Europe’s of Technology by using

the ____ to reclaim land in the Netherlands.• Northern Europe is a peninsula made of smaller ___.• In the coastline of Scandinavia are jagged steep sided, narrow inlets called ___.• ___ carved out the fjords.

• There are also two peninsulas in the South of Europe.• There is the one that contains Portugal and Spain called the ___ Peninsula and

the one that contains Italy called the ___ Peninsula.• The Iberian Peninsula is separated from the rest of the world by the ___

mountains.• In Eastern Europe is the ___ Peninsula which is known for its wars more than

anything else.• In the North Atlantic Ocean are two main island nations for Europe: ___ and ___.• The United Kingdom is also called the ____ Isles.• In the ____ Sea there are a bunch of small island countries and which are mostly

all ___ active.

• The main mountain system of Europe is the ___ which runs from France all the way to the Balkan Peninsula in the East.

• Out of the Alps are two main rivers; the ___ and the ___.• From England to Russia is a great plain in Europe called the ____.• This is where there is a great deal of agriculture and stuff going on.• #Farming and using the land would be a ____ type of activity.• #Secondary activities are jobs like ____ and that is mainly found in eastern Europe but countries like Germany,

Belgium, and France do make a great deal of stuff.• # Albania and Romania would be countries that mainly have these two activities• #Tertiary Activities are jobs like ___ and ___ and these can be found in most parts of Europe but mainly the

Western Part like in Switzerland that deals with ___.• #Finally, there are ____ activities which are jobs where people are in scientific ____ and working with computers.• #These are not really found at all in Eastern Europe but mainly in the developed countries like Sweden, ____, and

____.

• Besides the Plains there are also large rivers.• The large river of Great Britain is the ___ River.• The most important river of Western Europe is the ___ River.• Also the Danube flows from Germany to the Black Sea in the East.• Finally, most of Europe has a great deal of ___ lying under its surface.• There are also bogs in Europe that contain ___.• Peat is chopped, dried into blocks, and then used as ___ in homes across Europe.• ___ affects the climate of Europe a great deal because the land is so close to it.• Cities like Paris, and Frankfurt, Germany are as close to the Arctic Circle as Boston, Mass. but do not have cold weather

because of the ___.• The climate that they have is called the Marine________.• #This is mainly affected by the prevailing ____ that come off the ____ Ocean.• There is also the Mediterranean climate which have great weather because of the Sea and have ____ and ____ summers.• IN the highlands of Europe, such as the ___ mountains, trees do not grow above a certain height called the ____.• In the far north of Europe, on the ___Peninsula, the land is permanently frozen called ___.• Countries such as ___ and ____ have very short ____ and have frozen ground.