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World Geography Chapter 8 British Isles and Northern Europe

Match terms from the description of where the British Isles and Northern Europe are, to identify the important features and climate, to describe the culture and economy of these people.

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British Islesmade up of tow large island
Northern EuropeIceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
North Seeast of England
English Channelbody of water lying between England and France
Norwegian Seabody of water that lies between Norway and Iceland
ReykjavikIceland
CopenhagenDenmark
HelsinkiFinland
Norway and Swedentwo countries side by side on a peninsula
Arcticthe cold area at the most northern part of the Earth
Scandinaviathe five countries of northern Eurpoe
Industrial Revolutiona nonviolent change in the late 1700s that included a a great increase in the use of iron, steel and machines
Moora rolling plain covered with grasses and low shrubs
Boga low-lying swampy area that is covered by water for long periods of time
PeatPlants that have died and rotted
Fjorda long, deep, narrow, U-shaped valley formed by glaciers
Geysera hot springs hat throws jets of water and steam into the air
North Atlantic Drifta warm ocean current that begins in the Caribbean Sea and travels northward through the Atlantic Ocean
Galea strong wind
Free-market economymakers of products compete for the buyers of products
Producera company or farmer who makes a product to sell
Consumera person who buys and uses goods
Per capita incomea way to measure how rick a country isby dividing total income by the number of people
Heavy industrysteel, heavy machinery and other such industries
Channel IslandUK territory with 160,00 population
Glaciersshaped most of the geography of the British Isles and northern Europe
Englishofficial language of British Isles
Germanic languagesIcelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish
Finnishnot like other the four other languages in northern Europe
60 million peoplepopulation of Great Britain
LondonEngland
GlasgowScotland
The Welshhave celtic roots
Celtsdescendants in Ireland,Scotland Wales and some parts of England
The land of the midnight sunThe arctic is called because of the long summer days
The Chunnela tunnel that connects France with England
British exportschemical,electronics, aircraft parts and computer-related products
London's Heathrow Airportbusiest in the world
United States and GermanyBritain's bigest trading parters
Great Britainmore coal than an other country in Europe
Norwayoil most important resource
Found in Northern Europeiron, copper, lead and zinc
Scandinaviaforests and water natural resources
Big problem in Great Britainlow birth rate
Second problem in Great Britainhigh taxes
Another problem in Great Britainabsorbing new immigrants



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