What is the peninsula shared by Portugal and Spain?
Iberia
What best describes the European Mediterranean climate?
Warm, dry summers; rainy, mild winters
According to the textbook, western Europe includes which subregions?
NOT CENTRAL EUROPE.
What is Europe's largest port?
Rotterdam
In addition to industrial sites, cities, and transport spaces, what is the dominant land cover throughout Europe?
Crops and pasture grass
The highest and most central part of the main European mountain range is known as the _______.
Alps
The collective term used to refer to the group of countries that includes Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, and others is ____________.
The Balkans
T/F Rules and standards that apply to the countries of the European Union tend to influence people and businesses in those countries only.
FALSE
What climate type dominates eastern Europe and consists of hot summers and long cold winters?
Humid continental
The coastal zones of the North European plain are best described as:
Populous
T/F Forests in Europe are intensively managed forests and now regenerating on abandoned farmland.
TRUE
T/F The newest members of the European Union are former communist countries with overall lower standards of lving and higher unemployment rates than the countries of western Europe
TRUE
What types of crops are grown in Europe's mediterranean climate?
Olives, citrus, wheat
What is true about Europes largest mountain chain?
It stretches predominantly in the east-west direction.
The entire European region is one giant ___________ extending off the Eurasian continent.
Peninsula
The North Atlantic Drift is the easternmost end of __________.
The Gulf Stream
Europe's moderate climate is largely due to what?
The climate moderating effects of the large bodies of water that surround it.
What climate dominates in northwestern Europe?
temperate midlatitude climate
The economic core of Europe is located where the Rhine river meets _________.
The North Sea
T/F Most of Europe's largest rivers are too shallow to accomodate transport vessels.
FALSE