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  • What dry winter wind can many people in the Alps experience?
    a foehn
  • What are some proposed solutions to the environmental problems of Western Europe?
    banning private vehicles on certain days, offering free public transportation, and transitioning to low carbon energy sources
  • Which country has the strongest economy in Western Europe?
    Switzerland
  • What river in Europe flows the opposite direction of the Danube into the heart of eastern Germany and into the North Sea?
    Elbe
  • Which country is known for its cuisine, especially in baking?
    France
  • parcels of low-lying land reclaimed from the sea through the use of dikes
    polder
  • What causes much of Western Europe to have more fertile soil?
    deposits of loess, a fine-grained soil carried by the wind
  • What two things used in agriculture are seeping into the rivers causing the water to be polluted?
    fertilizers and pesticides
  • What is the longest river in France?
    Loire
  • What food in Western Europe is famous worldwide?
    Belgian waffles
  • Name five major lakes of Western Continental Europe.
    Lake Constance, Lake Geneva, Lake Neuchatel, Lake Lucerne, and Lake Zurich
  • Which country in Western Europe is the economic powerhouse?
    Germany
  • What growing population has caused tension in Western Europe?
    Muslim
  • What is the highest mountain in the Alps?
    Mont Blanc
  • What are the two largest lakes at each end of the Swiss plateau?
    Lake Constance and Lake Geneva
  • What two foods is Switzerland known for?
    Swiss roll cake and Zopf (a braised bread)
  • What food is Luxembourg is famous for?
    raisin bread
  • Many people in Western Europe are practical __, who are certain that God does not exist.
    atheists
  • What organization are the nations of Western Europe have become united under?
    the EU, the European Union
  • What industries does Germany lead in?
    agriculture, manufacturing, and service sectors
  • What country in Western Europe has the highest life expectancy?
    Switzerland
  • Hitler's attempt to systematically murder every Jewish person within his sphere of influence
    Holocaust
  • Western Europe is the most __ conscious region of the world.
    environmentally
  • What kind of music is Western Europe known more for?
    classical
  • What comes from Africa that has caused the air to be polluted in Western Europe?
    sandy winds
  • Which country in Western Europe is the most ethnically diverse?
    France
  • What are the reasons Germany, Austria, and Switzerland have a low-context culture?
    Punctuality, being task-oriented, and crisis planning are important.
  • What city in Western Europe is known as the capital of classical music?
    Vienna, Austria
  • Which country in Western Europe has the most water issues?
    Germany
  • What other natural resources is Western Europe famous for?
    dairy products, timber, coal, and hydroelectric power
  • What lakes are the most important bodies of water in Switzerland and Austria?
    Alpine Lakes
  • What are the four subregions of the Alpine Mountain System?
    Western Alps, Central Alps, Eastern Alps, and the Pyrenees
  • What does both atheists and agnostics deny the existence of?
    any supernatural deity
  • What are Switzerland's two largest industries?
    banking and tourism
  • What region of Western Europe is the largest?
    Great European Plain
  • Name five major bodies of water bordering Western Continental Europe.
    Baltic Sea, North Sea, English Channel, Bay of Biscay, and Mediterranean Sea
  • Name some natural resources that Germany provides.
    barley, rye, wheat, potatoes, and sugar beets
  • Which country in Western Europe has the third-largest economy, but it is the weakest in the EU?
    France
  • What organization are most EU countries also members of?
    NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • What demographic do all countries in Western Europe, excluding France, have a decline in?
    birthrate
  • What has become the norm in the Netherlands that has contributed to a better environment?
    people ride bikes everywhere
  • What landform is located on the French/Swiss border that are common in this area?
    Grotto Cave
  • Name some natural resources the Netherlands provides.
    flowers (tulips) and vegetables
  • What landform is located in southern France that happens to be one of the longest canyons in the world?
    Verdon Gorge
  • Three examples of German cuisine
    Black Forest cake, pumpernickel bread, and pretzels
  • what countries are called that have the world's top economies
    G20
  • What range was formed by the collision of the African and European tectonic plates?
    Alps Mountains
  • The people of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are classified as having what kind of culture?
    low-context
  • What is the primary climate of Western Continental Europe?
    marine-west-coast
  • Two examples of legendary French cuisine
    baguettes and croissants
  • What is the second-longest river in Europe?
    Danube
  • What country makes up the Western Upland region of Western Europe?
    France
  • strong walls of stone and earth built to restrict or restrain the flow of water
    dike
  • Name some natural resources that France provides.
    wheat, sugar beets, grapes, vegetables, and barley
  • What can a foehn (dry, winter wind) cause which is a large amount of snow that detaches and moves down a mountain?
    avalanche
  • What river forms part of its border with Germany and flows through several important regions of Germany?
    Rhine
  • What river in Europe flows south into the Mediterranean Sea?
    Rhone
  • What country in Western Europe remains neutral?
    Switzerland
  • What subregion is a series of mountains and plateaus formed through volcanic activity?
    Massif Central
  • What is France's second-longest river that flows through the city of Paris and directly into the English Channel?
    Seine
  • What is the subregion of the Great European Plain?
    Aquitaine Basin
  • What are France's two largest industries?
    chemical engineering and tourism
  • What has Germany done to the rivers to allow larger container ships to travel down?
    straightened the rivers
  • What causes 50% of the air pollution in Western Europe?
    vehicle emissions
  • What is the most important resource in Western Continental Europe?
    fertile soil or arable land
  • What do agnostics claim about God?
    humans are unable to know for sure God does not exist
  • What river flows into the Rhine and is the location of the largest industrial region in Europe?
    Ruhr
  • What is a food that the Netherlands is famous for?
    Dutch apple pie
  • Name the four regions of Western Europe.
    Western Uplands, Central Uplands, Great European Plain, and the Alpine Mountain System
  • What is still the predominant religion in Western Europe?
    Roman Catholicism
  • What are the four subregions of the Central Uplands in Western Europe?
    Massif Central, Jura Mountains, Ardennes, and the Black Forest
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