Chapter 12 Questions

1) Why can Europe be called "a peninsula or peninsulas"?
Europe itself is a peninsula and has a bunch of smaller peninsulas on it as well

2) What European islands are located in North Atlantic?  In the Mediterranean Sea?
NA - Iceland, Belfast, Ireland, and the UK | MS - Corsica, Sardinia, and the Balearic Isles

3) How do mountains and uplands affect life in Europe?
Mountains act as walls and make it difficult for peoples, goods, and ideas to travel. They also affect climate because the wind cant get over them so lower places like Italy are warmer.

4) The Alps arc across what countries or places?
France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the northern Balkan peninsula

5) The Pyrenees are located where?
Near Spain and Portugal

6) Where does the Danube flow?
Cuts through the heart of Europe west to east.

7) How are rivers used in Europe?
As waterways for trade and transport

8) What is the most important plain in Europe?
The European Plain

9) Why is it important?
It is one of the most fertile fields in the world and has provided a quantity of food over the centuries

10) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?
They are an advantage because they control the weather and could help with defense. They're a disadvantage because it makes the transport of people, goods, and ideas harder.

11) How did natural resources help Europe to become industrialized?
Because Europe has an abundance of coal and iron, which are needed for an industrialized economy. The two can also be used to make steel.