WG_9 Ch12 Southern Europe Test Review

A body of mountain ranges formed by tectonic forces charcteristic of the Pyrenees

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a very rare heavy-metal element essential to high-tech industry, mined along the Pyrenees

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a place where an ecosystem has been killed or degraded by human activity, as exemplified by dead zones in the Mediterranean Sea

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an independently governed community and surrounding lands, such as ancient Athens & Sparta

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the period of cultural rebirth beginning in Italy during the 1300's

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the landform of Southern Europe which include Spain and Portugal

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an environmental consequence of hotter, drier conditions and the fires the climate change may produce

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the removal of topsoil and the vegetation anchored by it, resulting in desertification

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the longest river in Spain, used for hydroelectric power, but inaccessible to boats

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the largest mountain range in Europe, separating the marine west coast climate to the north and the warm Mediterranean climate to the south

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