1. The mountains make it so other places can't invade as easily and are unable to trade with Europe. And the mountains block winds so places like Italy aren't as cold.
2. The rivers are important for the geography because they are wide and help encourage trade and travel.
3. The most important oil fields are in the UK and Netherlands. Countries that pump oil from them are in Norway, the Netherlands, the UK and Denmark.
4. The prevailing westerlies blow from west to east and pick up warmth from a current coming from the tropics. Then they carry it over to Europe but the mountains block the winds so they are mostly inland.
5.You would find Citrus fruits in the Mediterranean climate because the mountains block cold north winds from getting to the Balkan, Iberian, and Italian peninsulas.
6. In the far Northern part of Scandinavia there no trees growing because the land is always covered in Permafrost. There are moss and lichens.
7. The Dutch built seaworks because so they could control the sea's destructive impact on humans.
8. People in the Netherlands have changed the physical geography of their land by building polders and draining the land so they would have more room for their population and they made a part of the North Sea into a freshwater lake by building dikes.
9. Industrial waste, sewage, and saltwater all combined are polluting the Venice Canals.
10. Forests in Europe were chopped down because in the beginning of the developing industry they needed more wood to make more charcoal.
Why do you have question #3 twice?
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