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What bodies of water surroind Europe
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Atlantic, Baltic, North, artistic, Mediterranean, and black
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What are the six main peninsulas
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Jutland, Crimean, Iberian, Balkan, Scandinavian, Apennine
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Denmark formally owned what
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Iceland
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What is the significance of where Iceland is located
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Geological hotspot sitting on the mid Atlantic Ridge
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Physical geography of Western Europe
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North European plane, the Alps
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Netherlands
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25% of the land is below sea level = lots of flooding. Also called Holland. Build Dykes to hold back water from sea. Holders are reclaim the land from the sea that are used to drain using windmills
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British Isles
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A.k.a. the Emerald Isle. Include Great Britain and Ireland
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Physical geography of Southern Europe
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The Alps are the barrier between southern Europe and the rest of Europe. Iberian Peninsula is separated from Africa by the straight of Gibraltar which is the division between Atlantic and Mediterranean sea's. The Pyrenees mountains separate Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe. Appenine peninsula has plains (Lombardy) and the app in the mountains. The Balkan Peninsula has lots of mountains
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Islands of the Mediterranean
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Most important trading posts, Mount Etna is Europe's tallest active volcano
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Physical geography of Eastern Europe
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Dinaric alps Area between it and the Adriatic Sea is the Dalmatian coast. The Hungarian plainis very fertile
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Northwest Europe water systems
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Very important. Alps are major source of rivers. Thames river: allows bars chips to come into London. Rhine River: blinks lots of cities which equals industrialization. Brown river: only one that connects to the Mediterranean. Danube River: international waterway connected to the Rhine River by the Maine-Danube Canal linking the north and black seas.
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Northern Europe waterways
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Most are on the Scandinavian peninsula, are short and not good for trade. And then, Iceland, and Sweden are able to use for Energy
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Southern Europe waterways
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Limited commercial use because very shallow. The Po river: marks Lombardy plain. Tiber river: ancient home to Rome. Rivers on the boat components are short and not suitable
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Northern Europe climate
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Arctic tundra to sub arctic, to Marine West Coast and humid continental
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Northwestern Europe climate
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Marine West Coast because warm water from the Caribbean is brought to Western Europe via the Gulfstream and north Atlantic drift
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Southern Europe climate
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Mediterranean climate, good for growing grapes, olives, shrub herbs, etc. the Alps block precipitation=dry
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Eastern Europe climate
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Humid continental, doesn't benefit from more motion currents like Western Europe
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Northern Europe natural resources
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Renewable energy resources: Hydro electric, and you thermal, wind. Timber. Oil and natural gas in Norway from the north Sea
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Northwestern Europe natural resources
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Cool and iron or do you want the Industrial Revolution but became too expensive to mine who had to find a new source. PeAt: veggie matter composed of mosses, Doug dried then burned for fuel
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Southern Europe natural resources
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Portugal: copper Pyrenees mountains: Cold, tin, tungsten. Hydroelectricity
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Eastern Europe natural resources
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Carpathians: natural gas, oil, coal Poland: minerals, coal, oil, natural gas, Amber Danube River: Hydro electric power
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Population of Europe
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About 580 million excluding Russia. Number one most densely populated continent. Six largest continent in land area, third largest continent in population. Number one most urbanize continent
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Population in the country's
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Germany: largest, 82.6 million vatican city: smallest, 1000. Not distributed evenly
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Population patterns in northern Europe
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Open policies allow guess workers and student refugees from Africa which increases the diverse city. Most live on southern coast. Did Mark has extremely low birth rate due to highly educated and paid women. Iceland is ethnically homogenous
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Northwestern Europe population pattern
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Densely populated: Netherlands and Belgium, post World War II immigration, decreasing population
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Southern Europe population patterns
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Greece is the most rural of all southern European countries. Declining population due to stability. Practice of younger generations caring for elderly is declining; strains social welfare systems. Immigration is big
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The people in Europe
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Very diverse; 40 countries. Numerous ethnic groups
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Ethnic conflict in Europe
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Most countries have more than one ethnic group; can cause tension example Yugoslavia.
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The break up of Yugoslavia
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Thousands of Bosnian Muslims killed in early 1990s due to ethnic cleansing. Hundreds of thousands forced to flee during violence in Serbia and kosovo in the late 1990s thousands died worst conflict in Europe since World War II
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Sources of unity for Europe
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Importance of past and family, cultural achievements of ancestors,commitment to democracy, government responsibility for social welfare
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Balkan Peninsula
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Surrounded by bodies of water on three sides of which are the Adriatic, Mediterranean and Black seas
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Balkan Peninsula landscape
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Very mountainous makes travel difficult. People tend to stay isolated in villages; inhabitants cultural exchange and leads to many different ethnicities in a small area which means no unity. Difficult to fight and conquer and area.
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Balkans dangerous position
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Often called the "land in between quote. In between East and western Europe. Roman Catholic and Byzantine church. Christianity and Islam
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The ethnicities
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Croat: A southern Slav that is Roman Catholic Serb: A Southern Slav that is orthodox Bosniak: southern Slav converted to muslim
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Balkanization
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The seven countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kovoso, Macedonia
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Siege of Sarajevo
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Longest siege in the history of modern warfare from 1992 to 1996
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Northern you're up early history
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Viking age: rating expeditions of Vikings into western and eastern Europe, exploration into Iceland, Greenland, North America. Christianity was slow to spread, became increasingly continental as time went on
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Southern Europe early history
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Ancient Greece: City states, Athens was a democracy, the arts, philosophy, Matt, and medicine today has been influenced by the ancient Greeks Ancient Rome: largest empire of ancient world, republic established on the rule of law and balance of power, Christianity
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The Roman empire
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The Roman empire split into east and west because it is so big. The west: the capital is Rome; Roman Catholicism The East: capital is Constantinople; Eastern orthodoxy Lasted for 1000 years until it fails to Ottoman Turks
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Middle ages or dark ages
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Roman brought stability, now Europe is vulnerable to invading Germanic groups for several hundred years. Iberian Peninsula is overtaken by Muslims, black plague
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Crusades
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Islam versus Christianity and control over the holy land in the eastern Mediterranean. Was mostly a failure for European forces. Open up the east to trade routes
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Renaissance
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300 years of rebirth starting in Italy,. Of discovery and learning in the arts, politics, architecture, science, etc. Greek and Roman influence
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Protestant reformation
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Martin Luther and the 95 theses, Anglican reformation. Listen the power of the Roman Catholic Church
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Enlightenment
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1600s; intellectual movement that emphasize reason and began to question long-standing traditions and values. Galileo and the heliocentric view of the world
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Enlightenment politics
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People wanted a more of a say in government which made revolutions occur all over Europe
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Industrial Revolution
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Begins in England because of industrial capitalism the middle class emerges in the lowest class has social problems. Karl Marx and communism: economic quality workers would control the factories
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World War I
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Caused by jealousy and rivalries over colonies and power and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Germany had to pay reparations for the war, couldn't afford it, big depression
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Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
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World War II
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Unresolved issues from World War I and great depression along Hitler to take power
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Holocaust
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6 million Jews in millions of other groups murdered by Nazi Germany
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World War II winners
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Germany was divided into four parts for the for Victor's which are Great Britain, France, United States, and Soviet union
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The Cold War
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Power struggle between the communist world and non-Communist world
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Capital West Germany
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Bonn
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Capital of east Germany
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East Berlin
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Berlin wall
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Khrushchev become the new leader of the Soviet Union in 1995. Lots of people were fleeing from poverty in East Berlin into West Berlin. Khrushchev wants to stop this in 1961 East Germany begins to build a wall separating the two Burlins
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End of Cold War
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Proxy wars, arms race, space race. Gorbachev comes to power in the Soviet Union in 1985 and brings new thinking leading to stunning changes. He eliminate some nuclear weapons to show arms race and told out Soviet military support and Eastern Europe. The Berlin wall comes down in 1989 Germany was reunited on October 3, 1990. By 1991 the Soviet union is dissolved
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Language in Europe today
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Many dialects. Eastern Europe: Slavic languages northern Europe: Germanic languages southern Europe: romance languages. They all come from the language of ancient Rome and are all Indo-European
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Religion in Europe today
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Primarily Christianity Roman Catholic: southern Europe eastern orthodox: Eastern Europe Protestantism: Northern Europe
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The EU
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1990s: leaders who encourage market economies, devolution. Need a closer ties in economies and politics to prevent further conflict. Less restrictions on trade and travel
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Maastricht treaty
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In 1991, enforced by November 1993. Purpose: enhance European political and economic integration
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Goals of the EU
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create a single Currensy, unified foreign-policy, common citizen rights, advance cooperation in the areas of immigration
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The euro
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Advantages: less money exchanging when traveling or trading and easier for business. Disadvantages: losing national identity, new and different
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EU requirements
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Free market economy, stable democracy and rule of law, acceptance of all EU legislature
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Russia's physical geography
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World's largest country, stretches across two continents, twice the size of US
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Ural mountains
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Mark boundary between European and Asian Russia, Rich with iron, oil and natural gas
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Caucasus Mountains
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Live between black and Caspian Sea; contain Russia's highest point
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Central Siberian plateau
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Creates boundary between Russia and China
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Siberia
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77% Russia, with Siberian plane has poor drainage which makes rounds and marshes
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Russia's waterways
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Longest continuous coastline, but much is frozen. Warm water port or in short supply. The Black Sea provide an outlet to the Mediterranean. The Caspian Sea is the largest and Linda body of water in the world it is slowly evaporating
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Lake baikal
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In southern Siberia. Third largest lake in Asia and the deepest freshwater lake in the world; contains 20% of earths freshwater, threatened by pollution
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Volga River
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Vital to Russia as a drainage, connection to the Caspian Sea in northern Europe, source of hydroelectric power and drinking water, pollution
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Natural resources in Russia
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Has a lot but they are hard-to-reach petroleum and natural gas, 16% of world cool
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Climate of russia
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75% of Russia is located more north than the US. Largest climate region is sub arctic
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Kievan runs
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In the 800s Scandinavian Warriors settled among the slavs and eventually organized into a loose union of city states.
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The rise of Russia
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Slavs develop Moscow in muscovy.
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Who is the first czar
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Ivan the great grandson; Ivan the 5th awesome Ivan the Terrible. He expands the borders, after his reign the country declined
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Serfdom
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Enslaved workforce bound to the land
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Peter the Great
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Modernize Russia, and large territory for warm seaports, St. Petersburg
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Catherine the great
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Expanded to the Black Sea
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The Russian Revolution
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Discontent and Government refreshing, educated Russians wanted to open the government the reforms were limited.
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Czar Nicholas the second
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Forced to give up his throne ending the role of Roman czars his family was forced into exile and executed by the Bolsheviks
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Bolsheviks
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A revolutionary group that was communist led by Vladimir lenin
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The Soviet era
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The Bolsheviks and linen seize control of Russia in November 1917, withdrew from World War I surrendering territory. Took over industry, direct food distribution and establish an eight hour workday and reformed the army
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Civil War
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Between Bolshevik red army and anti-Bolshevik white or me, red Army wind and now they are full-time communist
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Joseph Stalin
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Climbs to power defeating his rivals, wants to make the Soviet Union in industrial giant so he sees his control of factories and farms, million die from hunger, physical hardships or brutal conditions of labor camps
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Superpower
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so be union was able to push out and baiting German Nazis during World War II but at great cost. Controlled much of Eastern Europe after World War II and it's new countries are called satellites.
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Soviet break up
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1980s: communism was failing, low wages, large black market
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Gorbachev
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Perestroika: restructuring the economy Glasnost: openess in gov Soviet Union dissolves in 1991
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Who becomes the first president of the new Russian republic
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Boris Yelton
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A new Russia
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Market economy; massive unemployment, began to improve by the late 1990s Separatist movements
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Russia's population density
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Six most populous country in the world but not high density
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Population trends
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Population crisis; birth rate is not close to replacing the death rate which encourages immigration, population is decreasing in getting older
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Ethnic diversity
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Over 100 different ethnic groups 80% a Russian
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Caucasian people
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Live in the Caucasians region; many are Malone
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Culture today in Russia
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Apartment blocks instead of housing full-time women inclement
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Environmental concerns in Russia
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Soviet disregarded the concerns
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Chernobyl disaster
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Fire broke out in nuclear reactor, the fire lead to meltdown of the core and the least radioactive particles into environment than carried by wind. Soviet officers were slow to report this and did not evacuate people sooner. Many people die and some had cancer and diseases
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Kyoto protocol
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Designed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by the European countries, he does a cap and trade systemA limit is placed on a mission in business or countries can buy and sell
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What bodies of water surroind Europe
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Atlantic, Baltic, North, artistic, Mediterranean, and black
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What are the six main peninsulas
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Jutland, Crimean, Iberian, Balkan, Scandinavian, Apennine
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Denmark formally owned what
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Iceland
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What is the significance of where Iceland is located
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Geological hotspot sitting on the mid Atlantic Ridge
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Physical geography of Western Europe
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North European plane, the Alps
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Netherlands
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25% of the land is below sea level = lots of flooding. Also called Holland. Build Dykes to hold back water from sea. Holders are reclaim the land from the sea that are used to drain using windmills
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British Isles
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A.k.a. the Emerald Isle. Include Great Britain and Ireland
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Physical geography of Southern Europe
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The Alps are the barrier between southern Europe and the rest of Europe. Iberian Peninsula is separated from Africa by the straight of Gibraltar which is the division between Atlantic and Mediterranean sea's. The Pyrenees mountains separate Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe. Appenine peninsula has plains (Lombardy) and the app in the mountains. The Balkan Peninsula has lots of mountains
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Islands of the Mediterranean
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Most important trading posts, Mount Etna is Europe's tallest active volcano
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Physical geography of Eastern Europe
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Dinaric alps Area between it and the Adriatic Sea is the Dalmatian coast. The Hungarian plainis very fertile
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Northwest Europe water systems
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Very important. Alps are major source of rivers. Thames river: allows bars chips to come into London. Rhine River: blinks lots of cities which equals industrialization. Brown river: only one that connects to the Mediterranean. Danube River: international waterway connected to the Rhine River by the Maine-Danube Canal linking the north and black seas.
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Northern Europe waterways
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Most are on the Scandinavian peninsula, are short and not good for trade. And then, Iceland, and Sweden are able to use for Energy
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Southern Europe waterways
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Limited commercial use because very shallow. The Po river: marks Lombardy plain. Tiber river: ancient home to Rome. Rivers on the boat components are short and not suitable
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Northern Europe climate
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Arctic tundra to sub arctic, to Marine West Coast and humid continental
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Northwestern Europe climate
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Marine West Coast because warm water from the Caribbean is brought to Western Europe via the Gulfstream and north Atlantic drift
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Southern Europe climate
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Mediterranean climate, good for growing grapes, olives, shrub herbs, etc. the Alps block precipitation=dry
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Eastern Europe climate
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Humid continental, doesn't benefit from more motion currents like Western Europe
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Northern Europe natural resources
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Renewable energy resources: Hydro electric, and you thermal, wind. Timber. Oil and natural gas in Norway from the north Sea
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Northwestern Europe natural resources
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Cool and iron or do you want the Industrial Revolution but became too expensive to mine who had to find a new source. PeAt: veggie matter composed of mosses, Doug dried then burned for fuel
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Southern Europe natural resources
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Portugal: copper Pyrenees mountains: Cold, tin, tungsten. Hydroelectricity
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Eastern Europe natural resources
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Carpathians: natural gas, oil, coal Poland: minerals, coal, oil, natural gas, Amber Danube River: Hydro electric power
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Population of Europe
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About 580 million excluding Russia. Number one most densely populated continent. Six largest continent in land area, third largest continent in population. Number one most urbanize continent
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Population in the country's
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Germany: largest, 82.6 million vatican city: smallest, 1000. Not distributed evenly
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Population patterns in northern Europe
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Open policies allow guess workers and student refugees from Africa which increases the diverse city. Most live on southern coast. Did Mark has extremely low birth rate due to highly educated and paid women. Iceland is ethnically homogenous
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Northwestern Europe population pattern
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Densely populated: Netherlands and Belgium, post World War II immigration, decreasing population
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Southern Europe population patterns
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Greece is the most rural of all southern European countries. Declining population due to stability. Practice of younger generations caring for elderly is declining; strains social welfare systems. Immigration is big
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The people in Europe
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Very diverse; 40 countries. Numerous ethnic groups
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Ethnic conflict in Europe
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Most countries have more than one ethnic group; can cause tension example Yugoslavia.
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The break up of Yugoslavia
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Thousands of Bosnian Muslims killed in early 1990s due to ethnic cleansing. Hundreds of thousands forced to flee during violence in Serbia and kosovo in the late 1990s thousands died worst conflict in Europe since World War II
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Sources of unity for Europe
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Importance of past and family, cultural achievements of ancestors,commitment to democracy, government responsibility for social welfare
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Balkan Peninsula
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Surrounded by bodies of water on three sides of which are the Adriatic, Mediterranean and Black seas
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Balkan Peninsula landscape
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Very mountainous makes travel difficult. People tend to stay isolated in villages; inhabitants cultural exchange and leads to many different ethnicities in a small area which means no unity. Difficult to fight and conquer and area.
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Balkans dangerous position
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Often called the "land in between quote. In between East and western Europe. Roman Catholic and Byzantine church. Christianity and Islam
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The ethnicities
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Croat: A southern Slav that is Roman Catholic Serb: A Southern Slav that is orthodox Bosniak: southern Slav converted to muslim
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Balkanization
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The seven countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kovoso, Macedonia
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Siege of Sarajevo
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Longest siege in the history of modern warfare from 1992 to 1996
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Northern you're up early history
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Viking age: rating expeditions of Vikings into western and eastern Europe, exploration into Iceland, Greenland, North America. Christianity was slow to spread, became increasingly continental as time went on
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Southern Europe early history
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Ancient Greece: City states, Athens was a democracy, the arts, philosophy, Matt, and medicine today has been influenced by the ancient Greeks Ancient Rome: largest empire of ancient world, republic established on the rule of law and balance of power, Christianity
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The Roman empire
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The Roman empire split into east and west because it is so big. The west: the capital is Rome; Roman Catholicism The East: capital is Constantinople; Eastern orthodoxy Lasted for 1000 years until it fails to Ottoman Turks
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Middle ages or dark ages
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Roman brought stability, now Europe is vulnerable to invading Germanic groups for several hundred years. Iberian Peninsula is overtaken by Muslims, black plague
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Crusades
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Islam versus Christianity and control over the holy land in the eastern Mediterranean. Was mostly a failure for European forces. Open up the east to trade routes
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Renaissance
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300 years of rebirth starting in Italy,. Of discovery and learning in the arts, politics, architecture, science, etc. Greek and Roman influence
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Protestant reformation
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Martin Luther and the 95 theses, Anglican reformation. Listen the power of the Roman Catholic Church
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Enlightenment
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1600s; intellectual movement that emphasize reason and began to question long-standing traditions and values. Galileo and the heliocentric view of the world
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Enlightenment politics
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People wanted a more of a say in government which made revolutions occur all over Europe
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Industrial Revolution
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Begins in England because of industrial capitalism the middle class emerges in the lowest class has social problems. Karl Marx and communism: economic quality workers would control the factories
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World War I
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Caused by jealousy and rivalries over colonies and power and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Germany had to pay reparations for the war, couldn't afford it, big depression
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MAIN
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Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
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World War II
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Unresolved issues from World War I and great depression along Hitler to take power
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Holocaust
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6 million Jews in millions of other groups murdered by Nazi Germany
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World War II winners
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Germany was divided into four parts for the for Victor's which are Great Britain, France, United States, and Soviet union
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The Cold War
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Power struggle between the communist world and non-Communist world
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Capital West Germany
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Bonn
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Capital of east Germany
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East Berlin
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Berlin wall
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Khrushchev become the new leader of the Soviet Union in 1995. Lots of people were fleeing from poverty in East Berlin into West Berlin. Khrushchev wants to stop this in 1961 East Germany begins to build a wall separating the two Burlins
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End of Cold War
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Proxy wars, arms race, space race. Gorbachev comes to power in the Soviet Union in 1985 and brings new thinking leading to stunning changes. He eliminate some nuclear weapons to show arms race and told out Soviet military support and Eastern Europe. The Berlin wall comes down in 1989 Germany was reunited on October 3, 1990. By 1991 the Soviet union is dissolved
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Language in Europe today
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Many dialects. Eastern Europe: Slavic languages northern Europe: Germanic languages southern Europe: romance languages. They all come from the language of ancient Rome and are all Indo-European
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Religion in Europe today
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Primarily Christianity Roman Catholic: southern Europe eastern orthodox: Eastern Europe Protestantism: Northern Europe
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The EU
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1990s: leaders who encourage market economies, devolution. Need a closer ties in economies and politics to prevent further conflict. Less restrictions on trade and travel
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Maastricht treaty
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In 1991, enforced by November 1993. Purpose: enhance European political and economic integration
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Goals of the EU
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create a single Currensy, unified foreign-policy, common citizen rights, advance cooperation in the areas of immigration
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The euro
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Advantages: less money exchanging when traveling or trading and easier for business. Disadvantages: losing national identity, new and different
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EU requirements
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Free market economy, stable democracy and rule of law, acceptance of all EU legislature
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Russia's physical geography
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World's largest country, stretches across two continents, twice the size of US
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Ural mountains
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Mark boundary between European and Asian Russia, Rich with iron, oil and natural gas
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Caucasus Mountains
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Live between black and Caspian Sea; contain Russia's highest point
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Central Siberian plateau
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Creates boundary between Russia and China
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Siberia
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77% Russia, with Siberian plane has poor drainage which makes rounds and marshes
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Russia's waterways
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Longest continuous coastline, but much is frozen. Warm water port or in short supply. The Black Sea provide an outlet to the Mediterranean. The Caspian Sea is the largest and Linda body of water in the world it is slowly evaporating
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Lake baikal
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In southern Siberia. Third largest lake in Asia and the deepest freshwater lake in the world; contains 20% of earths freshwater, threatened by pollution
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Volga River
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Vital to Russia as a drainage, connection to the Caspian Sea in northern Europe, source of hydroelectric power and drinking water, pollution
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Natural resources in Russia
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Has a lot but they are hard-to-reach petroleum and natural gas, 16% of world cool
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Climate of russia
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75% of Russia is located more north than the US. Largest climate region is sub arctic
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Kievan runs
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In the 800s Scandinavian Warriors settled among the slavs and eventually organized into a loose union of city states.
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The rise of Russia
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Slavs develop Moscow in muscovy.
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Who is the first czar
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Ivan the great grandson; Ivan the 5th awesome Ivan the Terrible. He expands the borders, after his reign the country declined
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Serfdom
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Enslaved workforce bound to the land
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Peter the Great
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Modernize Russia, and large territory for warm seaports, St. Petersburg
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Catherine the great
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Expanded to the Black Sea
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The Russian Revolution
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Discontent and Government refreshing, educated Russians wanted to open the government the reforms were limited.
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Czar Nicholas the second
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Forced to give up his throne ending the role of Roman czars his family was forced into exile and executed by the Bolsheviks
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Bolsheviks
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A revolutionary group that was communist led by Vladimir lenin
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The Soviet era
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The Bolsheviks and linen seize control of Russia in November 1917, withdrew from World War I surrendering territory. Took over industry, direct food distribution and establish an eight hour workday and reformed the army
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Civil War
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Between Bolshevik red army and anti-Bolshevik white or me, red Army wind and now they are full-time communist
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Joseph Stalin
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Climbs to power defeating his rivals, wants to make the Soviet Union in industrial giant so he sees his control of factories and farms, million die from hunger, physical hardships or brutal conditions of labor camps
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Superpower
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so be union was able to push out and baiting German Nazis during World War II but at great cost. Controlled much of Eastern Europe after World War II and it's new countries are called satellites.
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Soviet break up
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1980s: communism was failing, low wages, large black market
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Gorbachev
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Perestroika: restructuring the economy Glasnost: openess in gov Soviet Union dissolves in 1991
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Who becomes the first president of the new Russian republic
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Boris Yelton
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A new Russia
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Market economy; massive unemployment, began to improve by the late 1990s Separatist movements
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Russia's population density
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Six most populous country in the world but not high density
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Population trends
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Population crisis; birth rate is not close to replacing the death rate which encourages immigration, population is decreasing in getting older
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Ethnic diversity
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Over 100 different ethnic groups 80% a Russian
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Caucasian people
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Live in the Caucasians region; many are Malone
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Culture today in Russia
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Apartment blocks instead of housing full-time women inclement
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Environmental concerns in Russia
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Soviet disregarded the concerns
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Chernobyl disaster
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Fire broke out in nuclear reactor, the fire lead to meltdown of the core and the least radioactive particles into environment than carried by wind. Soviet officers were slow to report this and did not evacuate people sooner. Many people die and some had cancer and diseases
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Kyoto protocol
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Designed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by the European countries, he does a cap and trade systemA limit is placed on a mission in business or countries can buy and sell