Central Europe and Northern Eurasia SG3 – Flashcards
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Describe the significant events and developments in the history of Central Europe and Northern Eurasia
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Russian Revolution led to the Soviet Union----dissolved in 1991
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Identify major physical characteristics of Central Europe and Northern Eurasia
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covered in broad plains Europe and Asia can be viewed as one continent.
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Compare climate regions in Central Europe and Northern Eurasia
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from mild Mediterranean (Budapest, Hungary) to frigid tundra (Russia)
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• Describe characteristics of major ecosystems in Central Europe and Northern Eurasia
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tundra has the toughest grasses, mosses, and lichens
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• Discuss elements of culture in Central Europe and Northern Eurasia
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- orthodox Christianity is important - home to dozens of ethnic groups like Estonian - Prague has both traditional and modern
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• Identify how the economy, technology, and the environment interact in Central Europe and Northern Eurasia
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- women make up 50% of the work force because a large % of men dying in WWII. - Russia sought ports that can be open to shipping all year (Baltic Port) - Industrial activities have resulted in acid rain
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• Compare the state of health care in Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States
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Poland has free medical care. Birth Mortality rates are low and the life expectancy is high. Romania has a low life life expectancy and a weak health care due to pollution. Russia had good health care when it was the Soviet Union but after the system is underfunded and infant and mortality rates are high. Medicine is low. Ukraine has a lot of doctors but the health system faces issues because of the nuclear accident
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• Discuss how economic systems can affect health care systems
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The fall of communism in this region has greatly affected health care. Under communism, health care was provided to all citizens. Now it is struggling to build systems
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Ch 19 •List some major physical characteristics of Poland
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- covered by North European Plain -fertile soil but unfit for farming -mountains contain industrial resources
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Explain how World War II affected Polish culture
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- changed from multiethnic to predominantly Roman Catholic - caused migration of Germans and Poles so people living in Poland are mostly Polish.
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Describe how the fall of communism affected nationalism and the economy of Poland
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- most of people in Poland are truly polish because of the amount of Germans that fled - it was a troubled economy with difficulty of attracting foreign investors. - did increase in the 2000's
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Discuss changes in political and economic conditions in the Czech Republic since the 1980s
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- decline of Soviet Union and resulted with a democratic parliament. -used Privatizations and sought membership in the EU.
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List the challenges facing the regions of Bohemia and Moravia
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- ending air and water pollution - nation's forest have been destroyed by acid rain and industrial pollution
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Explain the economic issues Slovakia faces
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- smaller businesses have had difficulty, especially in the poorer and eastern part of the country.
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Describe how privatization has affected Hungary's economy
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- steady growth, declining inflation and increases foreign investment -strengthen ties with Western Europe
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Summarize how Romania's economy has changed since the end of Communist rule
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- led to economic chaos - ineffective governments caused economy to deteriorate - western investment helped economy with a multiplier effect
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Identify the signs of Bulgaria's economic growth
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- found new markets for goods in Western countries - foreign investments - tourism
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Describe the effects of foreign investment on Albania
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- this effected them to become isolation - isolation led to them being one of Europe's poorest countries
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Explain why internal tensions challenge the people of the Balkan nations
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- Slovenia and Croatia were worried that other republics would drag them to poverty
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Describe how location has affected the history and economics of the Baltic states
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- benefited from their access to the sea and their location along major trade routes. - also suffered by their location because other invading armies battled control for this region.
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Explain why many Ukrainians were eager to break free of foreign domination
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- for 5 centuries, region been controlled by foreign powers. - Under Soviet rule, Ukraine suffered, especially from a nuclear reaction, collective farms, and environmental damage
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Identify the main physical characteristics of Russia
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- rolling plains that cover nearly all the west of Yensi River - Ural Mountains contain valuable minerals - diving Europe from Asia are the Ural Mts. -Volga River, Europe's longest river
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Describe how location and climate affect ecosystems in Russia
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- most of Russia's land is removed from any bodies of water. -climate is subarctic -the cold climate makes the tundra treeless and only the plants there can survive the weather.
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Explain how Siberia offers opportunities and poses unique challenges
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-permafrost can be used to balance the heat for high rise buildings -valuable minerals in reserves but are hard to get to due to climate.
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Explain how Russian territory expanded under the czars
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- Peter the Great expanded because the lack of any greater power threatening them and few natural barriers limited the expansion -by the end of 20th century had most of Northern Eurasia
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Identify the economic and political conditions that marked the Communist era
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-there were collective farms and less agricultural produce and more industrial -had a command economy -each republic had its own soviet
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Discuss how the end of Communist rule led to changes in Russia
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- led to democracy and a world power again -Boris Yelten as the first president -central government domination
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Identify some of the defining characteristics of life in Russia today
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- in their leisure time they enjoy sports, music and artistic creativity
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Explain how ethnic turmoil challenges Russia
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-threats of Chechen rebels with bombings and killings
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List the common methods of transportation in Russia
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-river, easy for boats and when it is frozen used as a road and railroad for transporting goods.
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Summarize the economic and environmental problems facing Russia
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-intense industrialization depleted resources and environment. Volga river so polluted that many fish species are extinct. - technical expertise in cleaning the environment is lacking and there is problem of shortage in money.
