GEOG Module 3 – Flashcards
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The principal industry of the Alpine region is:
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tourism
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The highest mountain range in Russia is:
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Caucasus
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The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted from:
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1946 to 1990.
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The Aral Sea is located mostly in which country?
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Kazakhstan
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What is the single most dominant feature of the Northwestern Uplands landscape?
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grasslands
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In the 1990s, the most extreme example of ethnic cleansing occurred in the ________ region.
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Kosovo
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The "Southern Crescent" of Europe includes all of these cities, except
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Turin
Munich
Zurich
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Paris
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The most important crop grown under irrigation in Central Asia is:
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cotton
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In the steppe region of the North European Lowlands, what type of agriculture dominates the landscape?
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Sheep
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Which country was expelled from the Soviet bloc due to ideological differences?
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Yugoslavia
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Which of the following is the fastest-growing religious grouping in Russia?
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Muslims
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The Randstad, a densely populated, highly urbanized region, is located in this country.
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the Netherlands
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The climate of Southeastern Europe is classified as:
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Mediterranean
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In 2008, gas and oil accounted for roughly ________ of Russia's export earnings.
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two-thirds
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The deepest lake in the world is:
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Lake Baykal
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This Russian physiographic region is flat, contains extensive wetlands, and tens of thousands of small lakes.
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West Siberian Plain
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Russia's current population is approximately:
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235 million
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During the Russian Diaspora of the early 20th century, 1/4 of these migrants settled in which American City?
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New York City
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Which of the following is the largest inland sea in the world?
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Caspian
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In 2008, how many Russians lived below the poverty level?
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14% less than 15%
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Which country first developed polder landscape techniques?
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Netherlands
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A central business district is a central nucleus within a city, with mostly this kind of land use.
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commercial
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This mountain range is sometimes used to mark the boundary between Europe and Asia.
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Urals
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During what period did innovations in technology and business bring Europe into a new merchant capitalist economy?
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15th-16th century
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This has been the overall result of the European Union's policy toward agriculture.
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a withdrawal from mixed farming in Europe
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The term "Slavic" denotes ethnicity and:
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a language group
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The technique that allows the cultivation of crops without irrigation in regions of limited moisture is referred to as:
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dry-farming
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What country or region has experienced the greatest environmental impact from the nuclear reactor accident at Chernobyl, 1986?
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Ukraine
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This is the collective name given to a network of overland trade routes that connected China with Mediterranean Europe
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The Silk Road
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The Randstad, a densely populated, highly urbanized region, is located in this country.
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the Netherlands
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In 2013, gas and oil accounted for roughly ______ of Russia's export earnings
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two-thirds
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This Russian physiographic region is flat, contains extensive wetlands, and tens of thousands of small lakes.
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West Siberian Plain
