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An estimated 20,000 people died in March 2011 from the combination of an earthquake and a tsunami in coastal ________ PG 47- R

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Japan

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The circum-Pacific zone of activity, from the western Americas (both North and South) to East Asia, is particularly active and is often referred to as the _______________________

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Pacific Rim of Fire

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Upland and mountainous areas are usually wetter than the adjacent lowland areas because of the ________ whereby rising air is cooled and loses its ability to hold moisture as it flows up and over mountains, resulting in rain and snowfall - PG 51 - R and illustration

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Orographic effect The dry areas are said to be in the "rain shadow"

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A standard scheme, called the ________ System, devised in the early 20th century, is used to describe the world's diverse climates. PG 52 - L - illustration

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Koppen system

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What is weather? - PG 51 - R

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Weather is short term day to day expressions of atmospheric processes

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Anthropogenic emissions are caused by

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Humans Human- caused pollution in the lower atmosphere is increasing the natural greenhouse effect. Thence, global warming.

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The U.S. opposed the Kyoto Protocol in part because PG 54 - R

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Concerns it would hurt the US economy

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Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

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Oil / petroleum

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The increase in greenhouse gases during the last 130 years is primarily a result of

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Human consumption of fossil fuels

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What is the major source of carbon dioxide? PG 53 - R

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Consumption IE: burning of petroleum and coal

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What did countries that ratifed the Kyoto Protocol agree to do? PG 54 - R

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30 western industrialized countries agreed to reduce their emissions back to 1990 levels by 2012

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Why are less developed countries (LDCs) reluctant to sign the Kyoto Protocol? PG 54 - R

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LDC believed the MDC had caused the global warming problem with centuries of emissions and therefore should be the ones to fix it Believed it would hinder their economic development

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The natural process of the Earth's atmosphere heating through the trapping of reradiated infrared radiation is known as________________________ PG 49 - L

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Greenhouse Effect

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Water planners use the concept of ________ to map where water problems exist and also to predict where future problems will occur. PG 56 - R

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Water Stress

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Globally, about ________ percent of the world's freshwater usage is for agriculture.- PG 56 - R

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70%

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Currently, about ________ of the world's population lives in areas where water shortages are common - PG 56 - R

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Half

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In Haiti, even before the 2010 earthquake, almost ________ % of all deaths of children under five were directly tied to waterborne diseases - PG 57 - L

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20 %

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An assemblage of local plants, animals, and insects covering a large area such as a tropical rainforest or a grassland is called a - PG 57 - R

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Bioregion

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With what bioregion is the term "steppe" associated? PG 60- R

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Desert

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In the ________ climate regions, where precipitation exceeds 10 inches, a prolonged summer-season drought of three or four months produces a unique array of grasses, shrubs, and trees.

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Mediterranean

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In Canada and Alaska, evergreen, needleleaf forests are called ________ referring to their near arctic location. PG 62 - R

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Boreal Forests

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1) How many countries make up the European Union (EU)? - PG 252 - L

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27 countries

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2) How many countries does Europe contain? - PG 252 - L

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42 countries

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3) What mountain range in Europe is over 500 miles long and has peaks reaching 15,000 feet.- PG 255 - L

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Alps - part of the Alpine Mountain System

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4) In Europe, with what type of feature are the names Rhine, Loire, Thames, Danube, and Elbe associated? - PG 254 - R

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Rivers

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5) What European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France? - PG 255 - L

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Pyrenees - part of the Alpine Mountain System

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6) Which country of Europe is primarily located on the European Lowland? - PG 254 - R

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Netherlands ?

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7) In which European country would you find fjords? - PG 255 - R

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Norway

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8) Which part of Europe is the region's unquestionable focus of intensive agriculture, large cities, and major industrial activities? - PG 252 - R / 253 L

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European Lowlands

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9) How does the environment of Eastern Europe compare to that of Western Europe? - PG 257 - fig

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Eastern is colder (Continental) , polar like - Western is mild or Mediterranean (Oceanic) Eastern Europe is more polluted than Western until recent effort to rectify situation, with help of European Union

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10) What progress has Europe made toward meeting the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol?

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Fell short of 8% reduction --- 1% England and Germany reduced emissions over 10% by cutting coal usage, using more solar power etc.

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12) What are the current impacts of climate change in Europe? - PG 258 - R

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Warmer climates - causing glaciers to melt, snow to decrease, and droughts to become more frequent

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13) Which country of Europe has the largest population in the region? - PG 263 - figure

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Germany

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14) What is the approximate population of Europe? - PG 262 - figure

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About 530 million

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15) What event has been an important cause of the surge of immigration to European countries such as Germany since the beginning of the 1990s? - PG 265 - L

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The collapse of the Soviet Union

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16) Why have many European countries encouraged immigration of foreign populations into their borders in the recent past? - PG 265 - L

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High unemployment, no need to import workers

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18) Where do most immigrants to France come from? - PG 265 - figure

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Africa Former colonies in both northern and Sub-Saharan Africa

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19) What three historical eras are represented in European city landscapes? - PG 266 - R

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Medieval Renaissance - Baroque Industrial

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20) One of the major characteristics of Europe's population and settlement patterns is its high level of ____________________ -- PG 266 - L

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Urbanization

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21) What countries of Europe comprise the region of Scandinavia?

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While the term Scandinavia is commonly used for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the term the Nordic countries is used unambiguously for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland, including their associated territories (Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the Åland Islands).

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22) Which European Romance language contains many Slavic words? - PG 270 - L

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Romanian

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23) As their first language, 90 percent of Europe's population speak languages from what three groups? - PG 269 figure

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Germanic, Romance, and Slavic

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24) The number of speakers of Romance and Germanic languages in Europe is roughly equal. About how many speakers does each group have in Europe?

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170 - 200 million

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25) What is the second-most widely spoken Germanic language in Europe? - PG 268 - R

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English

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28) What has been an important source of conflict in Northern Ireland? - PG 270 - R

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Religion (Catholic v/s Protestant)

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29) Today, Europe has about ________ million Catholics - PG 272 - L

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250 million

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30) Today, Europe has just under ________ million Protestants - PG 272 - L

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100 million

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31) In what part of Europe is Protestantism the dominant religion? - PG 272 - L

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Northern Germany, Scandinavian countries, and England

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32) Which country of Europe has the region's largest percentage of Muslims? - PG 272 - R

answer

France

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33) The Ottoman Empire expanded its borders almost to the gates of what European city in the middle of the 16th century? - PG 272 - L

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Vienna

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36) Which non-European country signed an agreement to become Germany's military ally and set the scene for World War II? - PG 274 - R

answer

Japan

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38) From 1945 until 1990, Europe was divided into two geopolitical and economic blocs, east and west, separated by the infamous - PG 277 - figure

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Iron Curtain

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39) What was the Cold War? - PG 252 - L

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Democracy v/s communism --- US and Europe v/s Soviet Union (former) Ideological war over economic systems

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40) What is the word for an array of nonaligned or friendly states that cushion or protect a larger country from invasion, as happened with the former Soviet Union and its Eastern European neighbors? - PG 277 - L

answer

Buffer Zone

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42) The term ________ is used to describe the geopolitical processes of small scale independence movements based upon ethnic fault lines. - PG 287 - L

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Balkanization

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43) When did the Industrial Revolution emerge? - PG 280 - R

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1730 - England

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44) What is the currency of the European Monetary Union? - PG 283 - R

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Euro

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45) What kind of organization is the European Union? - PG 283 - L

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Initially monetary, then developed to political and security

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46) Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War II centered on what commodity (commodities)?

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Coal and Steel

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Description of Medieval landscape

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"One of narrow, winding streets, crowded with 3 or 4 story masonry buildings with little set back from street"

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1) What makes Russia distinctive? - PG 298 - R

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Largest land area

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2) Which geographic area of the Russian Domain dominates the region?

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Slavic Russia?

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4) Which body of water in the Russian Domain is the world's largest reserve of freshwater? -- PG 296 - R

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Serbia's Lake Baikal

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5) Where has the Russian Domain dumped its nuclear wastes? - PG 296 - R

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Island of Novaya Zemlya

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7) What was the distinctive skill for which Cossacks were well-known? - PG 295 - figure

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Horsemanship

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8) What is one of the source of the nuclear threat in the Russian Domain? - PG 296 - R

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Soviet Union had aggressive nuclear weapons and energy programs

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10) What body of water lies to the north of the Russian Domain? - PG 300 - figure

answer

Barents Sea

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11) The Caucasus Mountains are located between which two bodies of water? - PG 301 -figure

answer

Caspian Sea and Black Sea

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12) In which region of the Russian Domain is permafrost a problem? - PG 301 - L

answer

Siberia

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13) Why is development in Siberia limited? - PG 301 - L

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It has unstable ground from permafrost

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15) Which part of the Russian Domain has historically provided the most productive agricultural areas of the region? - PG 301 - R

answer

Ukraine

question

16) What is the approximate population of the Russian Domain? - PG 303 - L

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200 million

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17) What is the primary reason why European Russia has a higher population than Asian Russia?

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European Russia is better suited for agriculture?

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18) The highest population densities in the Russian Domain are found in which part of the region?-- PG 303 - L

answer

European Russia Western-most

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19) What Russian city was known as Leningrad during the Soviet era?

answer

St. Petersburg

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21) The architecture of St. Petersburg, Russia, is similar to that of which other part of the world?-- PG 303 - R

answer

Western Europe

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22) What are mikrorayons? - PG 307 - R

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Large Soviet-era housing projects of the 1970's-80s

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23) Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, what has become of the policy of Russification within former Soviet republics? - PG 306 - R

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The policy of settling Russians into non-Russian portions of the Soviet Union has been reversed - with countries posting strict citizenship requirements

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24) In what region of the Russian Domain was the Soviet Union's Gulag Achipelago located?

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Siberia

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25) What was the purpose of Russification (the Soviet policy of resettling Russians into non-Russian portions of the former USSR)? - PG 306 - L

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In order to increase Russian dominance in the outlying areas of the country

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28) What has been the pattern of population growth in the Russian Domain since the demise of the USSR? - PG 307 - R

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Declining populations, low birth rates, high mortality

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29) What language group dominates in the Russian Domain? - PG 311 - figure

answer

Slavic Russian

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30) The Russian Empire had its origins as a small principality in the vicinity of which Russian city?

answer

Moscow?

question

31) Who were the Cossacks of the Russian Domain? - PG 309- R

answer

Warriors Slavic speaking Christians who had migrated ot the region earlier seeking freedom from the ungoverned steppes

question

32) Who were the original founders of Russia? - PG 309 - L

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Slavic people: Southward moving warriors from Sweden known as Varangians or Rus

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36) Where were most of Russia's major territorial gains in the nineteenth century? - PG 309 - R

answer

Central Asia

question

37) What was the policy of the former Soviet Union (USSR) regarding religion within its borders?-- PG 310 - R

answer

Discouraged and persecuted

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40) Which two countries were the primary rivals in the Cold War?

answer

United States and the Soviet Union

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41) Who was the main architect of the Soviet Union? - PG 312 - R

answer

Lenin

question

42) Glasnost (define and know where it came from) - PG 313 - R

answer

"Greater openness" during the 1980 under Mikhail Gorbachev Several republics demanded independence

question

43) Who were the Bolsheviks? - PG 312 - R

answer

Faction of Russian communists representing the industrial workers

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44) What is perestroika? - PG 313 - R

answer

Restructuring of the planned centralized economy

question

46) What has become of democracy in Russia in the post-Soviet era? - PG 317 - R

answer

Once a flowering democracy - has turned more and more to a centrally controlled and censoring government

question

47) One of Putin's early political moves was to crack down on dissidents in the Russian republic of____________ - PG 317 - L

answer

Chechnya

question

48) What happened to the economy in the Russian Domain after the demise of the former Soviet Union (USSR)? - PG 318 - R

answer

Economy declined and devastated the region in the 1990s

question

50) What is the primary destination for Russian petroleum products? - {G 323 - R

answer

Today, Western Europe

question

East movement of Russia to Siberia...

answer

Encouraged by leaders of USSR/Soviet Union

question

Russia has the largest population

answer

False

question

Characteristics of high latitude of Russian Domain?

answer

Seasonal temperature and short growing season

question

Verkhoyansk is Russian tundra.

answer

False

question

What is the source of pollution in Lake Baikal?

answer

Pulp and paper factories

question

Urbanization was...

answer

Planned during Soviet period

question

BAM railroad was completed...

answer

In 1984

question

China and the Soviet Union were antagonist during Cold War.

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False

question

Element that helps us understand geography of Russian Domain?

answer

High latitude

question

Which region of the world can best be called "Heart of the world?"

answer

Europe

question

Perhaps the oldest civilization of Western Europe is _____, the birthplace of Democracy.

answer

Greece

question

The first large empire spanning most of Western Europe was...

answer

Roman Empire

question

Which region of Europe does not get a lot of sunlight during winter months?

answer

Northern

question

Which country emerged as a nation-state in 1870's?

answer

Germany

question

Who was the last Premiere of the Soviet Union?

answer

Gorbachev

question

The vikings traded in the area today known as Russia.

answer

True

question

Which country is preparing to vote on leaving the U.K. and is a current example of devolution?

answer

Scotland

question

Peter the Great secured more coastal territory for Russia along the Baltic Sea. Catherine the Great continued to add territory to the Russian Empire during her reign. She obtained land along the ____ Sea, giving Russia one of its few warm water ports.

answer

Black

question

The European Union began for trade purposes but today it governs much more. All of the following are controlled by the European Union except?

answer

Common Currency

question

Benelux Countries:

answer

Luxembourg, Netherlands, & Belgium

question

How does Europe compare in size to the U.S.?

answer

so small it would fit into the eastern two-thirds of the U.S.

question

Which tsar opened up Russia to Europe establishing Russia as a major trade partner?

answer

Peter

question

Which location was cite of nuclear disaster of power plant in 1986?

answer

Chernobyl

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