GSC 110 Exam 4 {Final} – Flashcards
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Which of the following does NOT explain the environmental diversity of Europe?
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El Nino
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Which part of Europe is the region's unquestionable focus of intensive agriculture, large cities, and major industrial activities?
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The European Lowland
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How does the environment of Eastern Europe compare to that of Western Europe?
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The environment in Eastern Europe was much more polluted than that of Western Europe, until recent efforts to rectify the situation, with the help of the European Union.
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What are the current impacts of climate change in Europe?
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A,B,and C above
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Probably the most striking characteristics of Europe's demography is..
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The lack of natural growth.
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"one of the narrow, winding streets, crowded with three-to four- story masonry buildings with little setback from the street." This describes which of the following?
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The Medieval Landscape
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One of the major characteristics of Europe's population and settlement patterns is its high level of..
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Urbanization
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Which European Romance language contains many Slavic words?
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Romanian
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Besides the division between western and eastern churches, the other great split within Christianity occurred between:
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Catholicism and Protestantism
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What is the word for a state policy of reclaiming lost lands or lands inhabited by people of the same ethnicity in another state?
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Irredentism
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From 1945 until 1990, Europe was divided into two geopolitical and economic blocs, east and west, separated by the infamous __
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Iron Curtain
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The term ______ is used to describe the geopolitical processes of small scale independence movements based upon ethnic fault lines.
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Balkanization
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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 Europen neighbors?
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Buffer zone
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Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War I centered on what commodity (commodities)?
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Coal and steel
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Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic?
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Basque
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True or False? The long history of human settlement has transformed and modified Europe's natural landscapes in fundamental ways over thousands of years.
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True
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True or False? Because most European governments consider low or no population growth an economic and social liability, programs and policies have arisen to promote population growth, ranging from attempts to ban abortion and the sale of contraceptives to what are commonly called "family-friendly" policies.
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True
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True or False? The Schengen Agreement paved the way for the reunification of East and West Germany.
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False
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True or False? The collapse of the Soviet Union played a key role in the recent surge of immigration to European countries.
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True
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True or False? Despite the visibility of female political leaders and the fact that Europe is considered one of the most developed regions of the world, gender equity issues persist in government, business, and domestic life.
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True
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True or False? Historically, Europe spread its cultures worldwide through aggressive colonization.
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True
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True or False?As the acknowledged birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Europe in many ways invented the modern economic system of industrial capitalism.
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True
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True or False?Western Europe has historically been less developed economically than its eastern counterpart.
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False
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True or False?Two fundamental innovations associated industrial revolution is machinery and inanimate energy resources.
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True
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Europe does not have strong ties to surrounding seas.
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False
