World Geo Mod 8 – Flashcards
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What sea borders Russia, Poland, and Latvia?
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Baltic
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Eastern Central Europe's cold winters and mild summers are due to its _______ climate.
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continental
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The Danube River is important to Eastern Europe because _____.
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...
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The north European plain runs through these countries.
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Belarus and Poland and Russia
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______ are the physical feature that have separated ethnic groups from each other in the Balkans.
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Mountains
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The Balkan region isn't good for farming because of its ______.
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dry summers and infertile soil and mountainous terrain
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The ______ is the second longest river in Europe. It forms a border between Serbia and _______ before draining into the ______ Sea.
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Danube and Romania and Black
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divide into smaller, usually hostile, regions
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Balkanize
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government-controlled farm
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Collective
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mass killing
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Genocide
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link between geography and politics
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geopolitical
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foreign control of another nation
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imperialism
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person who moves from one place to another
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nomad
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person who seeks safety in a foreign country
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refugee
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a nation able to influence global events
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superpower
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Which countries are known as the Baltic nations?
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Estonia and Latvia and Lithuania
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Russia, the largest country in the world, lies on a landmass compromised of two continents called _______. It is separated by the ______ Mountains. Most of its population lives in ______ to the _______ of the mountains.
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Russia and Eurasia and Ural and Europe and west
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Eastern Europe's population growth is _______.
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negative
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_____ has the lowest population density in Eastern Europe.
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Russia
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This is the largest ethnic group in Eastern Europe.
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Slavic
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These factors created cultural boundaries in Eastern Europe.
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ethnicity and language and religion
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What cause the Balkanization of Chechoslovakia and Yugoslavia?
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ethnic conflict
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[True-False] Eastern Europe is less economically developed than Western Europe.
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True
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Results of Soviet control on Eastern Europe included ______.
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collectivization and command economy and health care benefits and price control
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To address problems caused by the dissolution of the Soviet Union some Eastern European nations ____.
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privatized industries and increased foreign investment and joined the European Union
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What factors contributed to environmental improvements in Eastern Europe during the 1990s?
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industrial closures and investment by foreign countries and the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of collectives
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Water ____ is a greater concern for Eastern Europe.
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quality
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These factors hinder environmental protection efforts in Eastern Europe.
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economic development and enforcement
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What were the results of the Cold War?
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the end of the Soviet Union and independence for the soviet republics and the end of global imperialism
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What three empires fell after World War I.
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Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman and Russian
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doesn't increase CO2 in the atmosphere
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carbon neutral
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increased aridity
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desertification
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nutrient-enriched water body
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eutrophication
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disconnected part of a country
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exclave
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radioactive waste
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fallout
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ravine
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gorge
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prevents evaporation or erosion
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mulch
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decomposed organic material
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peat
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What has caused soil, water, and air pollution in Eastern Europe?
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increased consumption
