Europe and Russia - Exam 2 info

Question 1

largest island to the west of great britain

Answer 1

ireland

Question 2

what parts of ireland belong to the UK? what does the remainder belong to?

Answer 2

northeast portion; republic of ireland

Question 3

IRA

Answer 3

irish republican army

peace agreement in 1998 dismantled it

Question 4

what is the main part of the irish economy? (service, agriculture, or industry?)

Answer 4

service

Question 5

“celtic tiger”

Answer 5

rapid rate in which economy took off

Question 6

Leprechaun economics

Answer 6

established low tax rate, allowed many companies to put head quarters in country for ireland’s profit (ex. apple, google, microsoft, etc.)

has since been mitigated

Question 7

exclusive economic zones

Answer 7

extend 200 nautical miles off the coast

Question 7

north sea

Answer 7

place of important fisheries and for oil production

Question 8

territorial waters

Answer 8

extend 12 nautical miles off the coast

Question 9

What countries are apart of scandinavia?

Answer 9

modern norway, sweden, denmark

Question 10

GDP per capita rises _____ in norway, currently _____ highest in the world

Answer 10

rapidly, third

Question 11

if prices increase, oil countries do (well/poor)

Answer 11

well

Question 12

the resource curse -or- the paradox of plenty

Answer 12

countries that specialize in natural resource extraction often have lower economic growth than those with more diverse economies

counterintuitive - mining oil should lead to riches but cause spillover effect

Question 13

what does the resource curse promote?

Answer 13

factionalism
petro-aggression

Question 14

dutch disease

Answer 14

natural resource sector outcompetes other economic sectors making them less globally competitive

Question 15

BeNeLux

Answer 15

belgium, netherlands, luxembourg

sometimes referred to as “the low countries”

Question 16

specific french international holding

Answer 16

french guiana in south america

Question 17

second colonial empire and where it maintained holdings

Answer 17

french; west africa and southeast asia

Question 18

primate city and example

Answer 18

one that is the largest in its country (ex. paris)

Question 19

countries that do have a primate city

Answer 19

UK
ireland
france
greece

Question 20

Laicite

Answer 20

explicit ban on any religious apparel or displays by individuals in public schools

started with christianity, extended to muslims

Question 21

what country is europe’s largest economy and second largest population?

Answer 21

germany

Question 22

in terms of population, ____ is bigger than germany

Answer 22

russia

Question 23

the iberian peninsula is separated from the rest of europe by the _____ mountains

Answer 23

Pyrenees

Question 24

pyrenees is home to what european microstate (how does it's life expectancy relate to world?)

Answer 24

Andorra; 4th highest life expectancy in world small and independent ethnicities

Question 25

endemic species

Answer 25

native/isolative

Question 26

Cataluna/Catalonia

Answer 26

autonomous region of Spain strong nationalist movement

Question 27

what is the smallest sovereign state by both area and population in europe?

Answer 27

Vatican

Question 28

meaning of mediterranean sea

Answer 28

middle of the land

Question 29

what canal connects the red sea with the mediterranean sea?

Answer 29

suez canal

Question 30

what separates the mediterranean from the atlantic?

Answer 30

strait of gibraltar

Question 31

what sea contains 1/3 of the world's total shipping?

Answer 31

mediterranean sea

Question 32

What countries are in the Alps?

Answer 32

france germany italy monaco switzerland liechtenstein austria slovenia

Question 33

balkan peninsula

Answer 33

rugged topography highly fractured culturally and linguistically

Question 34

cartogram

Answer 34

distorts space to make another variable more even ex. showing large population concentration in the west

Question 35

oligarchism

Answer 35

ruled by few

Question 36

putin increased...

Answer 36

authoritarianism

Question 37

ukraine orients away from ____ and toward ________

Answer 37

russia; west/EU

Question 38

2014 crimean crisis

Answer 38

changed hands from ukraine to russia russia moves in to "protect russians" and then crimea votes to secede and is annexed by russia

Question 39

which countries are most migrants coming from? going to?

Answer 39

North africa; germany/UK

Question 40

europe's population is _______

Answer 40

aging

Question 41

goal of PISA

Answer 41

program for international student assessment improving educational policies and outcomes