Europe Correction Flashcards
Division of a regions because war
Balkanization
A region of Russia that has unsuccessfully sought independence
Chechnya
An ideological battle between Western forces and USSR over issue of communism
Cold war
An economic system requiring state ownership of means of production, and calling for a classes society, with economic equity through sharing wealth
Communism
27 members countries seeking economic unification across Europe
Europe Union
A system of beliefs affecting political and economic policy
Ideology
Radioactive byproducts of producing this type of energy and weapons
Nuclear waste
Decaying vegetation that can be harvested, dried and used as fuel, mainly for warming homes across northern Europe
peat
Land regained from the sea in the Netherlands
Polder
A period of renewed interested in art and science beginning in Italy in the 1300s
Renaissance
Countries aligned with and under the influence of the soviet Union acted as a military buffer zone during the Cold war
Satellite Nation
Massive fishing ships used by Russia
SuperTrawler
The boreal forest in the subarctic regions of Russia
Taiga
A state that assumes primary responsibility for its citizens, as in the Nordic Model
Welfare state
An attempt to reserve the pattern of Balkanization. A country created to unite various ethnic groups in Eastern Europe
Yugoslavia
A German philosopher who believed in economic equity, and wrote a book about his philosophy
Karl Marx
This leaders goal was to “westernize” Russia so they could catch up with Western Europe. He moved the capital to St. Petersburg
Czar Peter the Great
Current leader of Russia
Vladimir Putin
The last monarch of Russia. He was murdered during the Russian Revolution
Czar Nicholas
The last president of the USSR. He resigned in 1991 and the Soviet union collapsed
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nuclear energy is always safe
False
Russia is still facing problems from Soviet era nuclear testing
True
The use of nuclear energy is increasing
false
USSR stands for
Union Soviet Socialist republics
Ancient Greece was made up of small political units called
City- states
Greece is known as the birthplace of
Democracy
Romance language
All latin based
Which of the following is NOT associated with aging populations Southern Europe
Low Life expectancy rates
Timeline 1
- France Ferdinand is assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist
- WWI
- Communism’s is created and formed by the USSR
- Hitler and Nazis commit the Holocast
Timeline 2
- Roman Empire falls
- Viking raids encourage feudal system during the MIddle ages
- The Renaissance begins in Italy
- Europe enter a period of world exploration and colonization
timeline 3
- Ancient greece
- Roman Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Ottoman Empire
Timeline 4
1.Russian Revolution ends the rule of czars
2. Cold war begins
3.Chernobyl
4.USSR falls
