Europe/Russia

Question 1

Europe Info

Answer 1

10 m km2 5th largest
587 m - 6th largest
64% urbanized - 5th

Question 2

European Subregions

Answer 2

Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
Nordic (Sweeden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland)
British Isles
Low Countries (Belgium, Netherlands)
Iberia (Spain, Portugal)
Mediterranean 
Balkans (Yugoslavia)

Question 3

European Climate

Answer 3

47 degree latitude difference = variation

1. Mediterranean
2. Marine Coastal
3. Continental

Question 4

European Mountains and Rivers

Answer 4

Danube, Elbe

Rhine, Seine, Thames

Question 5

European Physiographic Subregions

Answer 5

Northern: Nordics, Baltics, British Isles
Southern: Mediterranean, Iberia to Greece
Western: Germany/Austria - West
Eastern

Question 6

European Economy

Answer 6

Leading economic zone in the world (historical inertia)

Industrial production and tertiary activity

Question 7

European Language and Religion

Answer 7

Indo-European: Romance, Germanic and Slav

Majority Christian

Question 8

Russia Info

Answer 8

21 m km2 - 2nd largest
237m - 9th largest pop
51% Urbanized - 7th

Question 9

Central Asia

Answer 9

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Question 10

Transcaucaus

Answer 10

Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

Question 11

Russia Climate

Answer 11

Cold

Less precipitation moving south

Question 12

Aral Sea

Answer 12

Used for Irrigation starting in 1960, rapidly depleted

Question 13

Russian Ecosystems

Answer 13

Tundra -> Taiga -> Mixed Forest -> Steppe -> Semidesert

Question 14

Silk Road

Answer 14

Globalization of 2500 years ago
Connected East/South Asia with Mediterranean Europe via Persia/Central Asia
North of Himalayas

Question 15

Russian Empire

Answer 15

15th century
Muscovites wished to expand territory
Annexed adjacent lands (Ukraine, Latvia, Siberia, Central Asia)

Question 16

Soviet Union

Answer 16

1800 Russian revolution against Tsars
New Social Contract: state controls all aspects of life in exchange for education, housing, healthcare
Dissidents sent to Gulag along road of bones
Expanded post WWII

Question 17

Fall of USSR

Answer 17

Increasing awareness of deficiencies of communism
Gorbachev introduced opens and restructuring
Rapid collapse in late 80’s
Those with oil money became very rich

Question 18

Russian Uneven Regional Development

Answer 18

Regional inequalities, ethnocultural differences
Internal conflict (Chechnya secessionists)

Question 19

Crimea

Answer 19

Irredentism: government claiming a minority living outside it’s borders is theirs
Oil reserves, Black Sea naval port

Question 20

Emerging Economy in Russia

Answer 20

Despite vast resources, it lags behind due to disinvestment 
Powerful elite (oligarchs) vs millions of poor

Question 21

Russian Religion

Answer 21

Primarily Eastern Orthodox with minority of muslims

Question 22

Russian Urbanization

Answer 22

West is similar to Europe, (75%), Transcaucaus (60%, CA (40%)