geography 3RD 9 WEEKS EXAM Flashcards
What are some examples of “important decisions” governments would make in a command economy
What products factories works manufacture
What crops farms would grow
What prices merchants would charge for goods
What countries make up the UK
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
What are the 2 largest countries in Western Europe
France
Germany
What percent of these world’s freshwater does Lake Baikal hold
20%
What countries in Northern Europe give families a yearly allowance to help them raise their kids
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Who refused to leave Eastern Europe until they did what
Soviet Union
Set up communists governments there
What are the 5 Nordic countries
Finland Iceland Norway Denmark Sweden
Who put an end to the rule of the Mongols in the 1500s
Ivan the Great
Who controlled the region of Russia and the republics until the 1500s
The Mongols from Mongolia
What is a democracy
Ruled by the people
The emperor of Russia prior to the Russian revolution of 1917 and the subsequent creation of the Soviet Union in 1922
Czar
What country is known for spending time in the Sauna
Finland
What happened in Eastern Europe that sparked WWI
A Serb assassinated an Austrian noble
What nations are less industrial than western and Northern Europe
Mediterranean
What did the tensions between the USA and Soviet Union result in
Cold War
A period when some Christians broke away from the Catholic Church and started Protestant churches
Reformation
What cities are included in the Northern European plain
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kiev
What is better in the modern life of the people of Western Europe than the USA
Most people live in cities and have a high standard of living
Crime rates are lower than in the USA
Receive more paid vacation time
What was arranged in 1992 that stopped more people from being killed since thousands were already dead
United Nations ceasefire
A place where various cultures cross paths, many world powers have tried to control it
Cultural crossroads
Where does the Northern European plain stretch from
The western border of Russia to the Ural Mountains
How many time zones span through Europe and Asia
11
How many states was Ireland divided into and what were the names of them
2
Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
What place has the richest land, most people, and largest cities
Northern European Plain
What happened in 1878 in Yugoslavia
Serbia broke free from the Ottoman Empire; many Serbs wanted all the south Slavs to unite as one nation
Which famous composers are from Germany and Austria
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig Von Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
What is the currency used throughout most of Europe
Euro
Who invaded Yugoslavia during WWII
Germany
Italy
What mountain range separates the black and Caspian seas
Caucasus Mountains
What was the Velvet Revolution
The police used violence to stop a student-led pro-democracy protest
What did the communists call their organized imperial kingdom
Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (U.S.S.R.)
What is Russia’s national drink
Vodka
What caused the allies to go to war with Hitler
Germany’s invasion of Poland
How did Great Britain play a large role in the development of here modern world
Representative government
Initiating and spreading the industrial revolution
political unit made up of a city and it’s surrounding lands
City-state
The belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share land, culture, and history
Nationalism
What percent of the world’s timber resources do Russia and the republics hold
20%
Nations dominated by another country
Satellite nations
Who became dictator of Yugoslavia after the war and remained so until his death in 1980
Joseph Broz Tito
How many times bigger is the land area of Russia and the Republics than the USA
3
What customs and sports come from England
Afternoon tea
Rugby
Cricket
Cross
What countries are in Northern Europe
The UK Ireland Finland Iceland Norway Denmark Sweden
What was the largest and most powerful of the 15 republics
Russia
What ideas did the Magna Carta inspire
Trial by jury
No taxation without representation
Where did Peter the Great move the capital of Russia
St. Petersburg
Whom did the Serbs use violence to get rid of
Bosnia’a Muslims and Croats
How many deaths do historians estimate Stalin was responsible for
More than 14 million people
What countries make up the Baltic Republics and where is it located
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea
What countries make up the Baltic Republics and where is it located
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea
Who has the oldest parliament in the world and since what year have they been meeting
Iceland
930
Who filled the vacuum left by the downfall of Greece
They became a vast empire (eventually ruled by emperors) after the fall of the republic
Rome
When was the Magna Carta issued
1215
What Slavic nation wanted to free the slaves in Austria-Hungary
Serbia
What is abundant on the Northern European Plain
Chernozem
Which famous artist is from France
Claude Monet
What ultimately led to the rise of hitler in WWII
The allies won and imposed harsh penalties on Germany
Tensions between who led to the Cold War
USA
Soviet Union
What country in Mediterranean Europe is a leader in producing automobiles
Spain
What led to war in 1992 in Yugoslavia
Disagreement among ethnic groups over whether Bosnia and Herzegovina should become independent
What country in Mediterranean Europe is a major producer of clothing and shoes
Italy
The Caucasus mountains form the birder between what
Russia
Transcaucasia
Who was one of the leaders in the reformation movement in 1517
Martin Luther
What does “the sun never sets on the British empire” mean
They are in control of so much land that the sun is always shining down on a section
An enormous farm in the Soviet Union on which a large team of laborers were gathered to work together during Joseph Stalin’s reign
Collective farm
Under the leadership of whom did Serbia look to expand
Slobodan Milosevic
The Russian people’s anger with the czars resulted in what
The Russian Revolution of 1917
The hatred between what 2 groups broke out into all out war
Serb
Croat
What countries are in Western Europe
France
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
What became a region of satellite nations
Eastern Europe
What resources are abundant in Russia and the republics
Coal
Iron ore
Metals
Natural gas
What countries are located in Eastern Europe
Poland Slovakia Hungary Czech Republic Slovenia Croatia Romania Bulgaria Yugoslavia Albania
What does Yugoslavia mean
Land of the south Slavs
Russia and the Republics are nearly what fraction of the Earth’s land surface
1/6
How many regions were Russia and the republics divided into
15
What did Karl Marx believe
That capitalism would fail because it concentrated wealth in the hands of a few and left too many people in poverty
