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Geography Test 3 Farano Flashcards

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What are the four general landform regions of Europe?

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Lowlands, Alpine Mountain Systems, Central Uplands, Western Highlands

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What are the European Lowlands?

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Economic focus of Western Europe; contain glaciation in some areas

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Where is the Alpine Mountain System located?

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The run from west to east from the Atlantic to the Black Sea and the southeastern Mediterranean (spine of Europe)

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What are the Central Uplands?

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Source of industrial raw materials (France to Czech)

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What are the Western Highlands?

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Glaciated landscapes; contain fjords

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What are fjords and where is one located?

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They are flooded valley (U-shaped) inlets, similar to the coastlines of Alaska and New Zealand; one is located in Norway

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What are the mountain ranges of the Alpine Mountain System?

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Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines, Carpathians, Dinaric Alps, and Balkans

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Where are the highest densities populations in Europe?

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Belgium and Germany have the highest. Paris and London have the most dense

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Where is a majority of immigration coming from?

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Africa and Southwest Asia

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What is the Schengen Agreement?

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No border stations but create concerns with terrorism and illegal migration

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What is the the 2 thousand year old fossilized city that was discovered ~20-30 years ago in Italy?

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Pompeii

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What countries are included as Scandinavian?

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Denmark, Norway, Sweden

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What is the conflict in Northern Ireland?

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Catholics vs. Protestants

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What are the dominant languages in Europe and how are they spread out?

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Southwest Europe is Romance, Northwest Europe is Germanic, Eastern Europe is Slavic

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What are the dominant religions in Europe and how are they spread out?

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Southwest/east Europe are Roman-Catholic, Northern Europe is Protestant, South east Europe is East Orthodoxy with some Islam spread out

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What is NATO?

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization military alliance with between North American and European countries

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How is the EU organized?

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It was first organized to focus on the region’s coal and steel industries and now it’s focus is on economic’s and political integration

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Explain the industrial revolution in Europe? Where? What?

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Industrial Revolution started in England in the Pennine Mountains with textile and became the leader of the industrial world in 1900 by producing 90% of the world’s manufactured output

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What is the Schism between Western and Eastern Christianity?

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The formal split with western Christianity in 1054 CE

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Explain the Treaty of Versailles

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Redrawing of the map of Europe after 1918; created new states (Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia) and reestablished Poland, Finland, Estonia, etc.

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21
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With global warming on the rise, Russia is facing serious hazards of what during hotter summers?

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Wildfires

22
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Changes in arctic and subarctic ecosystems are disrupting what? Give example

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Wildlife and indigenous human populations in Russia. Polar bears are being forced to invading villages to find food

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What surrounding seas in Russia will be affected due to rising sea levels?

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Black Sea and Baltic Sea

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What are the major changes in topography due to the Siberian permafrost?

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mud flows, slumping, erosion, and craters caused by the release of methane

25
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If the permafrost were to release all of it’s carbon, what would it do the earth?

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Cause the earth to warm up even faster

26
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What happened to Chernobyl in Ukraine?

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Nuclear power plant that underwent a nuclear meltdown in 1986 and is now one of the largest areas of radioactive contamination

27
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What has happened along the waters of Novaya Zemlya?

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Decades of unregulated dumping of nuclear waste poisoning the water

28
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How many people does European Russia hold?

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~1 million

29
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How many people does Siberia hold?

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~40 million

30
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What percentage of the population do Russian speaking people make up of the country?

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80%

31
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What other non-Slavic speaking people make up the region?

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Finnish, Volga Tatars, and Turkic languages

32
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What dominant religion do Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians share?

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Eastern Orthodox Christian Heritage with some Catholic practice

33
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What is the largest non-Christian religion in Russia?

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Islam with having 7000 mosques

34
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What is the physical setting of Russia?

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High-latitude climate, extreme seasonal temperatures, and short growing seasons

35
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What do the Ural Mountains separate and what do they contain?

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European Russia and Siberia; they contain valuable mineral resources

36
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What is the Russia Far East?

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Proximity to the Pacific Ocean, southern latitude, has fertile river valleys

37
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What is the Caucasus and Transcaucasia?

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Western Russia’s Southern Boundary, faulty lines (earthquakes), Productive agriculture in some areas

38
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What is russification

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The Soviet policy of resettling Russians into non-Russian portions of the Soviet Union – Millions of Russians relocated due to economic and political incentives

39
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Who are the Bolsheviks?

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Faction of Russian Communists representing industrial workers who seized power–espoused the doctrine of communism

40
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What is the policy of the glasnost /perestroika initiated by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev?

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Restructuring of the planned centralized economy because of the lag behind western Europe and America.

41
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What is pollution exporting and which country is guilty of doing so?

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Japan exports their pollution to poorer countries

42
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What is the controversy of the three gorges dam?

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It is the largest in the world that is supposed to prevent flooding and generate electricity but poses threats to endangered species and has displaced ~ 1 million people

43
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What are the major environmental challenges in East Asia?

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Yangtze flooding because of dam, Deforestation in S. China, soll erosion, urban air & water pollution (most severe in China)

44
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What city in South Korea has urban primacy?

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Seoul

45
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Which East Asian country has the highestpopulation density

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Taiwan

46
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What is the national language of China?

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Mandarin

47
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What religion is tied to Japanese nationality?

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Shinto

48
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What is the Korean diaspora?

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7 million Koreans live outside of Korea

49
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What are red dotted lines on a map showing?

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boundaries of plate tectonics showing where Earthquakes happen

50
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What city in Japan is considered a super conurbation (megapolis) in Japan?

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Tokyo

51
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Where in East Asia can anthropogenic landscapes be found?

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Northern China Plain

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