Geography Test 3 Farano Flashcards
What are the four general landform regions of Europe?
Lowlands, Alpine Mountain Systems, Central Uplands, Western Highlands
What are the European Lowlands?
Economic focus of Western Europe; contain glaciation in some areas
Where is the Alpine Mountain System located?
The run from west to east from the Atlantic to the Black Sea and the southeastern Mediterranean (spine of Europe)
What are the Central Uplands?
Source of industrial raw materials (France to Czech)
What are the Western Highlands?
Glaciated landscapes; contain fjords
What are fjords and where is one located?
They are flooded valley (U-shaped) inlets, similar to the coastlines of Alaska and New Zealand; one is located in Norway
What are the mountain ranges of the Alpine Mountain System?
Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines, Carpathians, Dinaric Alps, and Balkans
Where are the highest densities populations in Europe?
Belgium and Germany have the highest. Paris and London have the most dense
Where is a majority of immigration coming from?
Africa and Southwest Asia
What is the Schengen Agreement?
No border stations but create concerns with terrorism and illegal migration
What is the the 2 thousand year old fossilized city that was discovered ~20-30 years ago in Italy?
Pompeii
What countries are included as Scandinavian?
Denmark, Norway, Sweden
What is the conflict in Northern Ireland?
Catholics vs. Protestants
What are the dominant languages in Europe and how are they spread out?
Southwest Europe is Romance, Northwest Europe is Germanic, Eastern Europe is Slavic
What are the dominant religions in Europe and how are they spread out?
Southwest/east Europe are Roman-Catholic, Northern Europe is Protestant, South east Europe is East Orthodoxy with some Islam spread out
What is NATO?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization military alliance with between North American and European countries
How is the EU organized?
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
Explain the industrial revolution in Europe? Where? What?
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
What is the Schism between Western and Eastern Christianity?
The formal split with western Christianity in 1054 CE
Explain the Treaty of Versailles
Redrawing of the map of Europe after 1918; created new states (Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia) and reestablished Poland, Finland, Estonia, etc.
With global warming on the rise, Russia is facing serious hazards of what during hotter summers?
Wildfires
Changes in arctic and subarctic ecosystems are disrupting what? Give example
Wildlife and indigenous human populations in Russia. Polar bears are being forced to invading villages to find food
What surrounding seas in Russia will be affected due to rising sea levels?
Black Sea and Baltic Sea
What are the major changes in topography due to the Siberian permafrost?
mud flows, slumping, erosion, and craters caused by the release of methane
If the permafrost were to release all of it’s carbon, what would it do the earth?
Cause the earth to warm up even faster
What happened to Chernobyl in Ukraine?
Nuclear power plant that underwent a nuclear meltdown in 1986 and is now one of the largest areas of radioactive contamination
What has happened along the waters of Novaya Zemlya?
Decades of unregulated dumping of nuclear waste poisoning the water
How many people does European Russia hold?
~1 million
How many people does Siberia hold?
~40 million
What percentage of the population do Russian speaking people make up of the country?
80%
What other non-Slavic speaking people make up the region?
Finnish, Volga Tatars, and Turkic languages
What dominant religion do Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians share?
Eastern Orthodox Christian Heritage with some Catholic practice
What is the largest non-Christian religion in Russia?
Islam with having 7000 mosques
What is the physical setting of Russia?
High-latitude climate, extreme seasonal temperatures, and short growing seasons
What do the Ural Mountains separate and what do they contain?
European Russia and Siberia; they contain valuable mineral resources
What is the Russia Far East?
Proximity to the Pacific Ocean, southern latitude, has fertile river valleys
What is the Caucasus and Transcaucasia?
Western Russia’s Southern Boundary, faulty lines (earthquakes), Productive agriculture in some areas
What is russification
The Soviet policy of resettling Russians into non-Russian portions of the Soviet Union – Millions of Russians relocated due to economic and political incentives
Who are the Bolsheviks?
Faction of Russian Communists representing industrial workers who seized power–espoused the doctrine of communism
What is the policy of the glasnost /perestroika initiated by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev?
Restructuring of the planned centralized economy because of the lag behind western Europe and America.
What is pollution exporting and which country is guilty of doing so?
Japan exports their pollution to poorer countries
What is the controversy of the three gorges dam?
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
What are the major environmental challenges in East Asia?
Yangtze flooding because of dam, Deforestation in S. China, soll erosion, urban air & water pollution (most severe in China)
What city in South Korea has urban primacy?
Seoul
Which East Asian country has the highestpopulation density
Taiwan
What is the national language of China?
Mandarin
What religion is tied to Japanese nationality?
Shinto
What is the Korean diaspora?
7 million Koreans live outside of Korea
What are red dotted lines on a map showing?
boundaries of plate tectonics showing where Earthquakes happen
What city in Japan is considered a super conurbation (megapolis) in Japan?
Tokyo
Where in East Asia can anthropogenic landscapes be found?
Northern China Plain
