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Northern Europe and Eastern Europe Flashcards

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What countries make-up Scandinavia

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Finland, Norway, Oslo, Denmarck, and Iceland

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Which countries make up the British Isles?

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United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

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The capital of Finland is…

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Helsinki

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The capital of the Republic of Ireland is…

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Dublin

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What is a fjord?

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a narrow inlet of the sea set between high, rocky cliffs

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What is the most important river that flows across Eastern Europe starting in Germany

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Danube

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How long is the Norway’s Sogne Fjord?

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100 miles (160 km)

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How is the land in Northern Europe?

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Fertile farmland and flat plains stretch across the southern parts of the British Isles and Scandinavia.

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What provide the Ireland rolling green hills?

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Ireland’s rolling, green hills provide rich farmland.

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What is the Effect of Glaciers?

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As the glaciers melted, these valleys filled with water creating deep fjords.

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What is primary?

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main. or most important

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From what type of energy Norway and United Kingdom benefit?

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Oil and Natural Gas

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What is geothermal energy?

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is energy from the heat of Earth’s interior.

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Were is produced hydroelectric energy?

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Hydroelectric energy is produced by the region’s many lakes and rivers

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What type of livestock is very common in Nortehrn Europe?

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common sheep and daily cattle

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What is the North Atlantic Drift?

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An ocean current that brings warm, moist air across the Atlantic Ocean.

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How is the climate in most of the Northern Europe countries?

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Mild

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What is a Constitutional Monarchy?

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a type of democracy in which a king or queen serves as head of state but a legislature makes the laws.

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What type of geoverment does the United Kingdom has?

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constitutional monarchy

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What is Magna Carta for?

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It limits the powers of the king

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What is the other name or Magna Carta?

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Great Charter

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What is disarm?

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give up all the weapons

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Who were the Vikings?

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they were Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages.

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What is a geyser?

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geysers are springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air

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The capital of Sweden is…

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Stockholm

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The capital of Czech Republic is…

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Prague

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Why are called Baltic Republic?

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Because is near the Baltic Sea

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What countries make-up the Baltic Republic?

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Lthuania, Estonia, and Latvia

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The capital of Norway is…

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Oslo

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Kiev is the capital of…

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Ukraine

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The capital of Denmark

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Copenhague

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Reykjavik is the capital of…

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Iceland

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Poland: its capital is…

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Warsaw

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Budapest is the capital of…

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Hungary

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Albania

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Tirana

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Lithuania

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Vilnius

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Riga

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Latvia

37
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Minsk

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Belarus

38
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How has its location influenced the culture of the Czech Republic?

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It has long ties with Western Europe

39
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What is the government of Belarus like?

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Dictatorship

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Which countries have the type of government republic?

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Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, and Moldova

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The capital of Moldova is…

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Chisinau

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What religions are common in the Balkan countries?

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Christian, Orthodox, Islams, and Muslims

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What is implications?

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consequences

44
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arwswa—the capital of Poland

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Warsaw

45
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neicht glncaenis—the effort to remove all members of a group from a country or region

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ethnic cleansing

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ebndua—the major river that flows through Eastern Europe, one of the longest on the continent

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Danube

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ageurp—the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic

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Prague

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ncimlaitpiso—consequences

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Implications

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laknab—the peninsula on which much of Eastern Europe is located

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Balkan

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ufrnrtriuacste—the set of resources, like roads and factories, that a country needs to support economic activities

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Infraestructure

51
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nrhatcapias—a mountain range in Eastern Europe

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Carpathians

52
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What is the capital of Serbia…

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Belgrade

53
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Skopje is the capital of…

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Macedonia

54
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Sofia

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Bulgaria

55
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What is the Commonwealth of Independent States (C.I.S.) is for?

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meets to discuss issues such as trade and immigration that affect former Soviet republics.

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List the groups that ruled Kiev and the surrounding area in chronological order.

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Slavs, Vikings, and Rus, and Russians.

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How have the economies of the region changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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It has become a challenge but the four countries have been most successful.

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Why do you think life is largely centered around cities in inland Eastern Europe?

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Because in each country the capital is a key, for both, economic center and cultural one.

59
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From which three language families do most Balkan languages come?

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Slavic, Latin, and Germanic

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What issuea does the Balkan region face today?

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Weak economy, poor countries and struggles to improve their economy

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The capital city of Estonia is…

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Tallin

62
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Who was Queen Elizabeth I?

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She was the queen regnant of England and Ireland

63
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The Bucharest city is the capital of which country?

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Romania

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Whjy is Danube river so important to the poeple of Eastern Europe?

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It is Eastern Europe’s economy, ships crossing the Danube are loaded woth goods and people

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The capital of Slovakia is…

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Bratislava

66
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Why are there few trees in the far southern areas of Eastern Europe?

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Cause the nuclear power plant explotion in 1986

67
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Ljubljana is the capital citty of…

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Slovenia

68
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What happened in 1986?

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In 1986, a faulty reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, releasing huge amounts of radiation into the air.

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What happened tyo the trees and to the soil in the Chernobyl disaster?

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The radiation expelled poisoned millions of acres of forest and ruined soil across much of the region.

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The capital of Croatia is…

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Zagreb

71
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What were the effects in people, after they were exposed to high levels of radiation?

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Deformities, cancer, and other health disorders

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Sarajevo is the capital of…

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

73
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Montenegro

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Podgorica

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Pristina is the capital of…

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Kosovo

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