Test 4 Study Guide Flashcards
Acid rain
acid producing chemicals combined with moisture which falls as poisoned rain
Acid rain is often made possible by
high smokestacks (built during the communist period) that carried pollution across borders
Alpine Mountains is often called the
Swiss Alps
The alpine mountains pass through
France, switzerland, northern italy, austria, and Slovakia
Amur River is the river dividing
russia and northern east asia
The Amur River starts from
the Sea of Okhotsk
Apennine Peninsula is basically
all of Italy
Balkan Peninsula is lower east Europe right across from
Asia
The Balkan Peninsula borders which seas?
The Black Sea, the Aegan sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Adriatic Sea
Belarus is a
country in europe
Belarus’ capital is
Minsk
Belgium is a country on what continent?
Europe`
Belgium borders what countries?
The Netherlands, France,and Germany
Black Sea is a
vital waterway that acts as the end of many rivers
Carpathian Mountains is in what continent?
Europe
Carpathian Mountains pass through what countries?
Slovakia, Romania, some of Hungary, and the Czech Republic
Caspian Sea is a
A body of water surrounded by Asia and Russia
Two vital seas to Russia and their trade are
the Black sea and the Caspian Sea
The ___ Sea is actually a saltwater lake (Vital to Russia)
Caspian
Caucasus Mountains has endpoints at on which two seas
The Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
Caucasus Mountains are situated where in Russia?
The southern most part of Russia near the Caspian Sea
communism is based on…
Karl Marx’s ideas that called for violet overthrow of government and the creation of a new society led by workers.
Communism in Russia officially ended
on…
December 25, 1991
Crusades went through…
Modern day Europe and the upper middle east
democracy is
any system of goverment in which leaders rule with the consent of the citizens
Dnieper River goes through both
north mostly eastern Europe and Russia
Rivers important to European Russia are
the Western Dvina, the Dnieper, and the Don rivers
European Union is a union the unites much of…
western Europe
The European Union unites western Europe into ___ trading community
one
The EU paved the way for a single
European currency
The EU aim was to make ___ a competitive economy with the rest of the world by limiting restrictions of people, service and __
Europe…trade
feudalism is a system in which ___ or lords gave __ to nobles in return for a pledge of loyalty
monarchs…land
France’s TGV is a highspeed and enviromental…
train system
Georgia is situated on the thin strip of land between
the Black sea and Caspian Sea`
Iberian peninsula contains which two countries?
Spain and Portugal
Jutland Peninsula is in ___ Europe (direction?)
Northern
The jutland peninsula only contains…
Denmark
Lena River runs through the ___ ___ plateau
central Siberian
The Lena River is in…
Russia
Madrid, Spain is a
capital
Main-Danube Canal links the
North Sea and Black Sea
Malta is a small…
island
Malta lies off the coast of
Italy
Monaco is a city in
France
Moscow is ___ capital
Russia’s
Moscow originated because the ___ fled Mongol rule
Slavs
Notre Dame de Paris is a cathedral in
Paris, France
Poland is a country in
Europe
Poland had been under___ rule
communist
Pyrenees Mountains separates what two countries?
France and Spain
The Pyrenees Mountains lie on the northern part of
the Iberian Peninsula
Rhine River is a vital river that passes through
Germany
Romania contains some of what mountain range?
The Carpathian Mountain Range
Romania is part of ___ Europe
eastern
Russia is a huge mass of land that lies mostly in___ and partly in ___ (continent)
Asia…Europe
San Marino is a small
country
San Marino is an independent country surrounded by
Italy
The Scandinavian Peninsula consists of what countries?
Norway, Sweden, and Finland
Siberia is a ___ climate
Subartic
Siberia is mainly coniferous
forests
Romania is one of the world’s most ___ countries
polluted
Socialism is a belief that calls for…
economic equality in society
South America is a continent containing many countries and lies
south of the United States of America and the rest of North America
The Flemings are an ethnic group closely related to the __ who descended from ___ groups
Dutch…Germanic
Ukraine is a country in __ Europe
East
Ural Mountains is the huge mountain range that divides
Russia
The Ural Mountains lie between the ____ Plain and the ___ Plain
North European…West Siberian
The Ural mountains are rich in what natural resources?
Iron ore and mineral fuels, such a soil and natural gas
Vatican City is where the ___ lives and is in ___
Pope.,..Italy
The Volga River is often called ___ by Russians
Matushka Volga or (Mother Volga)
2/3 of Russia’s water traffic travels along the ___ River
Volga
