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1
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Acid rain

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acid producing chemicals combined with moisture which falls as poisoned rain

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2
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Acid rain is often made possible by

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high smokestacks (built during the communist period) that carried pollution across borders

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3
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Alpine Mountains is often called the

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Swiss Alps

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4
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The alpine mountains pass through

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France, switzerland, northern italy, austria, and Slovakia

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5
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Amur River is the river dividing

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russia and northern east asia

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6
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The Amur River starts from

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the Sea of Okhotsk

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7
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Apennine Peninsula is basically

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all of Italy

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8
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Balkan Peninsula is lower east Europe right across from

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Asia

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The Balkan Peninsula borders which seas?

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The Black Sea, the Aegan sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Adriatic Sea

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10
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Belarus is a

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country in europe

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11
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Belarus’ capital is

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Minsk

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12
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Belgium is a country on what continent?

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Europe`

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13
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Belgium borders what countries?

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The Netherlands, France,and Germany

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14
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Black Sea is a

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vital waterway that acts as the end of many rivers

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15
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Carpathian Mountains is in what continent?

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Europe

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Carpathian Mountains pass through what countries?

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Slovakia, Romania, some of Hungary, and the Czech Republic

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17
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Caspian Sea is a

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A body of water surrounded by Asia and Russia

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18
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Two vital seas to Russia and their trade are

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the Black sea and the Caspian Sea

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19
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The ___ Sea is actually a saltwater lake (Vital to Russia)

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Caspian

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20
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Caucasus Mountains has endpoints at on which two seas

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The Black Sea and the Caspian Sea

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21
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Caucasus Mountains are situated where in Russia?

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The southern most part of Russia near the Caspian Sea

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22
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communism is based on…

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Karl Marx’s ideas that called for violet overthrow of government and the creation of a new society led by workers.

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23
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Communism in Russia officially ended

on…

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December 25, 1991

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24
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Crusades went through…

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Modern day Europe and the upper middle east

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25
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democracy is

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any system of goverment in which leaders rule with the consent of the citizens

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26
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Dnieper River goes through both

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north mostly eastern Europe and Russia

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27
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Rivers important to European Russia are

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the Western Dvina, the Dnieper, and the Don rivers

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28
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European Union is a union the unites much of…

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western Europe

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29
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The European Union unites western Europe into ___ trading community

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one

30
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The EU paved the way for a single

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European currency

31
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The EU aim was to make ___ a competitive economy with the rest of the world by limiting restrictions of people, service and __

A

Europe…trade

32
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feudalism is a system in which ___ or lords gave __ to nobles in return for a pledge of loyalty

A

monarchs…land

33
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France’s TGV is a highspeed and enviromental…

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train system

34
Q

Georgia is situated on the thin strip of land between

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the Black sea and Caspian Sea`

35
Q

Iberian peninsula contains which two countries?

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Spain and Portugal

36
Q

Jutland Peninsula is in ___ Europe (direction?)

A

Northern

37
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The jutland peninsula only contains…

A

Denmark

38
Q

Lena River runs through the ___ ___ plateau

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central Siberian

39
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The Lena River is in…

A

Russia

40
Q

Madrid, Spain is a

A

capital

41
Q

Main-Danube Canal links the

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North Sea and Black Sea

42
Q

Malta is a small…

A

island

43
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Malta lies off the coast of

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Italy

44
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Monaco is a city in

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France

45
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Moscow is ___ capital

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Russia’s

46
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Moscow originated because the ___ fled Mongol rule

A

Slavs

47
Q

Notre Dame de Paris is a cathedral in

A

Paris, France

48
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Poland is a country in

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Europe

49
Q

Poland had been under___ rule

A

communist

50
Q

Pyrenees Mountains separates what two countries?

A

France and Spain

51
Q

The Pyrenees Mountains lie on the northern part of

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the Iberian Peninsula

52
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Rhine River is a vital river that passes through

A

Germany

53
Q

Romania contains some of what mountain range?

A

The Carpathian Mountain Range

54
Q

Romania is part of ___ Europe

A

eastern

55
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Russia is a huge mass of land that lies mostly in___ and partly in ___ (continent)

A

Asia…Europe

56
Q

San Marino is a small

A

country

57
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San Marino is an independent country surrounded by

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Italy

58
Q

The Scandinavian Peninsula consists of what countries?

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Norway, Sweden, and Finland

59
Q

Siberia is a ___ climate

A

Subartic

60
Q

Siberia is mainly coniferous

A

forests

61
Q

Romania is one of the world’s most ___ countries

A

polluted

62
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Socialism is a belief that calls for…

A

economic equality in society

63
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South America is a continent containing many countries and lies

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south of the United States of America and the rest of North America

64
Q

The Flemings are an ethnic group closely related to the __ who descended from ___ groups

A

Dutch…Germanic

65
Q

Ukraine is a country in __ Europe

A

East

66
Q

Ural Mountains is the huge mountain range that divides

A

Russia

67
Q

The Ural Mountains lie between the ____ Plain and the ___ Plain

A

North European…West Siberian

68
Q

The Ural mountains are rich in what natural resources?

A

Iron ore and mineral fuels, such a soil and natural gas

69
Q

Vatican City is where the ___ lives and is in ___

A

Pope.,..Italy

70
Q

The Volga River is often called ___ by Russians

A

Matushka Volga or (Mother Volga)

71
Q

2/3 of Russia’s water traffic travels along the ___ River

A

Volga

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