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World Geography 1105 Flashcards

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1
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MATCH THE COUNTRY

Danube River Delta

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Romania

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Serbia, Montenegro

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Yugoslavia

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plateau with several mountains

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Macedonia

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Great Pannonian Plain, mountains

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Yugoslavia

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Great Plain, Northern Highlands, Transdanubia

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Hungary

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MATCH THE COUNTRY

Transylvanian Basin, Carpathian Mountains

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Romania

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Adriatic coastal lowland, karst topography, mountains

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Republic of Macedonia and parts of Greece and Bulgaria

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historic Macedonia

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European Plain, Sudeten Mountains, Carpathians, Polish Uplands

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Poland

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most ethnically diverse of nations formed from communist Yugoslavia

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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first European nation to change from communistic to democratic government

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Poland

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last European nation to change from communistic to democratic government

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Romania

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13
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Nation whose economy is based on the ff

industry

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Hungary

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Nation whose economy is based on the ff

agriculture

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Macedonia, Greece

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Nation whose economy is based on the ff

industry, agriculture

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Romania, Russia

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Nation whose economy is based on the ff

agriculture, forestry

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Slovenia

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Nation whose economy is based on the ff

coal, iron, steel, textiles, petrochemicals, agriculture

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Poland

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Nation whose economy is based on the ff

agriculture, mining, timber

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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19
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Because of _____, _____, or _____ differences, many large nations have broken into several smaller ones

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ethnic; religious; cultural

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20
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Most of the new democratic republics in Eastern Europe are facing serious ____ problems

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economic

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Most of the nations in Eastern Europe and the Balkan Peninsula have a ____ climate

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continental

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22
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The ____ River flows through or borders eight European nations

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Danube

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The ____ Peninsula contains the nations of Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece.

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Balkan

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Religious and ethnic differences led to the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of ___

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Yugoslavia

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25
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____ are the primary geographical feature of the Balkan Peninsula

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Mountains

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26
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CAPITAL

Bosnia and Herzegovina

A

Saravejo

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27
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CAPITAL

Croatia

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Zagreb

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28
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CAPITAL

Hungary

A

Budapest

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29
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CAPITAL

Macedonia

A

Skopje

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30
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CAPITAL

Poland

A

Warsaw

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31
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`CAPITAL

Romania

A

Bucharest

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32
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CAPITAL

Slovenia

A

Ljubljana

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33
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CAPITAL

Yugoslavia

A

Belgrade

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34
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Nation whose economy is based on the ff

agriculture, processing of natural resources

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Albania

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35
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Nation whose economy is based on the ff

tourism, industry, agriculture

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Bulgaria

36
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Nation whose economy is based on the ff

industry, agriculture, fishing

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Estonia

37
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The ____ situation and the demands for greater ____ caused the downfall of many European communist governments during the late 1980s

A

economic; freedom

38
Q

The ____ Mountains in ____ are the highest mountains on the Balkan Peninsula

A

Rhodope; Bulgaria

39
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The ____ Plain covers the northern region of Bulgaria, the ___ Mountains are in the center, and the ____ River valley and the ____ Mountains are in the southern half of the nation

A

Danubian; Balkan; Maritsa; Rhodope

40
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Most of Albania is covered by a continuation of the _____

A

Dinaric Alps

41
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The nation of ____ includes the Aegean Islands, Crete, Macedonia and Thrace, Peloponnese, and islands in he Ionian Sea

A

Greece

42
Q

Most of the soil in Greece is rocky ____ and is not ____

A

limestone; arable

43
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The ____, ____, and ____ are the three major geographical features of Greece

A

sea; mountains; lowlands

44
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_____ is a peninsula in southern Greece that today is technically an ____ because the Corinth Canal separates it from the mainland

A

Peloponnese; island

45
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Until 1990, the ____ was a communist state with ___ union republics

A

Soviet Union; 15

46
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_____, _____, and _____ did not join the CIS

A

Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania

47
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The ______, or ___, is a union of ___ of the independent republics formerly part of the USSR

A

Commonwealth of Independent States; CIS; 12

48
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Most of European Russia is covered by the ____, a part of the Great European Plain

A

Russian Plain

49
Q

The ____ serve as the dividing line between European and Asiatic Russia

A

Ural Mountains

50
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____ is the area of Russia between the Ural Mountains and the Pacific Ocean and between the Arctic Ocean and China, Mongolia, and central Kazakhstan

A

Siberia

51
Q

Southern Siberia is a region of ____, but desolate ___ covers northern Siberia

A

steppes; tundra

52
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Lake ___ is the ___ lake on Earth

A

Baikal; deepest

53
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smallest CIS nation

A

Armenia

54
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second-smallest CIS nation

A

moldova

55
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largest CIS nation

A

Russia

56
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largest nation in europe

A

Russia

57
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second-largest nation in Europe

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Ukraine

58
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CIS nation with greatest population density

A

Moldova

59
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CIS nation with greatest population

A

Russia

60
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two noncontiguous regions

A

Azerbaijan

61
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nation where oil-refining industry began

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Azerbaijan

62
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largest marshland in Europe

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Belarus, Ukraine

63
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Carpathian and Crimean mountains; level plain

A

Ukraine

64
Q

Ararat plain; mountains

A

Armenia

65
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Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains; dry plain

A

Azerbaijan

66
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second largest CIS nation

A

Kazakhstan

67
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lowest point in the CIS

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Kazakhstan

68
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highest peak in the CIS

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Tajikistan

69
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poorest CIS nation

A

Tajikistan

70
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most recent member of CIS

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Georgia

71
Q

Kara Kum; Kopet Dagh

A

Turkmenistan

72
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Tien Shan and Pamirs

A

Tajikistan

73
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Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains; Kartalinian Plain; lowland valley

A

Georgia

74
Q

plateau; mountains; lowlands

A

Kazakhstan

75
Q

Tien Shan; Kyzyl Kum

A

Uzbekistan

76
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nuclear weapons testing site at Semipalatinsk

A

Kazakhstan

77
Q

CAPITAL

Armenia

A

Yerevan

78
Q

CAPITAL

Azerbaijan

A

Baku

79
Q

CAPITAL

Belarus

A

Minsk

80
Q

CAPITAL

Georgia

A

Tbilisi

81
Q

CAPITAL

Kazakhstan

A

Alma Ata

82
Q

CAPITAL

Kyrgyzstan

A

Bishbek

83
Q

CAPITAL

Moldova

A

Chisinau

84
Q

CAPITAL

Tajikistan

A

Dushanbe

85
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CAPITAL

Turkmenistan

A

Ashkabad

86
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CAPITAL

Ukraine

A

Kiev

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