Ch 15 - 16 Europe and Russia

Question 1

to get rid of all groups through exile or death. This kind of effort to remove all members of a group

Answer 1

ethnic cleansing

Question 2

Europe and Asia meet at the ____________

Answer 2

Ural mountains

Question 3

Capital of ukraine

Answer 3

Kiev

Question 4

South of the tundra is a vast forest of evergreen trees covering half of russia called

Answer 4

Taiga

Question 5

Missionaries introduced a form of the Greek alphabet called

Answer 5

Cyrillic

Question 6

harsh Soviet labor camps located in Siberia

Answer 6

Gulag

Question 7

Russian country houses where they can garden and enjoy fresh air

Answer 7

Dachas

Question 8

factories that produce metal, copper, and iron

Answer 8

Smelters

Question 9

Longest river in the region is the _______which flows east across the Great Hungarian Plain. Goes thru 9 countries and dumps off into the Black Sea

Answer 9

Danube

Question 10

Millions of acres of forests were damaged by ________in 1986 in Ukraine

Answer 10

Chernobyl

Question 11

People in Poland and the Baltic are famous for their love of what 2 things

Answer 11

Dance and music

Question 12

Bread basket

Answer 12

Ukraine

Question 13

New countries created after WW1. Among these was ___________. The country broke up in the 1990s due to conflict between ethnic and religious groups.

Answer 13

Yugoslavia

Question 14

________is the only country in Europe in which most people are muslim

Answer 14

Albania

Question 15

South of Russia the _________consists of rugged uplands covering much of Georgia

Answer 15

Caucausus

Question 16

the tallest peak in Europe

Answer 16

Mt. Elburus