Test 4 Study Guide

Question 1

Acid rain

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acid producing chemicals combined with moisture which falls as poisoned rain

Question 2

Acid rain is often made possible by

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

Question 3

Alpine Mountains is often called the

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Swiss Alps

Question 4

The alpine mountains pass through

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France, switzerland, northern italy, austria, and Slovakia

Question 5

Amur River is the river dividing

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russia and northern east asia

Question 6

The Amur River starts from

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the Sea of Okhotsk

Question 7

Apennine Peninsula is basically

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all of Italy

Question 8

Balkan Peninsula is lower east Europe right across from

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Asia

Question 9

The Balkan Peninsula borders which seas?

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

Question 10

Belarus is a

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country in europe

Question 11

Belarus’ capital is

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Minsk

Question 12

Belgium is a country on what continent?

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Europe`

Question 13

Belgium borders what countries?

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The Netherlands, France,and Germany

Question 14

Black Sea is a

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vital waterway that acts as the end of many rivers

Question 15

Carpathian Mountains is in what continent?

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Europe

Question 16

Carpathian Mountains pass through what countries?

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

Question 17

Caspian Sea is a

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A body of water surrounded by Asia and Russia

Question 18

Two vital seas to Russia and their trade are

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the Black sea and the Caspian Sea

Question 19

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

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Caspian

Question 20

Caucasus Mountains has endpoints at on which two seas

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The Black Sea and the Caspian Sea

Question 21

Caucasus Mountains are situated where in Russia?

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The southern most part of Russia near the Caspian Sea

Question 22

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.

Question 23

Communism in Russia officially ended

on…

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December 25, 1991

Question 24

Crusades went through…

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Modern day Europe and the upper middle east

Question 25

democracy is

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

Question 26

Dnieper River goes through both

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north mostly eastern Europe and Russia

Question 27

Rivers important to European Russia are

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the Western Dvina, the Dnieper, and the Don rivers

Question 28

European Union is a union the unites much of...

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western Europe

Question 29

The European Union unites western Europe into ___ trading community

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one

Question 30

The EU paved the way for a single

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European currency

Question 31

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

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Europe...trade

Question 32

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

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monarchs...land

Question 33

France's TGV is a highspeed and enviromental...

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train system

Question 34

Georgia is situated on the thin strip of land between

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the Black sea and Caspian Sea`

Question 35

Iberian peninsula contains which two countries?

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Spain and Portugal

Question 36

Jutland Peninsula is in ___ Europe (direction?)

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Northern

Question 37

The jutland peninsula only contains...

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Denmark

Question 38

Lena River runs through the ___ ___ plateau

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central Siberian

Question 39

The Lena River is in...

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Russia

Question 40

Madrid, Spain is a

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capital

Question 41

Main-Danube Canal links the

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North Sea and Black Sea

Question 42

Malta is a small...

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island

Question 43

Malta lies off the coast of

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Italy

Question 44

Monaco is a city in

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France

Question 45

Moscow is ___ capital

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Russia's

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Moscow originated because the ___ fled Mongol rule

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Slavs

Question 47

Notre Dame de Paris is a cathedral in

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Paris, France

Question 48

Poland is a country in

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Europe

Question 49

Poland had been under___ rule

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communist

Question 50

Pyrenees Mountains separates what two countries?

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France and Spain

Question 51

The Pyrenees Mountains lie on the northern part of

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the Iberian Peninsula

Question 52

Rhine River is a vital river that passes through

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Germany

Question 53

Romania contains some of what mountain range?

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The Carpathian Mountain Range

Question 54

Romania is part of ___ Europe

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eastern

Question 55

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

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Asia...Europe

Question 56

San Marino is a small

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country

Question 57

San Marino is an independent country surrounded by

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Italy

Question 58

The Scandinavian Peninsula consists of what countries?

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Norway, Sweden, and Finland

Question 59

Siberia is a ___ climate

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Subartic

Question 60

Siberia is mainly coniferous

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forests

Question 61

Romania is one of the world's most ___ countries

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polluted

Question 62

Socialism is a belief that calls for...

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economic equality in society

Question 63

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

Question 64

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

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Dutch...Germanic

Question 65

Ukraine is a country in __ Europe

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East

Question 66

Ural Mountains is the huge mountain range that divides

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Russia

Question 67

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

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North European...West Siberian

Question 68

The Ural mountains are rich in what natural resources?

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

Question 69

Vatican City is where the ___ lives and is in ___

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Pope.,..Italy

Question 70

The Volga River is often called ___ by Russians

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Matushka Volga or (Mother Volga)

Question 71

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

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Volga