Geography Review Exam 4

What does Yugoslavia mean?

"land of southern Slavs"

How did dr. prout describe france's relationship with the US?

"sister republics" - gave us the Statue of Liberty

How does Germany rank as far as population size in European Union?

1st, minus Russia

How many nations are members of the European Union?

28

this nation was communist during the Cold War but did not have close ties to the USSR

Albania

Country found in the Pyrenees Mountains

Andora

Body of water is associated with Murmansk (russian submarine fleet)

Barents sea

Which nation is the "last dictatorship in Europe"?

Belarus

This is the capital of the European Union

Belgium

What is the capital of Germany?

Berlin

This body of water is associated with the Crimean Peninsula

Black Sea

Which city was the capital of West Germany during the Cold War?

Bonn

which nations did Yugoslavia break up into?

Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia

The European Union has its headquarters in ???

Brussels

The first winter Olympics was held where?

Chamonix, France

Velvet Divorce

Czechia/ Slovakia

Vienna has what river?

Danube

Chernobyl has what river?

Dnieper

Reunification in 1990

East/ West Germany

Home to the capital of the United Kingdom

England

What nations are not part of the EU monetary system (Eurozone)?

England, Denmark, Poland

Which nations compromise the UK?

England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

The iron curtain was an invisible wall that divided Europe into a communist west and democratic east during the cold war. The primary example is the Berlin Wall, which split east and west Germany for nearly 50 years (t/f)

False

Ethnic cleansing and Ethno-nationalism

Former Yugoslavia

America's sister Republic (and Lady Liberty)

France

The country of Monaco is engulfed completely by which country?

France

Where is the first post-modern building located?

France, Pompidou center in Paris

Capital is Berlin

Germany

Excluding Russia, this state has more residents than any other in Europe

Germany

Spain is located on what peninsula?

Iberian

What major economic process began on the British Isles before spreading across the globe?

Industrial revolution

Home to Dublin

Ireland

Which of the following two countries are separated by the Adriatic Sea?

Italy and Croatia

Cossacks and Russian Space Program

Kazakhstan

This small nation experienced severe ethnic cleansing when it declared its independence from Serbia

Kosovo

What countries are the Baltic republics?

Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania

Which countries make up the "original six"?

Luxembourg, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands

Who was the premier of the Soviet union during its collapse and who was Russia's first president?

Mikhail Gorbachev, boris Yeltsin

the Kremlin is located in which of the following cities?

Moscow

What are the two major Russian cities that are located west of the Ural Mountains?

Moscow (capital) & st. Petersburg

Kaliningrad (Part of Russia under the Baltic States)

Most western part of Russia

This country is partly below sea level and utilizes Dikes and Polders

Netherlands

Is italy considered an old or new country?

New

What are some primate cities in Europe?

Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid, Sofia, Stockholm

What type of governing system does the UK have?

Parliamentary monarchy

What's up with the perestroika and glasnost policies?

Perestroika: restructuring of economy glasnost: "Openness"

Home of the Warsaw Pact

Poland

who Unified Germany?

Prussians

Amsterdam has what river?

Rhine

What are the three Indo-European languages that 95% of people speak in Europe?

Romance, Germanic, Slavic

What is the capital of Italy?

Rome

what empire was centered in Italy?

Rome

Initiated Glasnost, a policy of "openness"

Russia

Coup d'etat, Dissolution, and Reconstruction

Russia/ USSR

Ukraine exhibits an East-West dynamic, where half of the country is pro-Russian and the other half is pro-Nationalist, Why?

Russians: russification (move russians to other areas that aren't russia), several countries have a large Russian minority

Dr. Prout did his research in __________ _____________ Switzerland

San Moritz

Paris has what river?

Seine

What city in the Crimea is home to the joint Ukrainian and Russian fleet?

Sevastopol (Naval Fleet)

Portugal shares a border with only one country, who is it?

Spain

State that colonized most of the New Worlds and Americas after 1492

Spain

This body of water separates Spain and Africa

Strait of Gibraltar

Speak Rumantsch

Switzerland

This country is associated with Dr. Prout's research in Europe

Switzerland

London has what river?

Thames

Who was the communist dictator of Yugoslavia and who put him in power?

Tito- US (allied powers)

Both Russia and the Soviet Union are/ were permanent members of the UN Security Council, thus they have the power to veto (t/F)

True

Chernobyl and Dnieper River

Ukraine

The mountain range that separates Asia and Europe

Ural

The majority of the states in the textbook's Chapter "Central Asia"....

Use the toponym "stan", Were formerly part of the USSR, Have small populations under 20 million

The word Ghetto derives from this city

Venice

Where does Dr. Prout think every person should visit in Europe? Why?

Venice- no cars, all water transportation, mask culture

Who is the current president of Russia?

Vladimir Putin

The "core" of Russia usually associated with Europe

West

Why is it false?

West was democratic and East was communist

A Fjord is...

a deep water inlet that is found in Norway

Identify the correct capital/ state combination for Sjaelland a) Copenhagen, Denmark b) stockholm, Norway c) Oslo, Denmark d) Copenhagen, Sweden e) stockholm, Sweden

a) copenhagen, Denmark

All of the following are Indo-European languages except a) Romance b) Basque c) Germanic d) slavic

b) Basque (no relation to any languages)

Which country is NOT included in the "Original Six" ? a) France b) Luxembourg c) Greece d) Italy

c) Greece

What was Italy's unification process like?

city states to country (nation states)

What type of government does France have?

constitutional republic

Which of these countries does NOT share a border with Russia? a) Norway b) Ukraine c) Latvia d) Romania

d) Romania

All of the following exemplify balkanization except... a) croatia b) czechoslovakia c) yugoslavia d) poland

d) poland

Which of the following is NOT one of the major core European Union states? a)France b) UK c) Germany d) Spain e) Italy

d) spain

Siberia is associated with being the ______________ side of Russia

eastern

Georgia is unique because its most poeple practice Orthodox Christianity and speak slavic language (t/f)

false

Moldova is culturally similar to Russia (t/f)

false, it's similar to Romania (they speak similar languages)

In relation to the Kurile Islands

in dispute with Japan

Is Germany considered a new or old country?

new

What two terms describe Paris?

primate city, envelope city

What happened to Germany after WWII?

split- east/west by USSR during Cold War

What is the Chunnel (channel train tunnel) that connects England and France?

the Eurotunnel

What uses a polder system as part of their agricultural techniques?

the Netherlands

What is Balkinization?

the division into smaller states

What are the 4 geographical regions of Europe?

the great European plain, Western Highlands ,the Alpine Region, Central uplands

This region is associated with Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan

trans-caucasus

Europe is the third largest concentration of humans on the planet at 740 million (T/F)

true

Russia is the largest territorial state in the world (t/f)

true

The US and western Europe always considered the Baltic Republics (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) Independent, even when they were under Soviet rule (t/f)

true

Europe has a pretty stable population overall, but some nations have a declining growth rate (T/F)

true- "family friendly policy"

How does the northern and southern parts of italy differ financially?

wealthy= north poorer= south