World geography chapter 13 and 14

Why do so many people in Eastern Europe burn wood to heat their homes

It is cheaper

What geographic measure played the greatest role in the development of most major cities in Eastern Europe?

Access to navigable water, big enough for ships

How did the communist countries of Eastern Europe attempt to regulate pollution

Almost no communist countries had laws (did not attempt to regulate it)

Catherine the Great

Empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)

What bounds do the heal mountains mark?

European Russia and Siberian Russia

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 the government encouraged ________ which favored the weathy

Privatization

Chernozien

Rich black soil that supports agriculture in the southern part of the Northern European plains

Balkan Mountains

Run from Slovakia to Romania. Disguised by large mountains separated by baisins

During which war did hardships lead to worker strikes and protests which eventually triggered the Russian revolution?

WW1

Glasnost

openness

Perestroika

restructuring

Communism

society based on equitable distribution of wealth, land, and public ownership of production

Bialowieza Forest

wilderness area in Belarus and Poland

Why has the Russian sturgeon population declined?

The damming of the Volga disrupted sturgeon migration

Volga River

The longest river in Europe and Russia's most important commercial river. Source of hydronic power

Because of concerns damage it could cause to environment and salmon spawning grounds, environmental groups have demanded strict regulations on what industry

The mining industry

Peter the Great

This was the tsar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army.

Karl Marx

founder of modern communism

Bulgaria

A country whose name reflects its first-century conquers

What kind of climate does most of Eastern Europe have?

A humid continental climate

Despite environmental concerns about locating a paper-pulp factory near Lake ________, the factory was built and caused substantial water pollution in the world's oldest and deepest lake.

Baikal

Srebarna Nature Reserve

Bird sanctuary and protects a lake that feeds into Danube

Which two ethnic groups were most affected by ethnic cleansing during the 1990s?

Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Muslims

Mount Elbrus a popular destination for skiers and hikers is located where?

Caucasus mountains

Capathian mountains

Mountains in Slovakia and Northern Romania

Who are the ethnic Russians descendants of?

Slavo and viking

Who were the earliest people in Eastern Europe

Slavs

The broad lowland area north of the carpathians that covers most of Poland and many Baltic countries is known as what

The Northern European plane

Why is the industrial area of Poland, eastern Germany, and the Czech Republic called the black triangle?

The burning of coal coats the area with black soot. One of europes most polluted areas

Adriatic Sea

between the Balkan Peninsula and the Italian Peninsula