BJU Culture Geography Unit 5
__________ refers to any exotic limestone landscape and is especially prevalent in Slovenia.
"Karst"
Russia calls its former republics, the CIS, the
"near abroad."
capital of the Netherlands.
Amsterdam
Parts of Scandinavia where the sun never sets for two months in the summer lie above what?
Arctic Circle
What was the largest WWII Nazi concentration camp & where was it located?
Auschwitz
The tendency of a region made up of many ethnically and religiously diverse minorities to break into small, hostile countries is called
Balkanization.
The Soviets invested much time and money in developing the infrastructure of the
Baltic States.
Which country, whose name means "white Russia," contains the Pinsk Marshes, the largest marshland in Europe?
Belarus
Brussels
Belgium Capital
Muslims who live in the Balkans are known as
Bosniaks.
route invaders from Germany took into Italy through Austria.
Brenner Pass
What body of water linked to the Garonne River connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?
Canal du Midi
Helinski
Capital of Finland
Moscow
Capital of Russia and former host of the Winter Olympic Games.
The dominant mountain system in eastern Europe is the
Carpathians
The breakaway republic that has caused more trouble for Russia since 1991 is
Chechnya
sometimes called the Russian Riviera.
Crimea
Which peninsula juts out into the Black Sea and is attached to Ukraine by a 2.5-mile-wide isthmus?
Crimean Peninsula
Some the Baltic States use the
Cyrillic alphabet.
Budapest was once actually two different cities on opposite sides of the
Danube River.
Copenhagen
Denmark Capital
Sparsely populated and has few large population centers.
Describe Asiatic Russia
Having a promising start after the collapse of communism, the Czech Republic has one of the strongest economies in
Eastern Europe.
Whereas most people of the Carpathians are Roman Catholic, the people of ROMANIA are mostly.
Eastern Orthodox.
A Uralic language is spoken in
Finland
Ivan the Terrible
First Russian ruler, 1547.
The shipbuilders formed a labor union called ________.
Gdansk
What country fought France for control of the Alsace-Lorraine plateau?
Germany
Berlin
Germany's Capital
The Russian ruler responsible for reforms that led to the fall of the Soviet Union Empire.
Gorbachev
Largest island in Europe
Great Britain
Poland
Home of Solidarity and one of the countries Hitler invaded.
Russia
In area, what country is the largest country in the world?
Liechtenstein is known for what economical condition?
Industrialization and high standard of living.
Dublin
Ireland Captial
The Danube River flows through a break in the Carpathian Mountains called the
Iron Gate.
The Apennines stretch the length of the
Italian Peninsula.
Denmark has territory on what peninsula
Jutland Peninsula.
Which German canal links the North Sea with the Baltic Sea?
Kiel Canal
Known as the Baltic States, which three countries were the first of the fifteen republics in the Soviet Union to declare independence?
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia
Who was the head of the first trade union and later became the first president of free Poland?
Lech Walesa
Portugal capital
Lisbon
Which of the Baltic States is partially composed of fifteen hundred islands?
Lithuania
The longest river in France is the
Loire
What country has the world's highest per capita GDP?
Luxembourg
The apostle Paul was shipwrecked on
Malta
What Italian city, the second largest in the country, is a banking center in the Po River Valley?
Milan
What city serves as the headquarters for the CIS?
Minsk
Which three countries lie on the eastern plains?
Moldova, Ukraine, and Belarus
The highest mountain in the Alps,
Mont Blanc, located in France.
is the highest mountain in Switzerland.
Monte Rosa
The name of which Eastern European country means "black mountain"?
Montenegro
Gypsies
One of the largest ethnic minorities in Europe.
Countries in southern and western Europe are predominantly what religion?
Roman Catholic.
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Russia is bordered by how many countries?
Nickel
Russia leads the world in the production of what metal?
Most RUSSIANS practice what religion?
Russian Orthodox
The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina is
Sarajevo
Edinburgh
Scotland Capital
Paris lies on the __________ River.
Seine
Which city serves as Russia's main naval base?
Sevastopol
What was the name of the group of semi-independent states ruled by the Soviet Union's puppet leaders following World War II?
Soviet bloc
occupies the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.
Spain
Madrid
Spain's Capital
Cantons are
Swiss self-governing districts.
Bern
Switzerland Capital
Form the backbone of Italy.
The Apennine Range
What massive fortress in Moscow represents Russian political power and influence? Lenin is entombed in the square in front of it.
The Kremlin, Red Square
have tended reindeer for thousands of years.
The Lapps in Finland
What mountains form the border between France and Spain
The Pyrenees
is Spain's longest river.
The Tagus
This railroad links Russia's European and Pacific ports.
Trans Siberian
Which region in Romania has long intrigued Western Europeans, who view it as a place of mystery and danger?
Transylvania
The swift and peaceful overthrow of communism in Czechoslovakia was called the
Velvet Revolution.
This Italian city was built on more than one hundred islands in the Adriatic Sea and is currently sinking.
Venice
Croatia
What Balkan country is shaped like a boomerang?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Who participated in the Dayton Peace Accords
Gorbachev
Who was the last ruler of the Soviet Union?
The Giant's Causeway between Scotland and Ireland was formed by
cooled lava.
Like Switzerland, Liechtenstein does not participate in wars and
does not have a standing army.
Slovenia has the __________ per capita GDP in Eastern Europe.
highest
Most of continental Europe has what type of climate?
marine-west-coast climate.
To give the Czech people a direct stake in the success of the new Czech Republic's economy, the government began an experiment in
mass privatization.
The term glasnost means
openness
The Massif Central is a mountainous plateau in southern France that has
poor soil.
An area of political uncertainty, constant tension, and frequent changes in political boundaries is often called a
shatter belt.
What is the largest industrial region in Europe?
the Ruhr
Iceland has glaciers and active
volcanoes.