Geog 1001 Exam 2

The fastest growing nation currently in Europe is

*Kosova

Which of the following is NOT a contributing factor to the high mortality rates among Russian men?

*exposure to radiation from Soviet-era nuclear waste which was improperly disposed

The Transcaucasian region

*is deeply fractured along ethnolinguistic lines and currently has two independence movements

In which country of Europe did the Industrial Revolution start?

England

The nation at the epicenter of the 2015 European Debt Crisis was

Greece

Which of the following languages is NOT a Romance (Latin-based) language?

Greek

In Ukraine, Russian speakers are largely found in what part of the country?

eastern

Which of the following was a prime factor for the economic collapse in Eastern Europe immediately following the end of the Cold War?

the loss of subsidized natural gas and oil from the Soviet Union coupled with the collapse of Soviet markets made it impossible for Eastern European industries to operate and compete

The former Soviet Union was comprised of how many different republics?

15

The average Russian consumes how many liters of alcohol per year?

15 liters

What is the approximate population of the Russian Domain?

200 million

What percent of Russia's farmland had been privatized by 2003?

90%

What mountain range in Europe is over 500 miles long and has peaks reaching 15,000 feet?

Alps

Which ancient kingdom (and former Soviet state) has generated a worldwide diaspora?

Armenia

Which set of nations is landlocked?

Austria, Switzerland and Hungary

Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic?

Basque

Alexander Lukashenko has been called "Europe's last dictator". He is the leader of which nation?

Belarus

Which nation, formerly part of Yugoslavia, is deeply divided along ethnoreligious lines, with large minorities of Muslims, Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians?

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Which of the following cities will have a continental climate in Europe?

Budapest

Which country has made major business investments in Russia's Far East?

China

Which European city is considered to be the most "bicycle-friendly" in the world?

Copenhagen

The Russian language uses which alphabet?

Cyrillic

Which European country divided into two in a peaceful "Velvet Divorce"?

Czechoslovakia

Which nation has an ambitious goal to meet half of its energy needs through wind power by 2020?

Denmark

What is the primary reason why European Russia has a higher population than Asian Russia?

European Russia is better suited for agriculture and has a slightly milder climate

Where do most immigrants to France come from?

Former French colonies in North Africa and West Africa

The charter members of the European Union were

Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy and the Netherlands

Which nation does NOT speak a Slavic language?

Hungary

Which two war-torn nations have produced an enormous number of migrants seeking asylum in Europe, most notably Germany, in recent years?

Iraq and Syria

In the Russian Domain, what non-Christian religion has the greatest number of believers?

Islam

What influence did the breakup of the Soviet Union have on Russian organized crime?

It has aligned itself with Russian intelligence agencies and has gone global in its activities

The Apennines are found primarily in which nation?

Italy

The volcanic peninsula which dominates the Far East of Russia is known as

Kamchatka

Which nation within the Russian Domain has the lowest Human Development Index (HDI)?

Moldova

Which country of Europe is primarily located on the European Lowland?

Netherlands

What do the letters in NATO stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

By what other name is The European Lowland known?

Northern European Plain

In which European country would you find fjords?

Norway

Which nations in Europe currently are most at risk from acid rain?

Poland and the Czech Republic

What European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France?

Pyrenees

What language is most frequently spoken within Moldova?

Romanian

Which language has the widest reach across the Russian Domain?

Russian

Which nation narrowly voted in 2014 to remain a part of the United Kingdom?

Scotland

The former Yugoslavia has fragmented into how many independent nation-states?

Seven

In which region of the Russian Domain is permafrost a problem?

Siberia

Which country played a major role in the economy of the countries of Eastern Europe in the decades following WWII?

Soviet Union

The famous city located on the shores of the Baltic, formerly known as Leningrad, is called

St. Petersburg

Which European country has the highest representation of women in parliamentary offices?

Sweden

Which of the following EU member states does NOT use the Euro as its national currency?

Sweden

Your native language is Danish. Which language will likely be the easiest for you to understand?

Swedish

Which of the following European countries is NOT a member of the European Union?

Switzerland

What was the policy of the former Soviet Union (USSR) regarding religion within its borders?

The USSR severely discouraged and even persecuted religious practice

Why do the authors of your text use the word "domain" when talking about "the Russian Domain"?

The term suggests persisting Russian influence within the region.

Which of the following five locations will have the coldest average temperature in January?

Verkhoyansk

Which two nations reunified shortly after the end of the Cold War?

West Germany and East Germany

Who were the Bolsheviks?

a faction of Russian communism representing interests of industrial workers, who established the former Soviet Union

The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 was what type of environmental disaster?

a meltdown of a nuclear reactor which spewed airborne radioactive waste across thousands of acres of farmland

What was socialist realism of the Soviet era in the Russian Domain?

an art style devoted to the realistic depiction of workers challenging nature or struggling against capitalism

What plan did Europe introduce in 2005 to help the region fight climate change?

an emission trading scheme

What was the Cold War?

an ideological struggle between the United States and the former Soviet Union that lasted from 1946-1991, and included Soviet occupation of several European countries

Why did the Russian military invade Georgia in 2008?

because the Georgian government attempted to establish control over the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which are two regions dominated by Russian sympathizers

What soil type supports the commercial cultivation of corn, wheat, sugar beets, and livestock in the Russian Domain?

chernozem

Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War II centered on what commodity (commodities)?

coal and steel

Large number of French-speaking Africans and Arab Muslims live in what areas of the cities of western Europe (most notably Paris)?

in high-density apartment buildings in the suburbs with little diversity

Catalan is a language primarily spoken

in the region around Barcelona, Spain

What is the word for a state policy of reclaiming lost lands or lands inhabited by people of the same ethnicity in another state?

irredentism

What are mikrorayons?

large housing projects built in the 1970s and 1980s in Russia, usually comprised of apartment blocks located some distance from the city center

In what part of Europe is Protestantism the dominant religion?

northern Germany

France depends on more than half of its energy supply from

nuclear power

Where has the Russian Domain dumped its nuclear wastes?

off the northern island of Novaya Zemlya

Investments in Russia are most common in which of these products?

oil and natural gas

The Russian currency instrument is known as the

ruble

The pattern of expansion of the Russian Empire was characterized by which of the following?

slow but steady expansion to the east

The dominant national sport across Europe is

soccer

An increasingly centralized Soviet state was achieved through

state-controlled agricultural production and industrialization

The vast northern coniferous forests of Siberia are known as

taiga

What is the currency of the European Monetary Union?

the Euro

What is the major factor determining whether a particular Slavic language uses the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet in its written form?

the dominant religion of the people who speak that language