Chapter 18-20 Review
The Fertile farm region east of Danube River in Hungary is called ______
'the breadbasket of Europe"
How many time zones does Russia stretch across?
10
Slovakia: Year of Independence
1993, when Czechoslovakia was peacefully divided
How many countries were created when Yugoslavia broke up?
5
Which country, known for decades as "Europe's hermit," is now ending its isolation?
Albania
Which nation had more than one fifth of its farmland contaminated by radiation blown across it after the accident as Chernobyl?
Belarus
Boarder Nations
Belarus Moldova Ukraine
The Czech Republic: Description of Regions
Bohemia in western half contains mines and industries and capital city of Prague; Moravia in eastern half has outdated industries, including coal and steel.
Which country was embroiled in war between three different ethnic groups after declaring its independence?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Which country is known as the garden of Eastern Europe because of its warm summers and mild winters?
Bulgaria
Identify the republic in the Caucasus region where intense fighting recently occurred when it tried to gain independence from Russia.
Chechnya
Who fell from power in Poland because they lacked popular support?
Communists
Central Europe and Northern Eurasia: Physical Characteristics (2)
Danube River Lake Baikal
The language of which nation is closely related to Finnish?
Estonia
The Ural Mountains divide ____ and _____.
Europe; Asia
Who fled Poland when the Soviets expanded Poland's western border?
Germans
What is the velvet revolution?
IN 1993, it divided *peacefully* into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic- also called Slovakia.
What are three problems that the transportation from a command economy to make a market economy has caused Russia?
Inflation unemployment, caused by privatization falling level of health care
Who were murdered in camps, making up half the deaths?
Jews
Which country was a key point of conflict in the late 1990s?
Kosovo
Which three nations on the coast of the Baltic Sea were officially republics of the Soviet Union until it broke apart in 1991?
Lithuania Latvia Estonia
Which country experienced conflict based on its national language policy?
Macedonia
Central Europe and Northern Eurasia: Ethnic Groups (2)
Magyars Slavs
Hungary: Dominant Ethnic Groups
Magyers
What Soviet leader began radical reform in the late 1980s?
Mikhail Gorchev
Which nation has a population mostly of Romanian descent and continues to have strong ties to Romania?
Moldova
What is the capital of Russia?
Moscow
What French ruler invaded Russia in 1812, and why was he forced to retreat?
Napoleon; Russia's bitterly cold climate
Who killed much of Poland's Jews?
Nazis
What is the main religion of the region?
Orthodox Christianity
Which Russian czar expanded Russian rule east to the Pacific?
Peter the Great
Who has varied natural resources?
Poland
What are Russia's major means of transportation?
Railroads
Hungary: Main Religion
Roman Catholicism
Which country was ruled by Communist leader named Nicolae Ceausescu, who led the country to economic chaos?
Romania
The world's largest country that contains a variety of physical features.
Russia
What happened in 1917?
Russian Revolution establishes Communist government
Which republic remained joined in the country of Yugoslavia until the early 2000s?
Serbia and Montenegro
The Asia part of Russia is know as ____.
Siberia
Which part of the former Yugoslavia is expected to recover quickly from the problems brought by war and independence?
Slovenia
What had widespread support?
Solidarity
Who has large deposits of coal, sulfur, and copper?
Southern Poland
What does the layer of permafrost across most of Siberia mean?
That buildings must be supported off the ground, so as not to thaw soil around the foundations.
Two mountains that are in Russia
The Caucasus and Ural Mountains
Which nation is known as a "breadbasket" of Eastern Europe because of its productive farmland?
Ukraine
Identify two major bodies of water in or around Russia with major pollution problems
Volga River Baltic Sea
By the end of what war, how many Poles had been killed in Concentration Camps?
WWII, 6 million
Hungary: Description of Region
a broad plain in the east; plateaus, hilly, valleys in the west
The Czech Republic: Size
about the size of South Carolina
Hungary: Basic of Economy
agriculture in the east and industry in the west
Why do trees on the taiga not grow very tall, but they do grow in ______?
bc of the temperature; dense clumps
Central Europe and Northern Eurasia: Major Economic Activities (2)
commercial farming nomadic herding
Siberia's geology is ____ and presents both ___ and ____.
complex; problems; wealth
Central Europe and Northern Eurasia: Major Ecosystems (2)
coniferous forest (taiga) temperate grassland (steppers)
Much of Poland's soil is ______.
fertile
Bulgaria has ______ and ______.
fertile soil; mild weather
Russia also has ____ plains
gently rolling
What are Siberia's (rich;6) reserves?
gold, silver, platinum, zinc, petroleum, and natural gas
Why is it hard to reach Siberia's resources?
harsh climate
What are three leisure activities Russians may enjoy?
hiking, sports, ballet performances
The plant life in Russia is closely related to ___ and ___
locations; climate
Slovakia: Basis of Economy
mixed economy of farming and manufacturing
The Czech Republic: Description of Landscape
plains along Elbe and Danube River; dominated by plateaus and mountains, along it boundaries
The tundra is cold and treeless and is dominated by small ____ and ____ adapted to the conditions of the region.
plants; animals
In 1989,_____ forced free elections and ______ did not win a majority of the votes.
public opinion, Communists
Slovakia: Description of Landscape
rugged peaks in the north; plains of the Danube in the south
Central Europe and Northern Eurasia: Major Climates (2)
subarctic tundra
What 1917 event put an end to rule by czars and established a communist government?
the Russian Revolution
What two groups established the first Russian state in the 800s?
the Slaves and the Vikings
Russia's land is more than ___ that of any two of the world'e next four largest nations combined.
twice
How did communism affect Russia's economy?
under communism, farms, industry, and resources came under government control. However, agriculture and industrial production remained low and standard of living remained poor.
