Geography Final

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the country that is one of the top producers of fine chocolate

Belgium

original Dutch farmers

Boers

canal that completes a link between the Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean sea

Canal Du Midi

the dominant mountain system in Eastern Europe

Carpathian mountains

the country that was the home of the Industrial revolution

Central England

a modified Greek alphabet used for Slavic languages such as Russian

Cyrillic

the country that is sometimes called "the Land of fire and ice"

Iceland

The largest island in Europe

Ireland

the country whose main industries are shipbuilding and aircraft construction

Ireland

the desert that covers more than half of Botswana

Kalahari

a language spoken by Bantu tribes living along the eastern coast of Africa from Somalia to Mozambique

Swahili

the tallest mountain in Southern Africa

Thabana Ntlenyana

the resulting language from Dutch, Boers and Zulu

afrikaas

the term used for the policy of strict racial segregation practiced in south Africa until the 1990's

apartheid

the four distortions mapmakers try to avoid when flattening the features of globe

area, shape, distance and direction

the tendency of ethnically and religiously divers territories to break up into smaller hostile nations

balkanizaiton

the two major tributaries of the Nile river

blue and white nile

tip of southern Africa the Porteguese rounded

cape of good hope

the art of mapmaking

cartography

six falls or rapids that the nile flows over

cataracts

forests of trees that produce seeds in a cone

coniferous forests

the three layers of the earth

crust mantle core

the South African leader who split the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela.

de Klerk

forests of plants that shed their leaves before a period of dormancy

deciduous forests

strong walls of stone and earth built to restrict or restrain the flow of water

dikes

problem that occurs when a globe is transferred onto a flat map

distortion

the term that refers to the breakdown of rocks by water, wind, temperature changes, freezing and thawing

erosion

a steep rise from a plain to a plateau

escarpment

the name of the Russian Executive branch

executive

the term that is used to refer to deep cracks in the earth's surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions

faults

the name of the Russian legislative branch

federation assembly

the country that is known as "the land of the ten thousand lakes"

finland

a long narrow bay carved by a glacier and filled with sea water

fjord

the term that describes the twelve strips of paper that cover a globe

gores

the term that refers to a sheltered body of deep water next to the shore

harbor

The term that is used to indicate the period of history when huge glaciers covered what would become Canada, the northern parts of europe and the United states

ice age

the break in the Carpathian mountains that the Danube River flows through

iron Gate

an area of water carved formations such as caverns and rugged places

karst

a territorial district in Russia

krai

the large walled fortress in Moscow that is the center of the government of Russia

kremlin

the term that refers to water that is fully surrounded by land

lake

a deep narrow lake carved by a glacier

lochs

the longest river in France

loire

the lines that run north and south around a globe

longitude

the basic tool for geography

map

the largest city in russia

moscow

the three parts of the earth as God divided it

mountains, plains and plateaus

the five themes of geography

movement, region, location, interaction, place

the tales mountain in Africa

mt. Kilimanjaro

Russia's attempt to tighten its control over the CIS republics

near abroad

a large region or administrative district in Russia similar to a state or a province

oblast

a large sparsely populated area

okrug

ground that remains permanently frozen through the top few inches may thaw during a short summer

permafrost

the two main branches of geography

physical and human

a parcel of land reclaimed from the sea

polders

any method used to show the earth's round surface on a flat map

projection

the vegetation of tropical areas with a long dry season; has grasses and scattered drought resistant trees

savannas

constantly changing country borders

shatterbelt

the name of Russia under communist rule

soviet union

rolling grassland areas particularly of central Asia and Eastern Europe

steppes

eight mile wide straight that makes Spain a land bridge between Africa and Europe

strait of Gibraltar

The name given to all the lands below the sahara desert

sub Saharan Africa

the name of the Russian judicial branch

supreme court

high latitude evergreen forests such as those in Canada and Siberia

taiga

the shape and elevation of the land features of an area

topography

the term used to refer to streams and rivers that feed into other rivers

tributaries

rain forests with warm temperatures cause by direct sunlight

tropical rain forest

the vegetation regions of cold climates displaying little vegetation other than mosses and similar small plants

tundra

the name of the peaceful division of Czechoslovakia by the Czechs and the Slovaks.

velvet divorce

the name of the swift and peaceful overthrow of communism in Czechoslovakia

velvet revolution

the importance of the North Atlantic Drift

warms northern Europe so that even the harbors of Norway are kept ice free

a self governing republic used especially of the countries that were formerly the Soviet Union

Autonomous republic

the second largest city in Russia

St. Petersburg

the capital city of Russia

Moscow

Russia's key arctic port

Murmansk

the South African leader responsible for bringing an end to the policy of segregation in South Africa

Nelson Mandela

the country in which the Titanic was constructed

Northern Ireland

the country whose main industry is hydroelectricity

Norway

the two countries that share the Scandinavian peninsula

Norway and Sweden

Russia's largest port city

St. Petersburg

the country that produces the most flax fiber

United kingdom

the historical figure who led the Russian Revolution in 1917

Vladimir Ilich Lenin

the largest city in Poland

Warsaw


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