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Essentials, Europe and Russia and Neighboring Countries
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- 1What are degrees of latitude?Measurement of how far north or south a location is from the equator
- 2What are degrees of longitude?Measurement of how far east or west from
the Prime Meridian - 3What is the friction of distance?The cost and time to cover distance between places. Can go up and down based on technology
- 4What is regional geography?The evaluation of differences and similarities within areas, or regions, on Earth and are subject to change based on many factors.
- 5What is globalization?The interconnection among people and places throughout the world, including the spread of ideas, technologies, diseases and goods and services.
- 6What can globalization affect?It affects society, culture, politics and the natural environment.
- 7What is localization?It is established local identities before globalization, strengthened local traditions
- 8How do the natural environments gain energy to affect the Earth?Solid Earth - planet interior
Atmosphere-ocean - solar energy
Earth-Surface - interaction between atmosphere and hydrosphere
Ecosystem - solar energy into food - 9Where is there grassland biome around the world?Prairies of North America
Steppes of Southern Russia
Pampas of Argentina
Veldt of Southern Africa - 10What are urban areas?Over half of world population live in these areas
Large areas of offices, housing and factories with economic activities - 11What are megacities?Population of at least 10 million people in close-by cities
There were 18 as of 2007 - 12What is a primate city?The city in a country that is the only urban area
- 13What is migration?The long-term movement into or out of an area
- 14What is population doubling time?The rate of growth measuring when a country will double in size
- 15What is nationalism?A pride in one's national identity and the belief that one's national interests are most important
- 16What is secondary economic sector?The production in manufacturing and construction
- 17How many Fortune 100 companies in 2008 came from the United States Germany, France and Japan?The United States – 31
Germany – 13
France – 10
Japan - 8 - 18What is sustainable human development?Economic growth that does not deplete renewable resources
- 19What rights are social rights?Rights to a job and living at basic material standards
- 20What are estuaries?rivers meet seas, built ports in Europe
- 21What is the world's busiest waterway?Rhine River
- 22Where are Slavic languages spoken the most?Western: Polish, Czech, Slovak
Southern: Yugoslavia, Croatian, Bosnian
Eastern: Russia, Ukrainian, Belarussian - 23Where did the nation-state began?France
- 24What was democratic centralism in the Soviet Union?They claimed the Communist Party was the party of the working class truly represented the people, so could only have the right to govern
- 25What was the purpose of the Common Agriculture Policy?The CAP set prices for farming products
- 26What land was controlled by Sweden in the 1700s?Finland, Baltics and northern areas on Poland and Germany
- 27Who rejected the constitution of the European Union?The French and Dutch
- 28What is devolution?When local peoples desire less rule from their national government and seek greater authority in governing themselves
- 29What is ethnic cleansing?Eradicating people from a territory due to ethnic differences.
- 30How are Belarussians and Ukrainians connected to Russia?Belarussian - "White Russian"
Ukraine - "Borderland"
Both developed separate identities from Russia - 31How was women's role different in Soviet Union than in most industrial nations in the 20th century?They were active in military, work force and the Communist Party
- 32Where is the only global city in Russia and its neighbors?Moscow
- 33Who believed he was the inheritor of Christian world after the Ottomans conquered Constantinople?Ivan
- 34What is perestroika?The move towards local control over economic decisions and introduce free market practices.
- 35What happened to the grain exports from Russia starting in 1996?Between 1996 and 2006, Russian grain exports quadrupled. The country is now a main exporter of grain.
- 36What country has the largest population in the Central Asia Subregion?Uzbekistan
- 37What was a gulag and what happened to the number of people going to gulag after Joseph Stalin died?A gulag was a Corrective Labor Camp where many political prisoners were killed. the number of people sent went down.
- 38Where is the most polluted environment in Russia?Norilsk in western Siberia
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- Use this a review of Lesson 1 in World Geography
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- paul.schneider · Aug 2014
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