Quiz 3 Europe Russia and the Post Soviet States CH 4 EUROPE THE GEOGRAPHIC SETTING part 1 Western Europe includes the combined sub regions of North Europe except Estonia Latvia and Lithuania The peninsula shared by Portugal and Spain is the Iberian Peninsula Europe lies on the westernmost extension of the Eurasian Plate Environmental goals of the European Union are clean air and water sustainable development in agriculture industry and energy use and maintenance of biodiversity Europeans use less energy than the average North American because they o Live in smaller dwellings o Drive smaller more fuel efficient cars o Communities are denser so more people walk or bicycle The first civilizations in Europe were found in Greece and Rome Romance languages are derived from Latin By the 19th century Britain had become the world s greatest economic power The instigator of both world wars is generally considered to have been Germany In capitalism businesses are owned privately in communism all farms industry and land are owned by the government CURRENT GEOGRAPHIC ISSUES Switzerland and Norway are NOT part of the European Union Prerequisites for joining the EU are o Country must have political stability and a democratically elected government o Guarantee the rule of law human rights and respect for minorities o Must have a functioning market economy that is open to investment by foreign owned companies that has well controlled banks o Farms and industries must comply with strict regulations governing the finest details of their products and the health of environments The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana Migrants who are expected to live in a country for a finite period of time fulfilling seasonal needs for additional workers are known as guest workers CH 5 RUSSIA AND THE POST SOVIET STATES THE GEOGRAPHIC SETTING The part of Russia west of the Urals is sometimes called European Russia Russia has the world s largest natural gas reserves major oil deposits and forests They also have major deposits of coal and industrial minerals such as iron ore and nickel CURRENT GEOGRAPHIC ISSUES Indonesia is not a member of the BRIC trade consortium BRIC includes Brazil Russia India and China Before 1991 Georgia supplied the former Soviet Union with most of its grapes tea and wine Characteristics of life in the cities of the Russian region today include o Giant apartment blocks o Drab apartments badly in need of repair o Shared kitchens and bathrooms o Inadequate sewage garbage and industrial waste management China and Japan are two energy hungry countries in direct competition to access the natural resources of the Russian Far East Part Two 1 Much of western Europe s oil and gas deposits are found under the North Sea p 195 2 The Baltic Mediterranean and Black seas are so vulnerable to pollution because they are landlocked bodies of water that do not have the capacity to flush themselves out quickly Thus they are prone to accumulating chemical pollution such as chlorophyll and plastic litter p 197 3 The substitution of mechanical for human labor was the primary achievement during the industrial period in Europe p 206 4 The economic system characterized by privately owned business firms seeking profits is 5 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO was formed to counterbalance the Soviet Union and its eastern European allies p 213 6 Assimilation is the term for a comprehensive adoption of a host country s culture by an capitalism p 207 immigrant p 221 7 The official name of the Soviet Union was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics p 262 8 The ancient system of trading routes between the Pacific coast of China and the Mediterranean was known as the Silk Road p 259 9 The Volga River has long served as European Russia s primary transport route p 251 10 Oil gas and forestry are Russia s primary exports that make up their economy p 255 Part Three 1 Most of Europe s largest rivers are too shallow to accommodate transport vessels False 2 Europe s economic core centers on the lower Rhine River in Rotterdam True 3 The EU has calculated that there are economic advantages to combating climate change True 4 Even though the European Union plays an activist role in international leadership regarding environmental issues the region itself still has many serious environmental issues to contend with True 5 In Europe most countries are turning to nuclear power to meet their energy needs 6 Many European traditions of art and literature are based on Egyptian and Southwest 7 The food crops now popular in Europe came mostly from Central Asia and the Americas 8 During the Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin was leader of the group known as 9 During World War II Russia did more than any other country to defeat Germany and 10 Due to Russia s physical geography the country has found it easy to build a sophisticated system of roads and highways False False True Asian sources True Bolsheviks True Hitler False