Chapters 12-16 Review: S. Europe, West-Central Europe, N. Europe, E. Europe, Russia & Caucausus

Question 1

The Northern European Plain is

Accepted Answer

home to the region's best farmland & largest cities

Question 2

The coldest & most heavily forested parts of E. Europe are closest to the ______ Sea

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Baltic

Question 3

Norway's oil fields in the ______ are expected to run dry during the next century

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North Sea

Question 4

Despite the breakup of Yugoslavia, Serbia & ______ were left united.

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Montenegro

Question 5

What are two central elements of Greek culture?

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church & family

Question 6

Portugal is a ______ with elected leaders

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republic

Question 7

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the govts. of many E. European countries became

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democratic

Question 8

mountain range that forms a border between Spain & France

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Pyrenees

Question 9

Greece occupies the Balkan Peninsula

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True

Question 10

Springs that shoot hot water & steam into the air are ________

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geysers

Question 11

Viking traders helped begin the first Russian state, which was centered around

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Kiev

Question 12

Extremely popular sports in the British Isles are

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soccer & rugby

Question 13

The purpose of the Berlin Wall was to prevent

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East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin

Question 14

In the Tatar language, _____ means "sleeping land"

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Siberia

Question 15

Russia's economic system

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is moving from a command economy to a market economy

Question 16

Greece has one of the largest _____ in the world

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shipping fleets

Question 17

large island south of Greece

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Crete

Question 18

Frederic Chopin was a talented ______ from Poland

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composer

Question 19

Both France & Germany have become more culturally diverse as a result of _____

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immigration

Question 20

The _____ is the longest river in Europe

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Volga

Question 21

The spiritual head of the Roman Catholic Church

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Pope

Question 22

A document called ____ limited the powers of English kings.

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Magna Carta

Question 23

______ is called the Jewel of Siberia

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Lake Baikal

Question 24

Descendants of Scandinavia's earliest settlers are

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the Sami

Question 25

The vast forest that covers much of Russia is called the

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taiga

Question 26

Which of the following make up the United Kingdom?

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England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

Question 27

Which of the following is a Baltic Republic?

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Estonia

Question 28

What is the Orthodox Church?

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a branch of Christianity that dates to the Byzantine Empire

Question 29

The highest peak in the Alps is

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Mont Blanc

Question 30

The Caucasus region has lowlands along the shores of the

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Black Sea & Caspian Sea

Chapters 12-16 Review: S. Europe, West-Central Europe, N. Europe, E. Europe, Russia & Caucausus

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Chapters 12-16 Review: S. Europe, West-Central Europe, N. Europe, E. Europe, Russia & Caucausus

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