Russia Questions

1) What percentage of water has the Aral Sea lost?

80%

2) Why has this water been lost?

Water has been lost due to the government irrigating the rivers that feed into it to provide water for cotton. 

3) What other environmental problems affect the area?

Pollution from the cellulose industry get in the water and winds carry it around. There is lots of air pollution from the smoke of these factories. 

4) What would have to be done to keep the lake at its present level?

They would have to remove 9 out 18 million of the acres currently used for farming. 

5) What did you learn about Lake Biakal from the video?

it has enough water to give the world fresh water for a century. It would take 400 years to preserve the lake if we stopped polluting it today. 

6) In the city of Verkhoyansk what extreme temperatures have been recorded?

goes from -90 in winter and up to 104 degrees in the summer. 

7) How did Russia's harsh winter help the country in the 1800s (and during WWII)?

In the 1800's when Napoleon Bonaparte was on his way to try and conquer Moscow, the people their burned all their homes and resources and left, letting the winter take its course. 

8) What made the building of the Trans-Siberian Railroad an enormous undertaking?

It covered 5,700 miles and went through 7 time different zones and they had to clear land and build bridges over many rivers and waterways. 

9) Research and find a major city in Siberia. What is its population and major attractions?

Omsk has a population of 1,166,092 people as of 2014. A major attraction is the Uspensky Cathedral it was blown up in 1935 and later rebuilt. 

HW Questions ch 15 Section 1

1. Moscow, Kiev, and St. Petersburg

2. 75%

3. Form border between Russia and Transcaucasia.

4. The Caspian and Aral Seas.

5.  2,300 miles

6. Has 20% of the world's freshwater and it is the deepest lake in the world.

7. ore, natural gas and oil, coal and timber,

8. The Harsh climates, rugged terrain, and great distances make it hard to get and transport resources.

Unit II TEST Review

1) Why can Europe be called a peninsula of peninsulas?
Europe is a Peninsula of peninsula because it is one giant peninsula made up of many smaller ones.


2) Where does the Danube flow?
The Danube flows through the heart of Europe from west to east.


3) What is the most important plain in Europe?
Northern European Plain


4) What resources does Europe have in abundance?
Coal and Iron, and ore.


5) Why do the Irish burn peat?

The Irish burn peat because they lack energy resources.


6) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?
The landforms of Europe are the Alps and they provide protection from invaders and block winds which makes parts of Europe warmer like Italy and Greece. A disadvantage is that they prevent travel and isolate people from each other.


7) What is the North Atlantic Drift?
A current of warm water from tropics that flows near the west coast of Europe.


8) What parts of Europe benefit from the Mediterranean climate?

Spain, France, Italy, and the Balkan Peninsula


9) Why do trees not grow in upper Scandinavia?
Trees do not grow because of the tundra climate and layer of permafrost on the ground


10) What percentage of the Netherlands was once under the sea?

More than 40%


11) Why did Venice grow?
Invaders took shelter there and began to build the foundations of the city.


12) What problems face Venice today?
Venice is sinking because the buildings are too heavy for it and there is severe pollution in the canals.


13) What actions have led to deforestation in Europe?

More trees being cut down for more fuel, Acid Rain, and increase in building factories. More wood needed to help support Venice.


14) Why was Ancient Greece important?
Ancient Greece had the first democracy.


15) What are some of Rome's cultural legacies?
Rome gave us religion and many languages such as Latin, which influences Spanish, French, etc. They also had the ideas of government.


16) What were the crusades?

they were a series of wars to try and reclaim the holy land from the Muslims.


17) How has Mediterranean Europe's economy changed since WWII.

Its economy switched from agriculture to industry during the Industrial Revolution.


18) Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe?
There was an abundance coal and iron that lead to early industrialization.


19) How did language differences develop in Western Europe?
Each nation had different foreign rulers all the time, so the languages of areas were constantly changing and moving.


20) Why was the Berlin Wall built? When did it come down?
The Berlin Wall was built to separate the Communist and non-Communist Germany. It came down in 1989.


21) List the four sub-region of Europe. Be able to list the countries in each sub-region.
Mediterranean- Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Italy, Greece

Eastern- Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovenia

Western- France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria,

Northern Europe- Ireland, Iceland, UK, Norway, Sweden, Finland


22) What is the history of Northern Europe?The vikings raided various places in Europe. Then William the COnqueror conquered England which helped start the British Empire.

23) What country in Northern Europe chose not to join the EU?
Norway


24) Where did the industrial revolution start?
Great Britain


25) Why has there been turmoil in Eastern Europe?
There is cultural tension between ethnic groups.


26) What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under Communist rule?
There was outdated technology, people didn't want to trade with them, there was lack of resources, and 

27) How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?

People split from the Catholic church and Protestants made their own religion and they still fought with the catholics because they couldn't agree on anything.

EU Questions

1) How do people in your country feel about EU membership?
They must like it because they are an original member and they have stayed in it all this time.

2) How might future expansion affect the economies of your country?

Future expansion might help boost our economy because since many of the countries wanting to join have the same resources we do, the EU as a whole would have more of those, making the economy better for everyone. There would be more to export. 

3) What potential problems face nations who want to adopt the euro??

Potential problems for nations wanting to adopt the Euro is that prices in that nation would rise substantially and they need to be able to compete with Market, but this rise in prices would boost the economy because in being part of the EU your spending is greater. 

4) What political or cultural issues might arise because of the EU expansion?

There could be immigration and emigration problems, people from non EU countries coming in and people leaving if they didn't like what being in the EU did to their country. Might be less jobs for people currently in the EU because of the immigration of other people. 

5) What did you learn about other countries through their presentations (list two distinct and detailed things).

I learned that in Albania they are having trouble joining the EU because of problems with past corruptions in their government and having a communist past. ROmania is currently trying to get the Euro but they are having trouble because their economy isn't great, their money is worth less, and it would only help Romania not the EU. 

Chapter 13 Main Ideas

1. Ancient Athens left the idea of democratic government.

2. The empires of Spain and Portugal had established colonies in the Americas and spread their religion of Catholicism and their languages all around the world.

3. Spain had a conflict with the Basques because they gave them self-rule, but there were some who wanted to be completely independent and started to fight for it.

4. The reformation created new cultural divisions because Christians split from their church to form Protestant churches. This created a new religion and rivalry between the Catholic and Protestant churches.

5. Nationalism led to conflicts because people wanted their own countries which caused power struggles, like with Napoleon and Hitler.

6. Germany and Austria are famous for the artistic legacy of Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart, all great musicians. They also had great oil painters and artists who paved the way for modern art like Claude Monet.

7. The Vikings were people from the Nordic countries. They did hit and run raids on people.

8. Britain was able to build its empire because it is on an island so they could see potential enemies and attackers coming from many miles a way. This also gave it a strong navy.

9. Independent nation-states developed later in Eastern Europe because of so much cultural diversity.

10. Under Communist rule the Eastern European economy wasn't as strong because the factories were being told what they had to produce, there were good shortages, pollution from factories, outdated technology, no trading with other countries.

Chapter 14 main ideas

1. In the 500s Slavic people came from Poland and Albania because of all the different foreign rulers they had.

2. The diversity led to conflict because the different ethnic and religious groups wanted different things and they conflicted with each other.

3. After Serbian forces withdrew from Kosovo international officials found evidence that the Serbs tortured and killed Kosovars.

 

4.Future conflicts could come from the fact that Serbia refuses to recognize Kosovo as a country. They might not respect them as much and could try to invade.

5. Acid Rain has been known to change chemistry of lakes and rivers and kill the fish.

6. Under Communist rule the eastern part of Germany became heavily polluted.

7. Pollution is hard to resolve because regions want to industrialize and expand their economy so the damage seems a small price to pay or the costs of being eco friendly in factories is too high and many can’t afford it.

8. Forerunners in the EU were the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic community, and the European community. 

9. Leaders thought economic alliance would prevent war because it would help increase trade and people could work and live in other countries. 

10. Problems that could arise from allowing former communist countries into the EU are that they don't have much experience with democracy and they have communist pasts. 

Chapter 13 Section 3

1) Where did the industrial Revolution begin and to where did it spread?

The industrial revolution began in Britain and spread to Belgium, France, Germany, and the US. 

2) What are some characteristics of governments in Northern Europe?

Government in Britain was a monarchy that also had a parliament.  Most places had a representative government with elected representatives.

3) How did conquest influence the languages spoken in Northern Europe?

When people would conquer areas they would rule them and spread their spoken language throughout. Normans spoke French and then the English language had many words from French Origin. 

4) How did the industrial Revolution spur the growth of the British Empire?

They used all their coal and iron to make and run machinery. They imported raw materials from their colonies and sold the finished goods back to them this. This helped their empire grow more.

5) How did the Reformation affect Northern Europe?

In the Reformation people were going against the teachings of the Catholic Church and broke away and formed Protestant churches. Their hostility led to religious wars which split up Europe. France is mostly Catholic. German, the Netherlands, and Switzerland have both Protestant and Catholic. It split Ireland in two. Northern Ireland is in the UK and is Protestant and the rest of Ireland is Catholic. 

6) Who are some important writers from Northern Europe?

7) What Northern European country did not join the EU? Why?

Norway because they had their own economy that was good and didn't want to ruin that and have less control by using the Euro. 

8) What was the Magna Carta? Why is it important? 

It was a set of rules that gave English nobles certain rights. It is important because it inspired other people to demand their rights too. 

9) What are the countries of Northern Europe?

Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Norway, and Iceland