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31 Cards in this Set
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What are the 5 main themes of geography |
Location Plate/Site Human Interaction with Nature focus on ecology/environment Spatial interaction/movement regions |
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What are the 3 forms of location |
Absolute/exact location Nominal Location Relative Location |
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What are the uses for absolute location |
GPS smart bombs geopolitics/international relations Borders the koreas navigational systems |
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What is nominal location |
What's in a name? Edinboro Buffalo Iceland, etc |
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What is relative location |
Location relative to another known location Most used and useful form of location "The house by the bar" |
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What is the difference between latitude and longitude |
Latitude is east and west Longitude is north and south |
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What is the brain drain |
When students leave an area to find a better job |
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What are regions |
Areal classification of the world
we classify to simplify |
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What are MDRs? LDRs? |
More Developed Reasons Less Developed Reasons |
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What can be said about the size of europe |
Small in size 2/3 the side of the US 5% of land mass of the world |
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What can be said about the population of europe |
Relatively large population 600M (2x the size of US) ~9-10% of population |
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How does the peninsular nature of region and impact on climate and access of eurpoe |
Water land interaciton Helps moderate climate access to trade/transportation/travel supplemented by rivers |
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What are the resources for europe |
Small region, but favorable conditions for farming Huge wheat belt Massive exporter of food 30% of world output |
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What can be said about the cultural impact of europe |
It's a cultural hearth There are political, economic, and cultural imprints of european colonialism in 84% of global landmass by 1884 |
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What are the "old" regons of europe |
4 regions Northern "Norden" Europe Southern (Mediterranean) Europe Western Europe Eastern Europe |
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What happened to make the "New" Europe regions |
New realties in the 1990s Collapse of communism New regions within europe |
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What was the progress towards the united states of europe |
1951 Europe Coal and Steel Community 1957 Treaty of rome established EEC EC>>>EU |
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What are the economic motives of of uniting europe |
Stimulate economic growth
bind economies share resources efficiency through specialization economies of scale |
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In what years were what countries added to the Europian Union |
1951: France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Belgum, Luxembourg, the netherlands 1973: United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland 1981: Greece 1986: Spain, Portugal 1995: Austria, Finlands, Sweeden 2004: 10 additional countries! 2004: 2 more |
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What is the ultimate goal of uniting europe |
Creating the "United states of europe" Deepen levels of cooperation Limited free trade Full free trade common market european economic community |
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What are the political and military motives of uniting europe |
End conflict on the continent end fragment Contain Communism Establish the US of Europe Europe as a super power |
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What is the size of russia |
Largest country on earth 4x size of europe almost 3x the size of europe 1/6 of the world landmass |
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What are the drawbacks of living so far north in russia |
It's ******* cold
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What's the difference between the USSR and CIS |
USSR was 1 state CIS was 15 |
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What are the 4 geographic regions for Russia |
Russian/European plains Siberia Western plains/lowlands |
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Describe the Russian/European plains |
Greatest stretch of flat land in the world Elevation < 400 ft Good/productive siberia Agriculture and energy resources |
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Describe the Ural Mountains |
Small region Divides Russia Separates Europe from Asia Industrial region Mineral Resources Barrier to Transportation/comm |
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Describe Siberia |
Urals to the pacific. Elevation increases as we move east Lowland>>>Pleateau>>>Mountains |
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Southern mountains |
Natural Boundaries
Barrier to transportation and communication Trap moisture - kazakh plains |
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Describe the Siberian pletau
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Harsh conditions cold Sparce population industrial towns Diamonds! |
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Describe the siberian mountains |
Harhser conditions higher elevation empty lands not completely mapped barrior to transportation/communcation |
