Geography Text Review

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The region of Northern America contains two countries:

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Canada

United States

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Canada is politically divided into ten provinces and three territories. The US:

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Contains 50 States, plus a number of outlying possessions and dependencies

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Mountain chains in North America run in what direction:

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North to South

* The largest are te Appalachians and the Rockies

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The Mississippi River is the largest and most important river in North America. The major water bies surrounding North America are:

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The Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans, and the Gulf of Mexico

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Canada is officially bilingual. The United states speaks:

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No official language

Front 6

The British Isles are made up of many small islands and two large ones:

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Great Britain

Ireland

Front 7

The British Isles region consists of what two countries:

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United Kingdom

Republic of Ireland

Front 8

Despite the hight latitude of the British Isles, the influence of the Gulf Stream makes its climate:

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Fairly mild

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The largest city in the British Isles is:

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London

* Also a major world finance and cultural capital

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The people's religion of the United Kingdom are largely:

The people's religion of Ireland are:

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U.K.- Protestant

Ireland- Roman Catholic

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The dominant language of the British Isles is:

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English

* along with remnants of ancient Celtic tongues

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West Europe has been the site of major wars throughout history, and has been the focal point of:

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two twentieth century world wars

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The European Union emerged from the devastation of World War II. Although its core is in West Europe, it is about to expand to:

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The borders of the former Soviet Union

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The Alps are dominant physical features of the European region. It's principal river is:

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The Rhine River

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The people of West Europe are primarily:

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Urban

Affluent

Christian

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The people of West Europe speak either:

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Romance or Germanic Indo-European languages

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What 5 countries are in the Northern European, or Nordic regions:

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Norway
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Iceland

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The Nordic countries are located where:

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The most northern part of the world

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With the major exception of the North Sea oil and gas, the region of Nordic Europe is relatively:

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poor in fuel and mineral resources

*but is highly developed and affluent

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The Nordic European regions that have relatively small amounts of population are located:

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In the South and along the coasts

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The Greeks and Romans left a lasting cultural imprint on what region:

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Southern Europe

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What 4 countries are located on peninsulas and have many islands:

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Portugal
Spain
Italy
Greece- more than 2000 islands

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All southern European countries except_______ border the Mediterranean Sea, all share a Mediterranean climate:

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Portugal

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Southern Europe is mountainous and tends to depend more on _________ than the rest of Europe:

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Agriculture

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Higher living standards and membership in the European Union have made all 4 Southern European countries magnets for:

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Illegal immigration

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New Eastern Europe- region's 18 countries include what peoples:

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-former Soviet Union republics
-former satellites
-new offshoots from the former Yugoslavia

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All of the Eastern Europe countries are undergoing a transition from communist economics to:

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Western-style free-market economics

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The 8 most successful economies of Eastern Europe are:

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1-Estonia
2-Latvia
3-Lithuania
4-Poland
5-Czech Republic
6-Slovakia
7-Hungary
8-Slovenia

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The post-communist breakup of Yugoslavia was accompanied by:

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Ethnic violence, Civil War, and foreign intervention

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One of Europe's greatest rivers, the _______, flows through the region's southern tier before emptying into the Black Sea:

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Danube River

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Russia's Emperors were called:

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Tsars

*the last tsar was overthrown in the communist revolution of 1917

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The USSR's 15 former republics have all:

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become separate countries, including Russia

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Russia is the world's largest country in area, and sixth largest in population. It's largest and most important cities are:

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Moscow

Saint Petersburg

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Russia's high latitude result in what kind of climate:

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extremely cold climate

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Most of the Russian region's people speak:

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Russian, and are Russian Orthodox

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Russia is in the process of making a slow and difficult transition from a rigid-state-controlled economy to:

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A free-market economy

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The Middle East is at the crossroads of what three continents:

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Europe

Asia

Africa

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The Middle East Core and the Arabian peninsula gave rise to three of the world's major religions:

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Judaism
Christianity
Islam

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Most of the world's oil comes from:

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The Middle East Core and the Arabian peninsula

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The entire Middle East and Central Asia has become a battleground in:

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The global war on terror