WRG Geography/Europe/Russia

Lattitude and Longitude lines (in order)

Round equator, up and down prime meridian

Up and down equator, round prime meridian

How many plate Tectonics are there? What is the Pacific plate called

12, The Ring of fire

13, Pacific Plate

How many millionaires were in the world (1997,2011) and where were they

5.2 million, 10 million, Europe, America

5.3 million, 7 million, India, Austrailia

What are Europe's mountain ranges?

Alps, Apennines,and Pyrenees

Urals, Alps, Apennines, Andes

What percent of the world is land/water

29%, 71%

32%, 68%

What are the 3 climate zones in Europe

Subtropic, Ocean, and Continential

Climate hot, dry, and cold

What was Germany called since it was reunited?

The Grand Germany Republic

The Federal Republic of Germany

Name the 4 sub regions of the UK

Ireland, Wales, Scotland, England

British America, Wales, Ireland

Which Country utilizes the American potato as a stable crop

Republic of Ireland

Sweden

What extends from west to east from southern England to southern Poland

A Coalfield

A mountain range

Europe occupies what percent of the Earth's surface? How much does the area take up in the world?

5%, 1/5

3%, 1/6

Define Nation State. What 4 countries were once nation states?

Common language/culture. Italy, Britain, Spain, France

A full combined nation. Portugal, France, UK, Spain

What happened during the European Unification?

US and The Marshal plan gave money in assistance to counter dislocation and create a stable political condition

US and The Marshal plan got together to form the EU.

How many EU members were there in 2013?

How many EU members (of the 15) began to use the Euro in 2002?

Who required bailouts in the "Euro Crisis"?

Greece (2x), Ireland, Portugal

Ablania, Bulgaria, Montenegro

Stats of the East and West of Germany post reunification.

10 of West high GDP, the rest on East low GDP

10 of East high GDP, the rest on West low GDP

Who is the 2nd largest export economy in the world?

America

Portugal

Germany

What has become a self/standing international business center in France?

Lyon

Paris

What country has the highest per capita gross national income and is only 1,000 sq/ml in Europe

Switzerland

Luxembourg

What is the "Acona Line"?

An imaginary line splitting Italy from the North and South

A mountain range that has split Italy from the North and South

Define Shatter Belt. Who denotes the recurrent division of the Balkans Region?

A zone of persistent splintering/fractioning. Balkanization

The split up of the Balkan region. Balklands

What did Yugoslavia consist of?

Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro

Bulgaria, Kosovo, Serbia

What is the main religion in the discontinuous North (minus Lithuania)?

Roman Catholic

Protestantism

What is Denmark called?

Dane

Singapore of the Baltic

What is the core area, and the main industrial district/agricultural area?

Sweden

Ireland

What country is a glacier studded island?

Iceland

Greenland

Romania was accepted into the EU even though it had...

A weak economy, high poverty, and was communist

No economy, high poverty, and was barely getting by

What is the poorest country in the EU?

Romania

Bulgaria

What was the vote percentage for the Ukraine 2010 election?

46% pro, 49% Victor

49% pro, 49% Victor

Whats the size of Russia? How many time zones does it have?

2x Canada, 3x Europe. 9

2x US, 4x Europe. 7

Name Russia's port problems. (Pacific, Arctic, Baltic, and Black Sea Ports)

Too far away, seasonal, far from ocean, have to navigate

The Urals, seasonal, far from ocean, too long of a travel

Russia's population is less than...

Nigeria and Bangladesh

Nigeria and Bulgaria

Where do the Ural Mountains extend?

From the Arctic Ocean southward to Kazakhstan

From Finland southward to Romania

What is Russia's Mississippi?

Volga River

Ob River

What river runs North?

Volga River

Ob River

What's so special about the Kamchatka Peninsula?

It has one of the largest mountain ranges

It has 70 volcanoes

When did Russia obtain Sakhalin Island?

During WW2

After WW2

What's so special about Lake Baykal?

It is the deepest tectonic trough in the world

It contains so much salt you can float in it

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