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World Geography Test
Question | Answer |
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Why are there huge forests along the Baltic coast? | Because of its climate |
Winters there can be very cold, but summers are generally pleasant and mild. Rainfall amounts vary between the eastern and western portions of the area. | Balkan Coast |
Winters there are long, cold, and harsh. It receives less rain than other areas, but fog is common. | Baltic Coast |
Winters there are long, cold, and harsh. It receives less rain than other areas, but fog is common. | Interior Plains |
Which of the following has created a problem for the economies of Poland and the Baltic Republics? | A lack of decent infrastructure |
Which of the following helped to end ethnic violence on the Balkan Peninsula? | Countries around the world sent troops to the region. |
How has the location of the Czech Republic and Slovakia affected their culture? | Many people in the two countries are Roman Catholic |
Why have the countries of Inland Eastern Europe struggled to develop their economies? | Because of planning decisions made by the Soviet Union |
How is the Baltic Sea different from the Adriatic and Black Seas? | Parts of it freeze over in the winter |
Which of the following ethnicities are a nomadic people in Eastern Europe? | Roma |
Which of the following is not a major religion in the Balkans? | Protestantism |
The belief that one's own ethnic group is superior to all others is | The belief that one's own ethnic group is superior to all others is |
Effort to remove all members of a group from a country or region is called | ethnic cleaning |
Croatia is a country in the Baltic region. | False |
When the Ottoman Empire captured the Byzantine Empire, the empire converted to Catholicism. | .False |
The USSR dissolved in 1991. | True |
Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic. | True |
Poland became a country in 1918. | False |
Ukraine has very fertile soil. | True |
The country of Yugoslavia still exists today. | False |
Belarus practices a republic form of government. | False |
Belarus backed Russia when they invaded Poland in 2022. | False |
Infrastructure is the set of resources, like roads and bridges that a country needs in order to support economic activities. | True |
Which of the following are ways in which the cultures of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland are similar? | People share a love of dance, people practice many of the same crafts, and people eat many of the same foods. |
Which of the following has allowed Poland and the Baltic Republics to develop a strong tourism industry? | The countries have historic sites. |
Which of the following statements accurately describe Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova? | Most people in these countries are Roman Catholics, these countries languages are written in the Cyrillic alphabet, and these countries gained their independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 |
How are present-day Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic different from Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova? | These countries belong to the EU |
How is present-day Belarus different from the other countries of inland Eastern Europe? | It is a dictatorship |
Which of the following statements accurately describe the cultures of the Balkan countries? | Most balkan christians belong to the orthodox church, most languages spoken in the region are related to Russian and languages from three major groups are spoken there. |
Why did countries around the world send troops to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995? | To stop ethnic violence |
Why is the Black Sea important for Russian trade? | It connects the Mediterranean Sea and it is a good route for trade. |
Ivan III | 1 |
Vladimir Lenin | 5 |
Peter the Great | 3 |
Ivan the Terrible | 2 |
Catherine the Great | 4 |
creator of gem-covered metal eggs as gifts for the Russian czars | Peter Carl Fabergé |
Russian czar who ordered the construction of St. Basil’s Cathedral | Ivan IV |
Soviet leader who introduced democratic reforms and reduced government control | Mikhail Gorbachev |
Russian composer whose works include The Nutcracker ballet and the 1812 Overture | Peter Tchaikovsky |