Question | Answer |
What happened when the Soviet UnionCollapsed? | The Soviet Union broke into 16 countries with democratic governments. |
What two countries were reunified at the end of the Cold War? | East and West Germany |
Peace act that stripped Germany of land and power; also created League of Nations. | Treaty of Versailles |
Repayment for damages incurred during the war. | reparations |
uprising of peasants and middle classes to force a change from a czar led government to a communist government. | Russian Revolution |
the first head of the communist state in Russia after the Russian Revolution | Vladimir Lenin |
type of government based on the teachings of Karl Marx in which the government owns everything for the benefit of everyone. | communism |
the communist state officially known as the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) set up by Lenin. | Soviet Union |
The practices of the Nazi party under the regime of Adolf Hitler | Nazism |
mass murder of millions of Jews by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. | Holocaust |
War between USA and Soviet Union without weapons; war of the words | Cold War |
the bringing together of east and west Germany under one government after the Berlin Wall went down. | German reunification |
The dividing line between Europe and Asia. | Ural Mountains |
The leader of the country during the Russian Revolution. | Czar Nicholas II |
Nuclear power plant that exploded, spewing radioactive waste into the environment. | Chernobyl, Ukraine |
What is causing damage to the Black Forest in Germany? | Acid Rain |
What are two causes of air pollution in Great Britain? | car fumes, coal burning, manufacturing |
This physical feature consists of Spain and Portugal. | Iberian Peninsula |
What two language families are based on the Roman alphabet? | Romance and Germanic |
This physical feature separates Spain and France. | Pyrenees Mountains |
This physical feature is north of Italy. | Alps |
This is the second largest river in Europe. | Danube |
This is a very important river for Germany | Rhine |
This area of North Eastern Europe is flat and good for farming. | European Plain |
This body of water separates Great Britain and France. | English Channel |
This body of water separates Europe and Africa. | Mediterranean Sea |
This allows free trade to occur in Europe. | European Union |
This is the common currency of European Union. | Euro |
This an Austrian nobleman who was assassinated which triggered WWI. | Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
He was the dictator of Germany during WWII. | Adolf Hitler. |
Spanish and French are part of what language group? | Romance |
Russian is part of what language group? | Slavic |
German is part of what language group? | Germanic |
What event(s) signified the the end of the Cold War? | The fall of the Berlin Wall and/or the Collapse of the Soviet Union and/or German Reunification |
Who became the two super powers after WWII? | Soviet Union and United States |
What language family is based on the Cyrillic alphabet? | Slavic |
What are two causes of air pollution? | factory emissions, car emissions, burning of fossil fuel, power plants, animal emissions |
What are two effects of air pollution? | lung disease, respiratory diseases - asthma, lung cancer |
What are two solutions for air pollution? | decrease factory emissions, decrease car emissions by more efficient cars, electric cars, carpooling, walking; use mass transit like bus, train, MARTA;dont burn fossil fuels |
What are two causes of acid rain? | air pollution which is caused by factory emissions, car emissions, burning of fossil fuel, power plants, animal emissions |
What are two effects acid rain? | damages/kills trees and other vegetation, kills marine life like fish, pollutes water, damages statues and stone/brick buildings |
What are two solutions for acid rain? | decrease air pollution which is caused by factory emissions, car emissions, burning of fossil fuel, power plants, animal emissions |
What caused the explosion at the Chernobyl, Ukraine nuclear power plant? | Operator error - a test malfunctioned; power plant operators were not adequately trained |
What were the effects of the explosion at the Chernobyl, Ukraine nuclear power plant? | land uninhabitable for 20,000 , radiation contaminated/destroyed crops and animals, contaminated land and buildings so some whole villages had to be bulldozed and buried in pits, people died and suffered from diseases like thyroid cancer |
What are the solutions so that another nuclear power plant does not explode? | nuclear power plant operators need to be well trained |
alliance | nations form pacts to help protect themselves from enemy nations and trade with one another. |
nationalism | pride in a country or uniting a country that is used to convince people to do many types of things. |
What are some things that led to the rise of Nazism in Germany? | People were angry about the Treaty of Versailles which took land from Germany, made them pay $33 billion in reparations, blamed them for WWI; needed a strong leader who would provide jobs, ignore Treaty, bring back German pride |
hyperinflation | money is worthless; happened in Germany because they printed extra money to pay war reparations |
European countries are doing this so people on their continent can communicate better and to make it easier to conduct business | All children in school will learn at least one more language than their native tongue |
literacy rate | the percentage of people in a country that are 15 years and older that can read and write |
standard of living | how 'well' you live; how easy or hard is it to have the necessities of life like food, shelter, clothing |
Collapse of the Soviet Union | The satellite countries of the Soviet Union gained their independence and Russia became Russia again |
Fall of the Berlin Wall | Symbol of German Reuinification |
Founder of Communism | Karl Marx |