Central Europe and Northern Eurasia



Ms. Steuer’s Final Exam Study Guide Worth 40 points!!!

Unit Vocabulary

1. Unit 5 – Unit 8 Vocabulary

Central Europe and Northern Eurasia

2. What mountains divide Asia from Europe?

3. What country practiced bride kidnapping?

4. The _______ Sea is disappearing

5. How does Russia’s geography contribute to its icy cold winters?

6. Why are Russia’s rivers only a reliable source of transportation during summer?

7. Did Chernobyl simply affect the country of Ukraine or was it a global disaster?

8. How has Poland’s geography contributed to its history of foreign domination?

9. What two countries were created after the separation of Czechoslovakia in 1993?

10. What do Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia have in common?

11. When communism ends in a country is the transition to democracy simple? Why or why not?

12. Czar is the Russian word for what?

13. Where is Auschwitz located?

14. What religion stayed in Poland despite communist’s attempts to remove them?

15. What is an ethnic group?

16. What is the longest river in Europe?

17. What was Chernobyl?

18. What mode of transportation moves the greatest amount of goods in Russia?

19. Who was the Chief Commander of Auschwitz?

20. What countries were created after the break up of the Yugoslavia?

21. What is communism?

22. What does landlocked mean?

Central and Southwest Asia

23. Do both Sunni and Shiites believe in the 6 pillars?

24. The 4 Noble Truths are part of which religion?

25. Sunnis and Shiites differ how?

26. Was Israel was created by the UN after World War II?

27. What is the Holy book of Judaism?

28. Persian Gulf War ended after what organization demanded a cease fire?

29. What is Karma?

30. Which TWO Rivers are essential to the country of Iraq?

31. Who is Prince Siddhartha? Why was he important to his religion?

32. What year did Armenia achieve its independence?

33. Who was the leader of Iraq from 1973- 2003?

34. What soda company was depleting water supplies from Indian farmers in Rajasthan?

35. Draw the Ohm sign

36. What is a monotheistic religion?

37. The Zionist movement was looking for an independent state and moved to what country?

38. What is a Burqa?

39. Know the 5 world religions cart

Africa

40. Is the cradle of humanity is found in Africa?

41. How is the temperature affected as you move away form the equator?

42. What is the Worlds largest desert?

43. Sahara is located in what region of Africa?

44. Which country practice “Apartheid”?

45. In which country are the Atlas Mountains located?

46. Where is Darfur?

47. What body of water is considered the malaria capital of the world?

48. What region in Africa is the Kalahari Desert located?

49. What is the world’s longest river?

50. What is genocide?

51. Why is desertification bad for a country?

52. What is the name of the Arab militia group terrorizing black Muslims in Darfur?

53. What is the geography of North Africa?

54. Which region is the most populated in Africa?

55. What area in Africa is most affected by desertification?

56. What industry brings $1 billion to Kenya and its people every year?

57. What is apartheid?

58. Diamonds sold to support military goals are known as what?

59. Is North Africa undergoing rapid urbanization?

South Asia

60. Define Buddhism

61. What is a Sari?

62. What is the caste system?

63. Why is the cow considered holy in Hinduism?

64. A street sweeper in Mumbai who states “my son will grow up to be a street sweeper, as I am, not a merchant or teacher” is expressing the Hindu idea of:

65. Most Hindus are vegetarians

66. What is Hinduism’s most holy city?

67. Starting in about 1780, England used Australia as a place to send who?

68. Which river do Hindus believe to be holy?

69. The civil war in Afghanistan ended with the taking over of the country by what group?

East Asia and the Pacific World

70. Which two countries have the world’s largest population?

71. Which of the following means “nature spirits” in Japan?

72. Where is the world’s largest Muslim population found?

73. What separates North and South Korea?

74. What is one of the world’s most prosperous economy?

75. What are consequences of isolation for a country?

76. What is a dynasty?

77. What was the earliest known text in china?

78. What were the four modernizations?

80. What are China’s natural barriers?

81. What country in Asia has one of the most prosperous economies?

82. What is the only country in South East Asia that has never been colonized?

83. What is the world’s smallest continent?

84. What are the consequences of the conflict between population density in China and limited agriculture production?

85. How is Japan’s education different from that in the United States?

86. Starting in about 1780, England used Australia as a place to send who?

Capitals you must know

87. Egypt 92. Iran 97. Russia 102. Indonesia

88. India 93. Poland 98. China 103. Kazakhstan

89. Libya 94. Kenya 99. Australia 104. Tunisia

90. Iraq 95. Singapore 100. Saudi Arabia 105. Turkey

91. Hungary 96. Japan 101. Ukraine 106. Afghanistan

Maps skills

107. be able to identify all 7 continents and 4 oceans

As well as Russia, China, Brazil, Arizona, India, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Indonesia, Japan and Alaska!

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