Vocabulary
How long someone can expect to live for is called...
"Life Expectancy"
True or false: The Soviet Union and European Union are similar types of organizations
True!
Russia and many former Soviet countries are rich in this natural resource.
Oil!
Would Russia have a more similar climate to Canada or Florida?
Canada
What is the capital of Italy?
Rome
Tell me what a "peninsula" is
A stretch pf land surrounded by water on three sides
Name a way pollution spreads.
Air pollution, water pollution
What kind of countries are the former members of the Soviet Union?
Nation-states
How many countries were in the USSR?
15
What is the capital of Russia?
Moscow
What is a "nation-state"?
A country made up of people with similar ethnic or cultural backgrounds
What was the most recent country to JOIN the EU? What was the most recent country to LEAVE the EU?
Croatia; United Kingdom
There are three Baltic States. Name one, and tell me why they are called that.
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. They line the Baltic Sea.
How many countries are in the European Union?
27
Amsterdam and The Hague are both capital cities of what country?
The Netherlands
When a group of countries give up some of their individual powers, but join together to achieve shared goals, is called...
"Supranational Cooperation"
How did Italy attempt to boost their declining birth rate?
Offering a "birth bonus" to mothers each time they had a child
Name one kind of mountain created by tectonic plates.
Fold (Urals, Caucasus) and fault-block (West Sayan)
Sweden, Denmark, and Norway are collectively known as...
Scandanavia
Budapest is one of the many historical capitals of this country!
Hungary
What is "transboundary pollution"?
Pollution that starts in one country and is carried to another country
When did the earliest European Union join forces?
May 9, 1950
Where are volcanoes most commonly found?
Along tectonic fault lines
What is a city-state? Name one that's still around today!
A city-state is a city that runs like its own country. Examples- Vatican City, Monaco, Singapore
This city is the capital of Belgium, as well as the European Union!
Brussels