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This body of water is almost entirely surrounded by land.

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

100
An island being pulled apart by 2-3 cm a year

What is Iceland?

100
This island nation is also known as England and Great Britain.
What is the United Kingdom?
100

The name of the nuclear power plant that melted down in 1986

What is Chernobyl?

100

Russia is one of 4 ________ countries in Europe.

What is transcontinental?

200
This ocean lies to the West of Europe.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200

A large area of flat lands and is significant for it's fertile soil, rich grasslands and dense forests.

What is the Northern European Plain?

200

What two countries make up the Iberian Peninsula

What is Portugal and Spain?

200

Where did the historic "Miracle on Ice" event take place?

Lake Placid - 1980 Olympics Location

200

What is a Polder?

a piece of low-lying land reclaimed from the sea, especially common in the Netherlands

300

This sea has harsh waters that make oil drilling difficult.

What is the Norwegian Sea?

300
This area of land is surrounded on three sides by water and houses the countries of Norway, Sweden, and some of Finland.
What is the Scandinavian Peninsula?
300

This large country lies in both Europe and Asia, 80% of it's population is in Europe.

What is Russia?

300

What foreign country first detected dangerous levels of radiation a couple days after the nuclear explosion in Pripyat? 

What is Sweden?

300

What is the relative location of Europe?

North of Africa

East of the Atlantic Ocean

South of the Arctic Circle

West of Asia

400
The body of water that separates Europe, Asia, and Africa
What is the Mediterranean Sea.
400

This mountain range is extensive and acts as a natural boundary in Northern Italy

The alps

400
This country is shaped like a boot and lies in the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Italy?
400

Describe the Soviet Mindset

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400

In the highlands, the elevation provides sources for this kind of power.

What is hydroelectric?

500

These 3 seas surrounds Italy’s west coast, France’s southern coast and Spain’s east coast

What is 

  1. Balearic Sea

  2. Ligurian Sea

  3. Tyrrhenian Sea

500

What danger do the Carpathian Mountains face?

What is deforestation from illegal logging

500

This low elevation country is made up of many polders.

What is Netherlands?

500

Give 3 examples from the film that show the affect politics had on this event.

- protesting and propaganda

- Government elected coach

- heightened patriotism due to political conflicts

- Pulling the goalie after first period

- Not arguing with coach - do not oppose authority

- President discouraging American attendance in the Moscow Olympics

- Kremlin told them not to lose to the Americans

500

What is the relationship between fjords and glaciers?

Glaciers retreat and form Fjords.