Central Asia
It's what the suffix "-stan" means.
Land of
This is not only the longest river in Russia, but the longest in Europe
Volga River
What are the four political regions which make up the UK?
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
type of precipitation takes place when a warm air mass passes over a mountainous area
orographic precipitation
Soviet leader who was born in Georgia
Joseph Stalin
They kidnap brides in this country
Kyrgyzstan
He was the last Czar of Russia
Nicholas II
What is the name of the most famous mountain in Switzerland?
The Matterhorn
It's what GPS stands for
Global Positioning System
He was the founder of Mormonism
Joseph Smith
Its the only double-landlocked country in Central Asia
Uzbekistan
What do geographers say separates European Russia from Asiatic Russia
The Ural Mountains
What small country sits on the border of Spain and France?
Andorra
Four way geographers rank river systems
length, discharge, drainage basin, navigability
He led the Mormons to Utah
Brigham Young
What body of water in central Asia is only a portion of what it used to be due to Soviet mismanagement?
Aral Sea
The name of the memorial in Volgograd which commemorates the Battle of Stalingrad.
The Motherland Calls
In The Netherlands, what term is used for a parcel of land reclaimed from the sea?
polder
the event when the sun reaches its greatest angular distance from the equator
solstice
He was known in South America as "The Great Liberator"
Simon Bolivar
Astana is the capital of this country in Central Asia
Kazakhstan
The term used by Mikhail Gorbachev which means "openness"
glasnost
What Austrian composer is known for The Blue Danube Waltz?
Johann Strauss
it is the result of subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate
rate of natural increase
She was the first Jewish woman to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Ruth Bader Ginsburg