American Military University GEOG 100 QUIZ 2 Week 2

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American Military University GEOG 100 QUIZ 2 Week 2 Quiz # 2 Week 2 Europe and Russia Part 1 of 1 - 96.0/ 100.0 Points Question 1 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following st... atements about the Soviet Union is false? • A. The Soviet system bound the economic geography of the republics to the center. • B. The absence of competition in the Soviet Union made managers complacent. • C. Often, the Soviet Union assigned the production of particular goods to particular locations, ignoring basic principles of economic geography. • D. The Soviet economy was a tremendous success story; the USSR would still exist if it were not for overriding ethnic differences. Question 2 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points What is true about the geography of the North European Lowland? • A. It contains the mountain ranges of the Alps. • B. It is the most densely populated of Europe's landscape regions. • C. It does not include southeastern England. • D. It has historically functioned as a barrier to contact and communication due to its marshy conditions. Question 3 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points What is true about St. Petersburg? • A. It lies on the doorstep of Siberia, a binding force between the eastern and western halves of Russia. • B. It was always a competitor for Moscow but did not become the capital of Russia until the 1917 Revolution. • C. It was named Leningrad during Soviet times. • D. It lies at the head of the Sea of Okhotsk. Question 4 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points This exclave of Armenia is 75 percent Armenian but is located within Muslim Azerbaijan. • A. Georgia • B. Chechnya • C. Abkhazia • D. Nagorno-Karabakh Question 5 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following describes the term Balkanization? • A. a peculiar language that is spoken in Bulgaria • B. the landmass located west of the Adriatic Sea • C. the phenomenon of Serbian supranationalism • D. the division and fragmentation of the southern portion of eastern Europe Question 6 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points What is true of a country's core area? • A. only contains a state's capital city. • B. only incorporates the nation's largest population cluster. • C. only contains the region with the country's most efficient communications networks. • D. It displays all of these characteristics. Question 7 of 25 0.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following statements about Russia and North America is false? • A. Russia’s climate resembles that of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. • B. The Russians established forts as far as the California coast. • C. Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867. D. The Bering Strait separates the United States from Russia. Question 8 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Persistently frozen ground is known as: • A. taiga. • B. whitesoil. • C. permafrost. • D. tundra. Question 9 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Russian imperialism in the nineteenth century was aimed chiefly at: • A. Persia. • B. Central Asia. • C. China. • D. Canada. Question 10 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points What term came to mean “a-grain-and-meat-factory” and refers to a huge state farm with peak agricultural efficiency through mechanization and minimum labor requirements? • A. kuzbas • B. sovkhoz • C. okrug • D. taiga Question 11 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The textbook authors map a boundary between Europe’s core and periphery in Chapter 1B. Which country lies entirely outside the European core? • A. Spain • B. UK • C. Finland D. Cyprus Question 12 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following western European states is not a member of the European Union? • A. Austria • B. Luxembourg • C. the Netherlands • D. Switzerland Question 13 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Czarina Catherine the Great's territorial acquisition thrust was aimed at: • A. the warm-water Black Sea. • B. establishing a Russian base in interior Canada. • C. conquest of western Europe in retaliation for Napoleon's 1812 invasion. • D. four islands near Japan. Question 14 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following statements about Moscow is false? • A. Russia's core area centers on Moscow. • B. Moscow lies at the heart of what is commonly called the Central Industrial Region. • C. Nearly all Russian cities, including Moscow, are overcrowded, with most people residing in cramped living quarters. • D. One of Moscow's chief locational attributes is its coastal site on an arm of the Baltic Sea. Question 15 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The population of Northern Ireland is: • A. not part of the European Union. • B. made up of refugees from Wales. • C. politically dominated by Protestants. • D. not part of the United Kingdom. Question 16 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is not an example of European supranationalism? • A. Benelux • B. the Euro currency • C. the European Union D. Ukraine's Orange Revolution Question 17 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Where have significant oil and natural gas supplies been found in the European realm? • A. Baltic Sea • B. Gulf of Finland • C. North Sea • D. Adriatic Sea Question 18 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is not found in Russia west of the Urals? • A. the realm's core area • B. Moscow • C. the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbas) • D. the Volga-Don Canal Question 19 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which Nordic European city serves as a break of bulk, or entrepôt, city? • A. Stockholm • B. Copenhagen • C. Oslo • D. Reykjavik Question 20 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points To the east of the Kuzbas region lies a farming and industrial region centered around: • A. the Caspian Sea • B. the Volga River • C. Lake Baykal D. the Ural Mountains Question 21 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by what mountain range? • A. Appennines • B. Alps • C. Pyrenees • D. Pennines Question 22 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is not an important Russian manufacturing region? • A. Volga Region • B. Urals Region • C. Kuzbas Region • . Donbas Region Question 23 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The textbook discusses Paris as an example of both site and situation. Which is not true? • A. Paris was originally founded on an island in the Seine River, a defensible site B. Near Paris other rivers join the Seine • C. Paris is situated on the northern coast of France, making trade easier • D. Paris is situated in the middle of the Paris Basin region Question 24 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is the Discontinuous North’s largest country in terms of both population and territory? • A. Denmark • B. Sweden • C. Norway • D. Finland Question 25 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which subregion of Russia has the mildest climate? • A. Caucasus • B. Slavic • C. Siberian D. Baltic [Show More]

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