GEOG 100 QUIZ 2 - Which of the following statements about the Soviet

American Military University GEOG 100 QUIZ 2 Week 2

Quiz # 2 Week 2 Europe and Russia

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Question 1 of 25

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Which of the following statements 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Persistently frozen ground is known as:

 

•             A. taiga.

•             B. whitesoil.

•             C. permafrost.

•             D. tundra.

 

 

 

Question 9 of 25

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Russian imperialism in the nineteenth century was aimed chiefly at:

 

•             A. Persia.

•             B. Central Asia.

•             C. China.

•             D. Canada.

 

 

 

Question 10 of 25

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Which subregion of Russia has the mildest climate?

 

•             A. Caucasus

•             B. Slavic

•             C. Siberian

 D. Baltic