1) What percentage of water has the Aral Sea lost? 80%
2) Why has this water been lost? Because they built a wall splitting the lake up, so they country had more room for crops such as cotton. 
3) What other environmental problems affect the area? Because the lake is dried up, the winds come through and stir up the dust, which has paracides. 
4) What would have to be done to keep the lake at its present level? You would have to remove 9 of the 18 million acres that are now used for farming. 
5) What did you learn about Lake Biakal from the video? We learned that it contains pollution. 
6) In the city of Verkhoyansk what extreme temperatures have been recorded? -90F in the winter 90F in the summer. 
7) How did Russia's harsh winter help the country in the 1800s (and during WWII)? 
Because when Napoleon and his army were going to invade Russia, the weather got so intense, they had to turn around and go home.
8) What made the building of the Trans-Siberian Railroad an enormous undertaking? It cover more than 5,700 miles and 70,000 workers moved 77 million cubic feet of the earth.
9) Research and find a major city in Siberia.  What is its population and major attractions? Novosibirsk's population is 1,523,801. Its major attractions are Novosibirsk Zoo, and The State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. 

Homework 2/24

1) List three important cities that are located in the Northern European Plain. St. Petersburg, Keiv, and Moscow.
2) What percentage of the region's population lives in this plain? 75%
3) What border do the Caucasus Mountains form? Between Russia and Transcaucasia. 
4) What are the two largest lakes in Central Asia? The Caspian and Aral seas. 
5) How long is the Volga River? 2,300 miles and is the largest river on the European continent. 
6) Why is Lake Baikal important? Because it holds 20% of the worlds fresh water, and is the deepest lake in the world. 
7) What are some of the resources that have been developed in Russia and the Republics?Natural gas, timber.
8) Why might extracting and transporting the region's resources be difficult? Most of them are in siberia, which has a harsh climate.

1) How do people in your country feel about EU membership? We all want it to have a more stable economy.
2) How might future expansion affect the economies of your country? It would make it more stable and consistent.
3) What potential problems face nations who want to adopt the euro?? With Euro value declining could cause the economy to drop and transitional period changing out the old currency to the Euro would create economic instability. 
4) What political or cultural issues might arise because of the EU expansion? That they would possibly not be able to fix their immigration problems before
5) What did you learn about other countries through their presentations (list two distinct and detailed things). If Romania does change to euro, it would increase its value. 

1) Why can Europe be called a peninsula of peninsulas? 
Its a Large peninsula that consists of smaller ones.
2) Where does the Danube flow?
Through the heart of Europe West to East 
3) What is the most important plain in Europe?
The Northern European Plain 
4) What resources does Europe have in abundance?
Coal, Iron, and Ore.
5) Why do the Irish burn peat?
They didn't have much fuel so they way they could produce more, is to turn to peat. 
6) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage? 
mountains can cause warmer weather. and it blocks out travel, people and languages.
7) What is the North Atlantic Drift?
The winds come from the Atlantic Ocean. 
8) What parts of Europe benefit from the Mediterranean climate?
southern Spain, Italy, Greece.
9) Why do trees not grow in upper Scandinavia? 
Because of permafrost 
10) What percentage of the Netherlands was once under the sea? 
more than 40%
11) Why did Venice grow? 
because it became a trading post and the people were running from invaders, so they decided to stay and build Venice.
12) What problems face Venice today?
Because of pollution, and the fact that Venice is continually sinking.
13) What actions have led to deforestation in Europe?
Trees were cut down for Venice, acid rain.
14) Why was Ancient Greece important? 
The first democracy.
15) What are some of Rome's cultural legacies? 
The latin language and idea of government.
16) What were the crusades?
A series of battles to take over the muslims.
17) How has Mediterranean Europe's economy changed since WWII. 
The North is closer to other industrial countries of Europe, such as Germany and France.
18) Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe? 
The founders of the EU and they both have a lot of recourses.
19) How did language differences develop in Western Europe? 
The leading power in history changed from Germanic and Romantic languages.
20) Why was the Berlin Wall built?  When did it come down? 
t was built to divide the Communist Germany from the non- Communist Germany. It came down in 1989.
21) List the four sub-region of Europe.  Be able to list the countries in each sub-region.      
Mediterranean(Portugal, Spain, Andorra,Italy,Greece,Malta.) Eastern(Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg,Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria) Western(Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Bosnia) and Northern Europe(Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, United Kingdom.
22) What is the history of Northern Europe? 
Germany was a big part in the time of World Wars. Government. Vikings. The british Empires.
23)  What country in Northern Europe chose not to join the EU? 
Norway
24) Where did the industrial revolution start? Western Europe.
25) Why has there been turmoil in Eastern Europe? 
A lot of poverty, religion, Different countries with different ideas. 
26) What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under Communist rule? 
Out dated technology, racism, and lack of trade because of communism.
27) How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?

Catholics broke off from the church creating the protestant church.

1) Where did the industrial Revolution begin and to where did it spread? It started in Britain, and spread to, Belgium, France, Germany, and the United States. 

2) What are some characteristics of governments in Northern Europe? Well, Britain's government is a monarchy that also has a parliament. 

3) How did conquest influence the languages spoken in Northern Europe? When Germanic tribes migrated to the Scandinavian Peninsula and the British Isles, they pouched the previous inhabitants north west. 

4) How did the industrial Revolution spur the growth of the British Empire? It motivated Britain's empire building. 

5) How did the Reformation affect Northern Europe? It caused different churches and countries to break apart to different beliefs.

6) Who are some important writers from Northern Europe? William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Charlotte Bronte, and James Joyce. 

7) What Northern European country did not join the EU?  Why? Norway didn't join the EU because it didn't want to risk loosing any of its Independence or Economy.

8) What was the Magna Carta?  Why is it important? A document that inspired such political ideas as trial by and no taxation without representation. 

9) What are the countries of Northern Europe? United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.