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1. Euro European currency

2. Fjord A long narrow inlet from the sea be-

tween steep cliffs or hills

3. cultural crossroads a place where various cultural

groups cross paths like in Eastern
Europe

4. marine climate the warm and rainy climate located

in the middle latitudes in areas that
are near or surrounded by water

5. humid continental climate weather pattern characterized by

long, cold, snowy winters and short,
hot summers

6. Tundra a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region

of Europe, Asia, and North America
in which the subsoil is permanently
frozen.

7. acid rain rain containing high amounts of

chemical pollutants

8. smog fog or haze combined with smoke

and other atmospheric pollutants.

9. Caspian Sea A large saltwater lake between Iran

and Russia fed by the Volga River,
world's largest inland body of water
located between Europe and Asia

10. Aral Sea lake that has lost 80% of water vol-
ume from irrigation projects; runoff
with chemicals inside it flows into
this lake and has made it polluted

11. Ivan the Great Ruler who was Russia's first czar

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12. Peter the Great
This was the tsar of Russia that
Westernized Russia and built up a
massive Russian army.

13. Nicholas II Last czar of Russia

14. Taiga Biome in which the winters are cold

but summers are mild enough to al-
low the ground to thaw

15. Lake Baikal world's deepest freshwater lake

16. How many time zones in Russia 11

17. St. Basil's Cathedral Cathedral built in Moscow by Ivan IV.

Blinded

18. Vladimir Lenin Russian founder of the Bolsheviks

and leader of the Russian Revo-
lution and first head of the USSR
(1870-1924).

19. What year did USSR fall? 1991

20. supra is a traditional Georgian feast and a

part of Georgian social culture.

21. Transcaucasia A region that consists of the re-

publics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and
Georgia

22. Central Asian Republics Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajik-

istan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan

23. Ancient Europe Civilizations that Rome, Greece, Mongols, Vikings,

helped shape Europe etc.

24. three peninsulas of Southern Europe Iberian, Italian, Balkan

25. Peninsulas of Europe

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Jutland, Iberian, Italian, Scandina-
vian, Balkan

26. Slobodan Milosevic Serbian leader who initiated a policy

of ethnic cleansing against Bosnian
Muslims

27. European Union (EU) the world's largest common market,

composed of 28 European nations

28. Azerbaijan land of flames

29. Positives of Soviet Union influences Brought in industry and education

over Transcaucasia

30. Who competed for the land of Central Russia and Great Britain
Asia in the early 1800s?

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