Midterm Study Reference

*The midterm will be over the following topics. NOTE: I have NOT seen the midterm so use this reference as a guide, not the ONLY thing you study. The midterm will be over the following AKS: 1-29, 49, 50, 51, 52, 57, and 58.

  1. What are the cardinal and intermediate directions? Draw a compass rose.
  2. Find a location given latitude and longitude. Using your textbook (on page 285) what city is located at approximately 50 degrees North, 14 degrees East?
  3. Use a map key. Create a map key that shows the following: forest, river, political boundary, and livestock.
  4. Locate the following features on a map: Rhine River, Danube River, Mediterranean Sea, English Channel, European Plain, Ural Mountains, Alps, Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula, Scandinavian Peninsula (study your physical map!!!)
  5. Locate the following countries on a map: Spain, France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Italy, United Kingdom (study your political map!!!)
  6. What causes acid rain?
  7. What country has been particularly affected by acid rain in Europe?
  8. How can acid rain be stopped?
  9. What happened on April 26, 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine?
  10. What were the results of the Chernobyl explosion?
  11. What are the major languages of Europe?
  12. What are the Romance languages? Where do they get their name?
  13. Name the 3 major religions of Europe. Describe each religion (include major leader, holy book, beliefs)
  14. Describe the climate and major jobs for the following countries: United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Italy
  15. What did Prince Henry the Navigator do? Where was he from?
  16. Describe what Spain did during the time of exploration.
  17. Describe what Portugal did during the time of exploration.
  18. Describe what the British did during the time of exploration.
  19. Describe what France did during the time of exploration.
  20. What was the Columbian Exchange?
  21. List 3 things that Europeans brought from the Old World to the New World.
  22. List 3 things that Europeans brought back from the New World to the Old World.
  23. How did WWI begin?
  24. What effect did it have on Europe?
  25. What was the Treaty of Versailles?
  26. How did WWI lead to the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party?
  27. Did the Great Depression just affect the United States? How did it affect other countries?
  28. Why did the Russian Revolution happen in 1917?
  29. What was the Cold War?
  30. Why did the Soviet Union dissolve?