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GEO 102 test 2

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Physical features that mark the boundary between Europe and Asia
Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Bosporus Strait, Caucasus Mountains, Ural Mountains
Fjords
Glacial carved valley that was flooded when the sea levels rose, forming a inlet
Capital cities located along the Danube River
Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, & Belgrade
Characteristics of a Mediterranean climate
Very warm/hot summers; mild winters
Population pyramids (differentiating among rapid growth, slow growth, and decline)
European Countries have very low or negative rates of natural increase (RNI)
Concerns/challenges related to Europe's aging population
High cost of retirement pension and health care, labor shortages, reduced tax revenues
Differences between typical European and U.S. urban areas
More compact, less urban sprawl. More people live in multi-unit. Mixed-use development is common.
Cyrillic alphabet
Used in countries with close ties to the Eastern Orthodox church
Three major non-Indo-European languages in Europe
Hungarian, Finnish, Basque
The Iron Curtain
Division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
Countries that were part of the former Yugoslavia
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo
Predominant ethnic group in Kosovo
Albanian
European Union (primary goal, number of countries, status of Turkey)
Economic efficiency through integration. 27 member counter.
Country with the world's highest HDI ranking
Norway is number 1 in the world
Levels of development in Western Europe vs. Eastern Europe
Western Europe is a highly developed region.
Easter Europe larger share of the workforce is engaged in agriculture and is centralized economic planning
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