How have the Ural Mountains affected Russia?

Analyze the document and answer the short-answer questions that follow the document. This excerpt discusses the practice of mountaintop mining in the Appalachian Mountains. Coalminer, Those words may conjure the image of a man with a light on his helmet and a pick in his hand. But more than two-thirds of this country's coal comes from surface mines-strip ; or in their latest, largest incarnation, mountaintop removal mines. Instead of tunneling into a mountain and hauling out its coal, strip miners move chunks of mountain out of the way until the coal is at the surface. In mountaintop removal mining-just like it sounds-the mountaintop is pulverized to get at the coal. Begun in West Virginia and Kentucky in the late 1960s, the pace of mountaintop removal has picked up in the past decade as demand for coal has grown with the rise in the cost of other fuels. And with the increase in mountaintop removal has come greater outcry about the effects of the practice . . . Opposition groups blame strip mining and the clear-cutting that precedes it for flooding. They say it damages wildlife habitat. They worry about sludge ponds, filled with the liquid waste created in the coal-cleaning process. . . -Tim Thornton, "Mountaintop Removal," Roanoke Times July 2,2006. How does strip mining differ from the traditional practice of tunneling into the mountain?

How does a market economy differ from a command economy?

Summarize the threats to the Caspian Sea, explaining which is likely the greatest threat and why

Choose the best answers to complete the sentences or to answer the following questions. The interior parts of _________have an ice cap climate. A. Alaska B. Yukon Territory C. Northwest Territories D. Greenland

Which geographic concept best identifies a major element in defeating the armies of Napoleon and Hitler? A. Population growth, B. Migration, C. Natural resources, D. Climate.

Use your graphic organizer to write a paragraph describing the major causes of pollution in the Northeast.

What are some possible effects of world population growth?

Other than Japan and China, which country produced the fewest barrels of crude oil per day in 2010? How did this relate to Its consumption? Discuss the relationships among production,consumption, and likelihood of exports.Then tie this to the likely Imports of the country that produced the most barrels of crude oil per day.

Write each term in a sentence that shows its meaning. You may use two terms in one sentence. taiga

How are environmental issues being addressed in the Northeast

How is the rain forest structured and how does this affect plant and animal life

Use your mental map of Turkey and Iraq to describe the course of the Euphraies River

What are the major differences between eastern and western China?