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What are 4 of the affects of Chernobyl?
Birth Defects
Cancer
Soil Pollution
Water pollution
What (5) factors are responsible for enviromental improvements in EE during the 1990s?
Collectives disbanded
Froeign investement
Industries closed
Many nations joining the EU
Collapse of the SU (Soviet Union)
What (3 things) caused erosion in EE?
Deforestation
Farming
Overgrazing
Water _______ presents the greatest problem for EE.
Quality
____________ water use has increased in EE.
Agricultural
What (4) factors threaten EE's marine ecosystem?
Farming
Industry
Tourism
Transpotation
What are the (3) major causes of air pollution in EE?
Energy
Industry
Transpotation
What is EE's major priority?
Economic developement
What is EE's newest polluter?
Cars
What (2) factors hinder enviromental protection in EE?
Cost
Enforcement
The _______ provides a land route between the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Balkans
WWII ended which 3 empires?
Austo-Hungarian
Ottoman
Russian
These 3 countries where formaly part of Yugoslavia:
Croatia
Macedonia
Serbia
What ogranization did the Baltic nations create to preserve peace in the region?
Baltbat
What measures did the SU take to reduce its food shortage?
It created Ukrainian farming collectives
T/F: The end of the Cold War also brought and end to conflict in EE
True
False
False!!
What (4) problems affect the quality of EE's soil?
Landfills
Hazardous waste
Agricultural runoff
Irrigation
What agreement has the goal of stopping loss of biodiversity?
The Kiev Resolution
These (4) factors hinder EE's efforts to improve water quality:
Raw water quality
Old sewer systems
Worm out water untilities
Lack of skilled workers
What (3) factors endanger EE's marine ecosystem?
Eutrophication
Overfishing
Tourism
What is the goal of the Kyoto Protocol?
To reduce greenhouse gases
What (4) steps must be taken to improve envirmomental quality in EE?
Data collection
Enforcement
International policy developement
Public awareness
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Geography: Eastern Europe and Russia
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2011-03-02T20:28:15Z
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