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  • How can air pollution/acid rain affect countries economically?
    They would have to spend money reparing lakes, forest, and buildings.
  • Why do European countries teach more than one language in most of their schools?
    Because so many languages are spoken in Europe
  • Radioactive materials from the Chernobyl disaster were carried as far away as___. A. Asia B. Northern and Central Europe.
    B. Northern and Central Europe
  • What is the largest country in the world in land size?
    Russia
  • What major physical feature separates the European side of Russia from the Asian part of Russia?
    the Ural Mountains
  • What are some of the negtive effects of acid rain?
    Contaminates and destroys forests and lakes, contaminates drinking water, destroys buildings and statues.
  • Give three reasons why Russia has not been able to use their resources as well as the U.S. and Western Europe.
    Harsh climate, few navigable rivers, and huge size.
  • What causes acid rain?
    air pollution and the burning of fossil fuel.
  • What is the main religion in Europe?
    Christianity
  • How was the environment affected by the Chernobyl disaster?
    Plants/animals and fish died. rivers/lakes were contaminated
  • Birth defects, cancers, death, and radiation sickness/poisoning were all results of what event?
    Chernobyl nuclear disaster
  • How is population influenced by natural resources?
    Resources create jobs.
  • Where did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur?
    Ukraine
  • What causes the acid rain problem in Germany and the United Kingdom?
    It is caused by factories and car traffic.
  • Breathing difficulties, thinning of the ozone layer, and global warming are all problems caused by ....
    air pollution
  • Where do most of Russia's people live?
    On the European side of Russia; West of the Ural Mountains.