There are three specific geographic tools that were discussed in the lectures that have had a significant impact on mapping and the availability of maps in the past 50 years.  What are these three tools? Explain how one of them has impacted (either positively or negatively) the world.

In the aftermath a nuclear accident in 1986, the Soviet government immediately notified the rest of the world of the accident so that they could take precautions to protect their population.

Which climate region would you expect to encounter closest to the equator?

What is the primary reason why European Russia has a larger population than Asian Russia?

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, what has become of the policy of Russification within the former Soviet republics?

The rivers of Siberia (Ob, Irtysh, Lena, etc.) have historically been used to transport raw materials to western Russian cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Membership in the European Union and signees of the Schengen Agreement (Shengenland) are synonymous.  In other words, only countries that are currently a member of the European Union are legally allowed to be a part of the Schengen Agreement.

A map scale is the mathematical ratio between the map and the surface area being mapped.

In which part of the European portion of the Eurasia Region would you expect to encounter the best/most productive farmland?

In which European country would you expect to find the greatest concentration of Muslims (largest percent of the population)?