The regions you will be studying this semester (Sub-Saharan Africa, Southwest Asia & North Africa, etc.) are best categorized as _________.

What is one reason why is the Schengen Agreement an increasingly controversial subject in Europe?

A location such as Seattle, WA is more likely to experience a small temperature range throughout the year because it is located close to the Pacific Ocean.

In which of the following locations would you expect to encounter people who speak a language classified in the Romance branch of the Indo-European family?

If you have a mountain range, on which side would you expect to encounter a drier environment?

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?