1. Why are the rivers of Europe important and how have they affected development? p. 275
2. What is the birth place of the world's first democracy? p. 289
3. What is the Bubonic Plague? How was it spread? p. 294-295
4. What countries are found on the Balkan Peninsula? p. 310
5. Why was the European Union formed? p. 292; 326-327
6. Know the 5 peninsulas of Europe and where they are located? p. 273
7. Why were rivers important to the history and development of Europe? p. 275
8. What geographic factor contributed to the rise of the Renaissance in Italian city-states? p. 289
9. What was the Protestant Reformation? p. 297
10. Who was Martin Luther and what did he do? p.
11. Baltic Republics are defined as what? p. 361
12. What is a command economy? p. 364
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13. The Ural Mountains are defined by some geographers as? p. 346
14. What happened at Chernobyl in 1986? p. 368-369
15. What type of landform is Italy located on? p. 274
16. What is a market economy? p. 313
17. What was the feudal system? p. 297
18. What was the Holocaust? p. 298
19. What was the Renaissance? p. 291
20. Why was burning lignite coal a problem in Eastern Europe? p. 323