Unit 4 Part 2 - E. Europe & Russia Review

The black triangle is an example of an area with high pollution caused by

• burning wood to heat homes

• burning coal as a power source

• acid deposits from Northwestern Europe

• slash-and-burn agricultural practices

Factories built and operated during the communist era were heavy polluters because the communist governments

• placed a higher priority on rapid industrialization than on protecting the environment

• were unaware of the dangers of chemical emissions to the environment

• lacked the technological knowledge to build more environmentally friendly factories

• had access to no fuel sources other than coal

The Helsinki Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area was groundbreaking because it was the first

• regulation proposed by the European Union to protect a shared marine environment

• treaty to protect marine life and ecosystems ratified by all of Eastern Europe

• agreement to regulate land-based pollution that endangered a shared marine environment

• time a conference on marine conservation and protection was attended by a Balkan country.

Why do so few people who sell illegally logged wood get caught?

• Most illegal loggers are highly skilled at deception

• Few people in Eastern Europe consider illegal logging a crime

• The companies responsible for managing forests have gone out of business

• Most sellers of illegally logged wood also sell legal wood and wood products

The European Union has established low-emission zones in Eastern Europe, which are areas where

• all new factories must meet strict environmental protection standards

• financial incentives are available to clean up high-polluting factories

• coal and other fossil fuels are banned

• vehicles with high pollutant emissions are banned

What is the primary reason some environmental groups are opposed to the use of supertrawlers?

• They burn fossil fuels which pollute the ocean air

• They could cause devastating oil spills in the Arctic Circle

• They cause the unnecessary deaths of millions of marine animals

• They are fueled by nuclear power, which poses a risk of nuclear radiation

What is the term for the by-products of producing nuclear power and weapons?

• nuclear power plants

• nuclear wastes

• nuclear meltdown

• nuclear pollution

What happened after the 1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union?

• Nuclear safety standards were improved and dangerous plants were shut down

• The Soviet Union replaced all existing nuclear plants with newer, safer nuclear plants

• All nuclear power plants in the Soviet Union were shut down

• The socialist republic where it occurred was permanently closed to human settlement

Why did the Soviet era leave a legacy of environmental pollution?

• Soviet leaders were determined to have friendly governments on the country’s western border.

• Soviet leaders’ priority was to industrialize and they disregarded the damage it was causing

• Foreign governments condemned the Soviets’ reliance on nuclear power.

• Soviet leaders were unaware of the damage industrialization was causing

Overuse of fertilizers and ___ has polluted farmland and water in much of Russia.

• chernozems

• oxisols

• fungicides

• pesticides