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What is a centrifugal force?
A force that divides people and countries.
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What is a baby boom?
A sudden increase in the birth rate of a population.
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Who was the first country to find out about the Chernobyl accident?
Sweden
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What is the huge landmass in between Europe and Russia called?
Eurasia
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What is a centripetal force?
A force that unites people and countries.
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What is demography?
The study of human population, including how they change due to births, deaths, aging, and migration.
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What is trans boundary pollution?
Pollution that starts in one country and crosses boundaries into other countries. Generally, transboundary pollution is carried by wind or water.
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Russia
What is the worlds largest country?
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What is the European Union?
A supranational organization through which a number of European work together on shared issues.
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What is total fertility rate?
The average number of children a woman in a given population will have in her lifetime.
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What is nuclear radiation?
A form of energy that comes from nuclear reactions. Radiation has no smell or taste but it can be very harmful to living things.
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What is a peninsula?
A long narrow stretch of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
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What is a supranational cooperation
A form of international cooperation in which countries give up some control of their affairs as they work together to achieve shared goals.
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What is a replacement rate?
The total fertility rate needed for a population to replace itself.
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In what year did the Chernobyl accident happen?
1986
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How large is the Northern European plain?
Almost 2,500 miles.
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What is cultural identity?
A feeling of belonging to a group that shares the same culture or way of life.
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What is life expectancy?
The average age that a person in a given population can expect to live to.
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What is the black triangle region?
Germany, Poland, Czech Republic
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What countries do the alps cut through?
France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Slovenia.
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