Unit 4 Part 2 - E. Europe & Russia Review

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

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burning coal as a power source

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

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

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The Helsinki Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area was groundbreaking because it was the first agreement to regulate land-based pollution that endangered a shared marine environment.

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

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

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The companies responsible for managing forests have gone out of business

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

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vehicles with high pollutant emissions are banned

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

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They cause the unnecessary deaths of millions of marine animals.

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

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nuclear wastes

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

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Nuclear safety standards were improved and dangerous plants were shut down

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

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

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

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pesticides