help with geography questions please!!!!!!?
1. Which of the following countries' capitals is not located on a river?
Poland
Hungary
Slovakia
Romania
2. What mountains prevent easy movement south from Romania to Bulgaria?
Balkan
Pindus
Rhodope
Transylvania
3. The dominant landform in the Dinaric Alps is karst, an area consisting of
hard coal.
soft limestone.
soft peat.
hard quartz.
4. The population density of Albania ranges from
1-24 people per sq. mile.
260-519 people per sq. mile.
1-259 people per sq. mile.
1-124 people per sq. mile.
5. All the following have a Maritime West Coast climate except
Czech Republic.
Hungary.
Slovenia.
Slovakia.
6. Which country did not experience economic decline during the period 1991 - 1994?
Poland
Albania
Hungary
Romania
7. What is the most common economic activity in this region?
manufacturing
forestry
commercial fishery
commercial farming
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July 18th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
This must the stupidest Geographic test I had read in my life. As someone who was born and raised in that region and had numerous ways to crisscross it it, some of the answer are not there:
Poland - Warsaw, river Wisla
Hungary - Budapest, river Danube
Slovakia - Bratislava, river Danube
x Romania - Bucharest, river Damboviţa, not really big and well known
central Romania has Carpathian mountains
Danube separates Romania from Bulgaria
Bulgaria is has both mountain ranges..Balkans and Rhodope
None of the mentioned three mountains reaches coast, so they do not prevent movement, the natural barrier is Danube. Carpathian mountains prevented movement from eastern and western Romania, but not south toward Bulgaria. Any of three could be debated and been in all three.
Karst is made of lime rock or soft limestones there
Check Albania in wiki (327 p per SQM)
No of the countries has Maritime West Coast climate
Central and Eastern Europe is transient zone between Maritime and Continental weather system. Slovenia is transient zone between Alpine and Maritime just north of the Mediterranean zone that is about 100 mile south from them. Hungary has typical continental pattern with hot dry summer and wet, cool and snowy winter.
All countries in Eastern Europe had recession in 1991, Poland was the first to emerge
The most common economic activity in the region is manufacturing
Agriculture, fishery, forestry made between 1-10% of GDP and employment depending on the country, but industry between 20-40%.
July 18th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
1. Hungary
2. Translyvania
3. Soft Limestone
4. 1-24
5. Slovenia
6. Poland
7. Forestry
July 18th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
i know this won’t help a lot but the first answer is not Hungary, Budapest is located on the Danube. The other answers are probably correct.