This is considered a turning point because things started looking up for the north.
Turkey was once known as Asia Minor. However, the proper term is Anatolia
Florida was named by Ponce de Leon, he called the land "la Florida" -spanish for flowery. Historians think that he named the state because he discovered it on Easter or Palm Sunday.
Slavic and Scandinavian countries are very rich in resources, and Russia wanted to control most trade in Europe until the collapse of the Soviet Union. More trade = More power and they were still recovering after the HARD losses when the Germans' invaded Leningrad and the war.
