EUROPE III Review Questions?

Virtual field trips? Geography Today Iceland/Greenland

Devolution United Kingdom Eastern Europe

Former Yugoslavia Two Perspectives on European Union

Iceland/Greenland Iceland: 300,000, fishing & tourism

Declined to join EU, opposes common fishery policy EFTA member “Iceland has never held a referendum on joining the EU; it

should be the same beige shade as Switzerland. The book is wrong, and your student deserves a bonus point! ”

Greenland: 59,000, fishing Joins EC in 1973 with Denmark Home rule in 1979 as Self-governing Overseas

Administrative Division of Denmark: Kalaallit Nunaat Secedes from EC in 1985 Has access to some EU programs based on its status

A Student Asks…

“I am trying to look for an article for my GEOG TODAY assignment. …Would you mind giving some examples of assignments done in the past so I can get a better feel for the NATURE of topics?”

Responses: Re-read the course outline Look over the FAQs on the course

web page Read the newspaper everyday!

Buy a copy in Chapters Go to university library Go to public library

Let your curiosity run wild!

Supranationalism Issues

Loss of autonomy

Disparities in levels of economic development & transfer payments

Technical trade barriers Product standards, inspection

Certification, labelling

Cultural barriers

Common Agricultural Policy

Chunnel/Øresund Fixed Link (16 kms)

European Regions

Western Europe

The British Isles

Nordic Europe

Mediterranean Europe

Eastern Europe

Germany

Germany of the past

The Federal Republic

Germany Today

British Isles

Devolution in United Kingdom

“How convenient it would be if physical geography and political geography coincided!” Northern Ireland Assembly Welsh Assembly Scottish Parliament

Underlying forces of Nationalism

Centrifugal forces Forces that tend to divide a country

Religious, linguistic, ethnic, or ideological differences

Centripetal forces Forces that unite and bind a country together

A strong national culture and history, shared ideology, and a common faith

Devolution Outcome of centrifugal forces that cause

regions or nationalities within a state to demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy By peaceful negotiation By rebellion Some combination

At ‘the expense of the central government’

Balkanization

Break up (as in a region) into smaller and often hostile units

Originates from a mountain range in Bulgaria

Balkan countries of the Balkan peninsula

DEVOLUTIONIN

EUROPE

Shatter belt

Term applied to eastern europe by geographers to describe a zone of chronic political splintering and fracturing

Why here?

ETHNIC MOSIAC

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EASTERN EUROPE

Subregions of Eastern Europe

Countries facing the Baltic Sea

The landlocked center

Countries facing the Adriatic Sea

Countries facing the Black Sea

Countries facing the Adriatic Sea

Slovenia: first to secede; ethnically most homogeneous

Croatia: largely RC Bosnia: centrally positioned Serbia: largest and most populous Macedonia: 65% Macedonian, 21% Albanian Serbia-montenegro: includes Serbia, Kosovo,

Vojvodina, and Montenegro Albania: remnant of Turkish Ottoman empire;

70% Muslims; lowest economic ranking in Europe