Europe Test Review

CLHS 2008-2009

Human Environment InteractionList two examples on how Europeans have Interacted with the environment.

Venetian Canals in Italy. Polders in The Netherlands.

Which geographic advantage helped the United Kingdom (Great Britain)

develop into a large empire? (ISN worksheet)

ANSWER: It is an island nation.

Name two reasons why European nations colonize areas all over the world. (ISN worksheet)

ANSWER: to gather natural resources AND establish markets.

Industrial Revolution

Need anAbundance of

Natural ResourcesColonization

Factories in Europe led to air pollution and then to __________. p. 285

ANSWER: Deforestation

Read the paragraph on acid rain on p. 285 and make a prediction on what Europe should do about the problem. __________________________

ANSWER: continued burning of fossil fuels will put all of Europe at high risk from acid rain

Latin America provided _______________ to profit from for the European nations. (ISN worksheet)

ANSWER: SUGAR

Raw materials were needed for ______________(ISN worksheet)

ANSWER: industry

Which nations are generally more developed?

ANSWER: Western

European countries with the highest GDPs usually have:

Rich Farmland

Large Populations

Coastal Ports

Define Benelux.

ANSWER: Belgium, Luxemburg and The Netherlands are the first to form an economic union.

Define the EU and its purpose.

ANSWER: Compete economically with the US and Japan.

Identify the major problem with former communist nations (Eastern Europe) that join the EU.

ANSWER: They are less prosperous.

• Germany

• Portugal

• Poland

• Albania

Put countries in order from Most Developed to Least Developed

Define Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain and explain the difference.

ANSWER: The Berlin Wall was an actual wall built in 1961 to separate East Berlin from West Berlin. It came down in 1989.

ANSWER: The Iron Curtain refers to the separation between democratic Western Europe and the communist controlled Eastern Europe.

What are “the Troubles” of Northern Europe?

ANSWER: The violence between the Catholics and Protestants.

Define Balkanization

ANSWER: the process of a region breaking into smaller, mutually hostile units.

Using your Modern Conflict worksheet, what is the major issue causing conflict in Northern Ireland. ________________

ANSWER: Religion (Catholic v. Protestant)

Explain the difference between an Irish Nationalist and an Irish Loyalist.

ANSWER:

What is the main problem in the Balkans?

• Ethnic Tensions

Define culture and give an example of diffusion.

ANSWER: culture is the total of a groups knowledge, customs, laws, art and government.

McDonalds in Germany

American movies in Japan

A refinery would be which level of the economic sectors:

SECONDARY

Define popular sovereignty

ANSWER: Political power rests with the people who can Political power rests with the people who can create, alter and abolish their government.create, alter and abolish their government.

Define republicanism.

ANSWER:A form of government where the people vote A form of government where the people vote

for representatives to make laws and run the for representatives to make laws and run the

government on their behalf [to take care of the people]government on their behalf [to take care of the people]

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