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Europe Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the capital of Denmark? | Coppenhaggen |
| What is the capital of Russia? | Moscow |
| What is the capital of France? | Paris |
| What is the capital of United Kingdom? | London |
| What is the capital of Germany? | Berlin |
| What is the capital of Italy? | Rome |
| What is the definition of a peninsula? | A body of land surrounded by water on three sides |
| What is an example of a peninsula? | Italy |
| What is the definition of a tundra? | An area of land in which the ground is frozen for most of the year |
| What is an example of a tundra? | Northern Russia |
| What is the definition of a taiga? | A broad swath of forest land throughout northern Europe |
| What is an example of a taiga? | Scandinavia and Russia |
| Explain the effect Russia’s size, climate, and few navigable rivers has on its economy. | Russia has many navigable rivers but unfortunately it is difficult to get the natural resources found in the north to the south of west due to the rivers freezing over in the winter. |
| Why is it hard for Russia to use their natural resources? | While Russia is rich in natural resources, it is difficult and expensive to extract them from the northern regions due to the cold climate and frozen ground |
| Where does the majority of Russia's population live? | Western European region |
| What is the population of Europe? | Around 700 million |
| Where does the majority of Europe's population live? | Urban areas |
| Where and why do immigrants go to Europe? | Most go to Germany and they come because of war |
| Where do most of the immigrants come from? | Syria and Northern African countries |
| In 1917, in Russia, what were most of the people and what were the other people? | Most of the people were peasants and small amount were wealthy landowners |
| In 1917, in Russia, where did the idea of communism come from? | The idea was brought from Germany to Russia |
| Who were the axis? | Germany, Japan, Italy |
| Who were the allies? | USA, United Kingdom, Soviet Union |
| When did World War 2 begin and end? | 1939-1945 |
| When did the Berlin wall go up? | August 13, 1961 |
| Why did the Berlin wall go up? | Communist people from East Berlin built the wall so people couldn't leave the communist government |
| When did the Berlin wall go down? | November 9, 1989 |
| Who built the Berlin wall? | The Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin |
| Why did the Berlin wall come down? | The cold war was ending so they decided to take the wall down |
| Why did JFK put a naval blockade around Cuba? | Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this "quarantine," as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. |
| What is the iron curtain? | The iron curtain means that the Eastern and Central European Communist countries were now divided with the Western European Democratic countries. |
| Why did JFK and Nikita Khrushchev both stop the cold war? | Leaders of both superpowers recognized the devastating possibility of a nuclear war and publicly agreed to a deal in which the Soviets would dismantle the weapon sites in exchange for a pledge from the United States not to invade Cuba. |
| What is the European Union? | A group of 28 countries that operates as a cohesive economic and political block |
| What does supranational mean? | The laws of the European Union are ABOVE the laws of your own country. |
| What does common market mean? | The EU countries got rid of tariffs , which means they don’t put taxes on goods that pass from one border country to the next |
| What is the Copenhagen Criteria? | The standards a country must meet to be accepted into the EU |
| What are the four Copenhagen criteria? | Country must have a democratic government Must protect human rights and minorities in their country Country must have a functioning Market Economy ( Capitalism) The country must be able to incorporate the entire body of laws and regulations of the EU |
| Name one centripetal economic feature. | No tariffs, EU prices on goods are lower |
| Name one centrifugal economic feature. | Higher pay in Western Europe |
| Name one centripetal political feature. | Encourages political cooperation among members |
| Name one centrifugal political feature. | People fear their national identity may be lost |
| Name one centripetal cultural feature. | Europe Capital of Culture rotates each year to a different city |
| Name one centrifugal cultural feature. | Cultural traditions vary |
| What does centripetal mean? | The force that unites countries and people |
| What does centrifugal mean? | The force that divides countries and people |
| How did World War 2 end? | The US dropped their two atomic bombs on Japan since Japan refused to surrender |
| What happened after World War 2? | Rather than punishing the Axis powers like they did after WWI, the Allies instead helped rebuild Europe to prevent another war |
| When did the US join World War 2? | 1941 |
| Why did World War 2 begin? | WWII Began after the Germans were in debt for WWI and desperate for a powerful leader |
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