Question | Answer |
the 12 member association that helps each member country import needed goods and provides a market for members surplus goods | European Union |
_____ proposed to more closely link Europe's coal and steel industries. This was the ______ step to a united Europe. | France, first |
What is the major grain crop of Europe? | wheat |
What is the international communication system to which many eastern and western European nations belong? | Intelsat |
Since eastern European nations have switched to free market economies, _____ with other nations has increased | trade |
Erope's TGVs are less harmful to the environment because? | they are powered by electricity |
What are the 2 major newspapers in Europe? | the TImes of London and the LeMonde of Paris |
What are upon Europe's best roads? | Germany's autobahnen |
switzerland is famous for its? | watches and precision instruments |
What is the single largest economic activity that Europeans earn a living from? | farming |
2 highly industrialized European countries include? | the UK and Belgium |
Europe is the birthplace of what? | modern industry |
What is a factor that makes manufacturing successful in Europe? | Mineral wealth |
What is the country that is prospered from banking? | switzerland |
Almost all of Europe's communication and transportation systems are _____ owned | government |
What is one of Europe's top service industries? | International banking |
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_____ and _____ rank among the world's leading fishing nations | Denmark and Norway |
Government censorship of printed material in eastern European countries has been reduced due to the growth of _____ | democracy |
Naples, Marseilles, and Athens are planning major new _______ | sewage systems |
How have economic conditions changed in Eastern Europe in recent years? ***discussion | |
In what ways are western European countries trying to solve pollution problems? ***discussion | |
At a united nations's environmental conference in Dubin, Ireland, European union representatives set goals for improving the quality of _______ | Europe's waterways |
the manufacture of machinery and equipment needed for factories and mines | heavy industry |
manufacturing aimed at making consumer gods rather than heavy machinery, such as textiles or food processing | light industry |
the use of natural substances to enrich the soil and grow crops rather than chemical fertilizers and pesticides | organic farming |
organization in which farmers share in growing and selling farm products | farm cooperative |
under communism, a large, state- owned farm on which farmers received wages plus a share of products and profits: also called a kholkoz | collective farm |
under communism, a state owned farm managed by government officials; also called a sovkhoz | state farm |
household goods, shoes, and clothing that individuals buy | consumer goods |
a tax on imports or exports | tarriff |
precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids, especially sulfuric acid and nitric acid, which damages buildings, forests, and crops and kills wildlife | acid rain |
water formed by melting snow and ice | meltwater |
wet or dry airborne acids that fall to the earth | acid deposition |
person actively concerned with the quality and protection of the environment | environmentalist |
scientist who studies plant and animal life | biologist |