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social studies 14
social studies chapter 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What kind of organization is the European Union (EU)? | supranational organization |
| What does "supra" mean? | over or on top of |
| What are centripetal forces | the forces that bring things together or unite them |
| What are centrifugal forces? | The forces that divide things, or move them away from one another. |
| What are the two great wars remembered as? | "world wars" |
| When did the first world war begin? | 1914 |
| When did the second world war break out | 1939 |
| Who made a famous speech about ideas for brings lasting peace to Europe? | Robert Schuman |
| When was Robert Schuman's speech | May 9, 1950 |
| What was Robert Schuman's about? | bringing peace to Europe |
| What did Robert Schuman's ideas led to? | The European Union (EU) |
| What did Robert Schuman suggest? | That Germany, French and other European countries work together to manage their coal and steel production |
| What is the common market? | a group of countries that acts as a single market, without trade barriers between member countries |
| What did common markets do? | nations reduce or removed trade barriers, such as tariffs. |
| What are Tariffs? | taxes on goods that cross country borders |
| What does the European Union (EU) worked towards? | creating jobs, protects citizens' rights and preserve the environment, promotes freedom, security, and justice. |
| What are the EU main goals? | to encourage peace and prosperity or economic well being |
| What is a supranational cooperation? | A form of international cooperation in which countries give up some control of their affairs as they work together to achieve shared goals. |
| How does a single market benefit EU consumers? | they have more choices to buy because goods are moved freely to other EU countries, and they are cheaper because of no tariffs. |
| How does single markets benefits workers? | They are able to travel freely to other countries for work |
| What was the common currency in 2002 | Euro |
| What did the EU trade bloc do? | as a result outside nations are eager to do business in the EU |
| What are some centrifugal forces that work against economic cooperation | EU members do not always agree on many issues, they disagree on how EU money should be spent |
| What are the differences between western and eastern Europe | western is wealthier, cost of living is higher, wages are higher, eastern is poorer |
| What factors divide eastern and western? | western disagrees with how larger amounts of money is spent in eastern areas. businesses are leaving western to go to eastern because the cost of living is lower and they can pay their workers less. therefore western workers fear for losing their jobs. |
| What are the centrifugal forces in the use of the euro? | Not all EU countries adopted the common currency in 2002. Some want to keep their own currency and make their own decisions about money. |
| What are the two ways in which EU governments work to unite Europe? | it brings its members together to work on issues they all share and the EU encourages Europeans to think of themselves as citizens of Europe. |
| What does European citizenships do? | citizens of member nations can live and work anywhere in the EU. They can also vote in elections anywhere. |
| What is the main decision making body? | The council of the European Union |
| What is the executive body? | The European Commission |
| What does the Council of the European Union do? | sets overall goals for the EU |
| What is the main duty of the European Commission do? | is to see that EU decisions are carried out |
| What is the largest EU body? | The European Parliament |
| What is the parliaments role? | to watch over the work of the European Union. It can approve or block the EU budget. |
| What does the EU budget do? | says how money should be spent on EU projects |
| How does the EU government help to unite Europe | By speaking with one voice for all its members. Within Europe, EU focuses on shared issues, like transportation and the environment. outside of Europe the EU works to strengthen Europe's role in the world |
| Why is the increased size of the EU a centrifugal force? | there are more differences among the EU nations and peoples |
| What does diversity mean? | all the ways in which people are different from one another |
| Why is a common cultural identity a centripetal force? | common symbols help narrow the gap of cultural identity and helps people get a long for the common good. |
| why are different languages a centrifugal force? | makes it difficult for people to communicate with one another |
| imports | goods that are bought by one country from another country |
| exports | good that are sold by one country to another country |
| international organization | a group of countries that work together for a common interest. |
| GDP (Gross Domestic Product) | the total value of goods and services produced in a place. |
| name some centripetal forces for economic cooperation | common market, EU trading bloc, the euro |
| name some centrifugal forces for economic cooperation | the differences between eastern and western, the euro |
| What are the centripetal forces for political cooperation | development of a supranational level of government, European citizenship |
| What are the centrifugal forces for political cooperation | desire for independence, expansion of the EU membership |
| What are the centripetal forces for Cultural cooperation | promoting common culture, increased travel |
| What are the centrifugal forces for cultural cooperation | languages, national pride, competition, rivary |
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