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chapter 13 testt
| 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 |
| study map p279 | |
| _____ 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 |
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