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the euro
What is the currency in Europe?
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Which region of Europe has the UK, most of Germany and France and the Benelux countries?
Western Europe
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What was the period of bad relationships between the USSR and USA called?
The Cold War
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What factors make Scandinavia unique as a region?
high latitude (arctic) climate, social democracy
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What is the captial for Germany and for France?
Berlin, Paris
200
An organization of countries in Europe that work together to resolve many issues
What is the EU?
200
What are three countries in Southern Europe?
Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy
200
Which city was divided by a wall during the Cold War?
Berlin
200
Which sea effects southern Europe?
Mediterranean Sea
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What are the three countries in Benelux?
Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
300
What is Social Democracy Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, and Norway
What type of government does Scandinavia have and what are the countries in it?
300
What are five countries in Eastern Europe?
Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, fomer Yoguslavia, Albania, Hungary, Baltic States
300
What was the genocide of milions of Jews, Gypsies and Slavs during WWII called?
the Holocaust
300
Give three examples of ecotourism.
camping, hiking, bird watching, rafting ...
300
What are the capitals for Russia, Norway, and the UK?
Moscow, Oslo, London
400
What was the form of government for the USSR?
communism
400
Which country has reclaimed 1/3 of its land?
Netherlands
400
What kind of monarchy did the UK have during the American Revolution and what kind does it have now?
Absolute monarchy, consitutional monarchy
400
What are three alternative energy sources?
solar, wind, hydroelectricty, geothermal
400
Give an economic and political fact for the EU.
economic -euro political - branches of govt., capital in Brussels
500
What is one benefit and one criticism for social democracies?
Free services (+), high taxes, may cause laziness (-)
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Which country split apart on the Balkan Peninsula? what are three countries it split into?
Yugoslavia - Craotia, Bosnia, Serbia, Slovenia, Kosovo, Macedonia
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Who was the dictator who targeted Muslims, Croats and Albanians in the Balkans?
Slobodan Milosevic
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Which region was allies with the US during the cold war?
western Europe
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What does the term Holocaust mean? What were three groups targetted by Hitler?
"big fire/ destruction", Jews. Gypsies, homosexuals, disabled, Slavs
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