Vocabulary
Map Skills
European Union
Population Pyramids
Nation States
100
Feelings of loyalty and pride toward one's country or ethnic group
What is nationalism?
100
The boot shaped country in Europe
What is Italy?
100
The common currency of the European Union
What is Euro?
100
This is the growth in triangle shaped countries
What is rapid growth?
100
This is the largest nation-state created when the Soviet Union broke apart
What is Russia?
200
A high-speed railroad tunnel under the English Channel that connects Great Britain and France
What is the Chunnel?
200
This line crosses Europe and helps create a grid system on the earth.
What is the Prime Meridian?
200
Two members of the European Union
What is France, Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Poland, Finland, Spain, Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Denmark, Netherlands.
200
This is the growth in cup/glass shaped countries
What is negative growth (shrinking)?
200
This is the number of nation-states created
What is 15?
300
Surrounded entirely by land
What is landlocked?
300
This body of water is along the southern border of Europe
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
This is how the EU encourages trade between its member countries
What is removing tariffs or taxes on traded goods?
300
This is the style of pyramid that represents the U.S.A.
What is rectangle?
300
Secret police Lack of economic growth Quality of life was getting worse Dictator in charge - people had no voice Many ethnic groups with many people more loyal to their ethnic group than to the Soviet Union
What are the reasons the Soviet Union failed?
400
Feelings of loyalty and pride toward one's country or ethnic group
What is nationalism?
400
This mountain range divides Europe from Asia
What are the Ural Mountains?
400
One political advantage for the EU member countries
What is more power on the world market or countries working together on common issues?
400
This is the level of development in cup/glass shaped countries
What is developed?
400
Security, Political Freedom, National Unity, Economic Growth, and Quality of Life
What are the five indicators of a successful country?
500
A group of countries that acts as a single market, without trade barriers between member countries
What is common market?
500
This is the name of the peninsula that holds Spain and Portugal
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
500
The comparison of wealth across Europe
What is Western Europe is wealthier Eastern Europe?
500
This is the level of development in triangle shaped countries
What is developing?
500
The country must follow the decisions of the European Union
What happens if a member of the European Union disagrees with a decision made by the EU?
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