Geography & Physical Features
This mountain range separates Europe from Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
This ancient civilization introduced democracy and citizen participation.
What is Greece?
This organization was formed to promote peace, cooperation, and trade among European nations.
What is the European Union (EU)?
These three questions guide all economic systems.
What to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce?
Europe is west of this continent.
What is Asia?
Europe is located north of this continent.
What is Africa?
This ancient empire spread laws, Latin-based languages, and road systems.
What is the Roman Empire?
In this system, leaders are chosen from the legislature.
What is a parliamentary system?
Europe mainly uses this type of economy.
What is a mixed (or market) economy?
This military alliance promotes cooperation and collective defense.
What is NATO?
What are the 3 major European rivers?
Rhine, Danube, and Volga
This religion spread through missionaries and the Roman Empire and shaped European culture.
What is Christianity?
In this system, leaders are elected separately from the legislature.
What is a presidential system?
This allows countries to get goods they lack and sell what they produce.
What is trade?
France has this type of democracy.
What is a semi-presidential democracy?
These landforms provide access to water, encourage trade, and create milder climates.
What are peninsulas?
This system exchanged land for protection and created social classes.
What is feudalism?
The United Kingdom uses this type of democracy.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
Because Europe has limited natural resources, it relies heavily on this.
What is trade and industry?
Climate affects these three things in Europe.
What are farming, housing, and jobs?
These are three major climate types found in Europe.
What are marine west coast, humid continental, and Mediterranean climates?
This movement encouraged learning, art, science, and new ways of thinking.
What is the Renaissance?
Nationalism, alliances, and competition for power and resources can lead to this.
What is conflict (or war)?
This increases cultural exchange, trade, and economic connections worldwide.
What is globalization?
How does geography influence Europe’s economic development?
Europe’s rivers, peninsulas, and access to water encouraged trade, transportation, settlement, and economic growth.