PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
POPULATION
EUROPEAN UNION
COUNTRIES
HODGEPODGE
100
This mountain range divides Europe and Asia
What is the Ural Mountains?
100
This type of graph measures population
What is a population pyramid?
100
Most counties in the European Union use this as their currency
What is the Euro?
100
This countries economic problems are of great concern to the European Union and the United States
What is Greece?
100
The second smallest continent in the World.
What is Europe
200
This river flows through more than 6 countries and empties into the Black Sea
What is the Danube River?
200
The study of human populations and how they change
What is Demographics?
200
Forces that pull people together
What are centripetal forces?
200
The Pyrenees Mountains separate these two Westen European countries.
What are Spain and France?
200
The deepest and oldest lake in the world
What is Lake Baikal (Russia)
300
This river runs through the city of London
What is the Thames River?
300
Cash for babies, rising retirement ages, and family-friendly workplace policies are all responses by many European countries in response to this declining statistic.
What is birth rate?
300
When countries give up some control of their own affairs to work together on the goals that they all share.
What is Supranational Cooperation?
300
Of all the Western European countries, this one is the most industrialized
What is Germany?
300
These two areas in Europe have the most mild climates (N,S,E, or W)
What is South and West
400
This mountain range forms a major barrier between central and southern Europe
What is the Alps?
400
This best describes population changes in Europe since 2000?
What is negative growth?
400
By reducing these, the European Union has increased Economic cooperation
What are trade barriers (tariffs)?
400
Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, shares a border with this sovereign country
What is Ireland?
400
The original European Union started in 1952 when 6 countries joined together and created this to improve trade:
What is a common market?
500
This river runs through the city of Paris
What is the Seine River?
500
Countries with aging populations are most likely to face rapidly rising costs from this common retirement benefit?
What are pensions?
500
In order to promote a European cultural identity, the EU created European Citizenship, the EU Flag, and this which is celebrated by some on May 5th and others on May 9th
What is Europe Day?
500
This European country has a strict policy of neutrality
What is Switzerland?
500
You will find the head of the Roman Catholic Church in this country.
What is Vatican City, Italy?