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Europe Test Review
Question | Answer |
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What is the organization that uses the euro as their currency? | EU |
Which country uses the pound as their currency instead of the euro | United Kingdom |
What's eastern europe's stage of development? | NIC (Newly Industrialized Country) |
What is the former economic type in eastern europe, reason for the development status? | communism/ command |
Which economic type for europe has market plus government health care? | socialism/ mixed |
Which physical element helped Europe develop so landlocked not as much of a problem? | navigable rivers |
What are the three main climate types in europe? | humid continental, marine west coast, and mediterranean |
Which ocean caused for europe's milder climates? | north atlantic drift |
What are examples of natural boundaries? | Pyrenees's Mountains, Alps, Danube River, and Rhine River |
Why does Europe have more coastline than Africa? | peninsula of peninsulas |
What organization of the US and allies during Cold War? | NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
7 counties created from the former Yugoslavia. | serbia, montenegro, bosnia, croatia, macedonia, slovenia, and (maybe kosovo soon) |
Define balkanization | the breakdown of a society along ethnic/ religious lines |
Who are protestants? | majority group that wanted to stay with British control in northern ireland |
Who is prime minster and king/queen? | a person who runs constitutional monarchy vs. symbolic leader |
What is the northern region of Europe? | region with viking past, artic temperature, $$$$$, Protestant |
what is the southern region of europe? | region with catholics, beaches, and wine, and $$$ |
What is the western region of europe? | region with catholics and Protestants, Atlantic coasts, and $$$$ |
What is the eastern region of europe? | region with former satellite nations, cultural crossroads, the Carpathians, and $$ (orthodox) |
What are the 4 parts of the UK? | Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales |
What is ethnic cleansing? | removing an ethnic group by killing them or by forcing them to leave an area |