Europe Chapter Questions
Chapter 1: Europe
Chapter 1A
Ariana Goin
1. Where is Europe’s eastern boundary?
a. Europe’s eastern boundary is between Russia and it numerous European neighbors to the west.
2. What types of raw materials spawned Europe’s development?
a. rich soils, good fishing waters, wild animals that could be domesticated, and plentiful wood for building, & mineral fuels and ores made industrialization possible.
3. What are the major characteristics of the Central Uplands?
a. Forms the heart of Europe
b. It was a resource-laden belt where Industrial Revolutions and cities emerged in the 19th century.
4. What are the major characteristics of the Alpine Mountains?
a. The Alps and their forming a high-mountain backbone
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9. What is a nation-state?
a. A political entity where the local state overlaps with the area settled by a certain ancient group of people, seeing themselves to be a nation.
10. Is Europe an overall homogeneous regional unit?
a. Very few states today are so similar culturally that the culture is shared with the state. Europe’s prominent nation-states have developed into diverse societies, their nations defined more by a “national spirit” and emotional commitment than by cultural or ethnic homogeneity.
11. What are centripetal and centrifugal forces?
a. Centripetal forces unify a state
b. Centrifugal forces are dis-unifying
12. What are Benelux and the EEC? Name the countries of the European Union.
a. Benelux was the economic association of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg;
b. EEC (1958) was the European Economic Community, originally consisting of France, (then West) Germany, Italy, and the Benelux nations (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg).
c. The countries of the European Union today are France, the three Benelux countries, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Italy, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Latvia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Romania.
13. What are the Four Motors of Europe?
a. The Four Motors for Europe are four industrialized regions in
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