The European Union Yugoslavia Physical Geography Political & Economic Systems Potpourri $100 $200...
-
Upload
erick-johnson -
Category
Documents
-
view
214 -
download
0
Transcript of The European Union Yugoslavia Physical Geography Political & Economic Systems Potpourri $100 $200...
The European
UnionYugoslavia
Physical Geography
Political & Economic Systems
Potpourri
$100 $100 $100 $100 $100
$200 $200 $200 $200 $200
$300 $300 $300 $300 $300
$400 $400 $400 $400 $400
$500 $500 $500 $500 $500
Name the 4 main peninsulas and at least 2 countries on each.
Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, & Finland
Iberian: Spain & PortugalBalkan: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia,
etc.Apennine: Italy & Vatican City
What are centripetal forces?
Forces that pull people or groups
together
Who was the central figure in founding the European Coal
& Steel Community?
Robert Schuman
Name at least 2 economic centrifugal
forces.
-Western vs. Eastern in terms of economic development
-Eastern Europeans working for less money & taking Western
jobs-Euro: some use, some don’t; when one fails, brings down
value
In which 2 branches of the EU government, is
population not a factor in their power?
European Commission &
Council of Ministers
Name the 6 original countries that formed
the Coal & Steel Community.
France, West Germany, Belgium, Italy,
Luxembourg, & the Netherlands
Where did the name Balkans come from?
From the Ottoman Turks, means “mountainous”
Which communist leader strengthened
Yugoslavia by promoting Slavic
brotherhood and unity?
Josep “Tito” Broz
What did the Albanians create to
combat Milosevic and the Serbian troops?
Kosovo Liberation Army
What does UNMIK stand for?
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in
Kosovo
What sparked the massacre in Srebrenica?
The Muslim-Croat alliance encouraged by
international bodies.
What three countries touch the Pryenees
Mountains?
France, Spain, and Andorra
The Volga River connects which city to which body of
water?
Moscow to the Caspian Sea
What has created the Marine West Coast climate of Western
Europe?
The North Atlantic Drift/Gulf Stream
warming water and air currents
What mountain range separates Russia from
Southwest Asia?
The Caucasus Mountains
Name the tallest mountain in the Alps
Mt Blanc
Who is seen as the founder of communism?
Karl Marx
In which economic system do sellers and consumers
freely make all the production decisions?
Free-marketCapitalism
Free-enterprise
In which economic system are there both state owned
& privately owned industries?
Socialism
What is the overall goal of a true communist
society?
The elimination of social & economic inequality (classless society)
Where did democratic ideologies originate?
Ancient Greece
What do we call countries influenced by and closely connected to
the U.S.S.R.?
Soviet Satellites
What two things have the Netherlands done to reclaim
their land from the sea?
Used dikes to hold back the sea & pumps/canals to
remove excess water
What are the countries/regions that make up the United
Kingdom?
England, Scotland, Wales, & Northern
Ireland
What strait must be passed to get from the
Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?
Strait of Gibraltar
What two branches of the EU government
give equal representation to each
country?
Council of Ministers and
European Commission