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1
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What body of water is West?

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North Atlantic

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What body of water is North?

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Arctic and Norwegian Sea

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What body of water is South?

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Mediterranean and Black Seas

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Why is the center of the Earth an advantage?

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Efficient global contact, many rivers and canals, and every where is less than 300 miles from the Ocean or a major body of water

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What is Europes Geographic nickname?

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Peninsula of Peninsulas - Peninsula of Asia

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What are the Northern peninsulas?

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Jutland (Denmark) and Scandanavian (Norway and Sweden)

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What are the Southern Peninsulas?

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Iberian (Spain and Portugal), Italian, Balkan(Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia), Anatoleon(Turkey), and Crimean(Ukraine)

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What is located on the Italian Peninsula?

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Mt. Vesuvius, and active volcano

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Which countries are part of the British Isles?

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Britain and Ireland

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What are the mediterranean sea islands?

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Balearic, Corsica, Sardinia, sicily, and crete

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What is the Alpine system?

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Highland with the alps from Spain to the Black Sea. It peaks at 4707m

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What are the Central Uplands?

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“Heart of Europe” with hills and low plateaus. Here is Bonn and Munich.

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How did the Central Uplands change during the Industrial Revolution?

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They changed from farming villages to cities

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What are the Western Uplands?

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Older, Lower, stable fold mountains like that of the Appalacians. It goes from the Iberian to Scandanavian peninsula (also covers iceland)

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What are the North Europe Lowlands?

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The great European plains that is a historical corridor for migration. Includes London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, The Netherlands, and many coastal lands below sea level

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What is are The Netherlands known for?

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26% below sea level, Holland flat as a pancake, water management experts, 2nd largest food experts

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What are the two longest rivers?

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  1. Volga (Russia to Capsian Sea)
  2. Danube (Central Europe through 12 countries and empties in Black Sea)
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18
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Which countries are in Dry Climates?

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Ukraine, Crimea, Spain, Turkey

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Which countries are in Cold Polar climates?

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Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland

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Which countries are in Mediterranean climates?

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Southern Islands and Italy

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Which countries are in Humid climates?

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West Britain, France, Netherlands, and Denmark

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Which countires are in Humid Cold Climates?

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Central Europe because they do not get the warmth from the Gulf Stream

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23
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What happened in 1944?

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The BENELUX cooperation was made between Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxemburg

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What happened in 1947?

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Europe was destroyed from World War II so the U.S. proposed the Marshall Plan

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25
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What was the Marshall Plan?

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To protect Europe from the Soviets, the U.S. encouraged rapid economic recovery through $13 billion in relief

26
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What was the U.S. motive with the Marshall Plan?

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Restore european markets with U.S. goods and services, create cooperation for peace, and decrease soviety influence

27
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What was the 1957 Treaty of Rome?

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Creation of the European Economic Commission between Benelux, Italy, France, and Germany

28
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Who joined the EEC in 1973?

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UK, Denmark, and Ireland

29
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Who joined the EEC in 1981?

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Greece

30
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Who joined the EEC om 1986?

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Portugal and Spain

31
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Who joined the EEC in 1995?

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Austria, Finland, and Sweden

32
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When was the Euro currency introduced? Who abstained?

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2002; UK, Denmark, and Sweden

33
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What was the Historial Expansion?

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It was when the common market expanded to include Cyprus, Czech, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovakia

34
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Which countries have a pending membership to the EU?

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Turkey, Serbia, Kosovo, and Macedonia

35
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Who has voted against EU membership?

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Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and the UK

36
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When did the UK leave the EU (Brexit)

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June 23, 2016

37
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What are Eu’s main policies?

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Free trade, common trade to non-members, production moves freely across borders, no internal immigration restrictions, and common military and fiscal policies

38
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What are pros of the union?

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opportunity to overcome divison, equitable development and prosperity, and economically powerful

39
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What cons of the union?

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Decided by the Elite, higher prices and cheaper immigrant labor create economic inequites, and confused identity

40
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What is the Russian territory between Lithuania and Poland?

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Kaliningrad Oblast

41
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What are the microstates?

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Andorra, Monaco, Vatican, Malta, and Liechtenstein

42
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How is europe regionalized?

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By the Core Periphery Framework (set by how central a country is to the EU)

43
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Which countries are part of the Core Offshore?

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Ireland and the Uk (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland)

44
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What are Englands features?

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center of industrial revolution, anchored by the London metropolitan area, has 1/7th of uk population
(other cities include Brimingham, Manchester, and Liverpool)

45
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What are Wales’ features?

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Celtic people, coal reserves, and capital is Cardiff

46
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What are Northern Ireland’s features?

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54% protestant, minority catholic, religious conflict, Scotish and English ancestry

47
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What are the Republic of Ireland’s features?

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Independance in 1921, major economic growth until 2007, EU bailout in 2010, known for Potatoes and Guiness

48
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Which countries are part of the mainland core?

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Germany, France, Virgin Islands, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Swizterland, Lichenstein, and Amsterdam

49
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When were East and West Germany united?

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1990 with the fall of the USSR

50
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What are Germany’s features?

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16 states, most populous with 84.3 million, negative natural increase because of increased immigration, universities are tuition free

51
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What are France’s features?

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Leader in Nuclear power, gets Uranium from Niger, high speed rail, aircraft, and immigration from Islamic countries, older population

52
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What are the benefits of BENELUX?

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All access North Sea and High standards of living

53
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What are The Netherlands’ features?

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Oldest democracy (1581), urban concurbation, international airport

54
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Which cities connect in The Netherlands’ urban concurbation?

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Amsterdam, Rotterdamn, and the Hargue (seat of government)

55
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What are features of Belgium?

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Independance in 1830, three languages (french, dutch, english), and has a cultural fault line

56
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What is Belgiums cultural fault line?

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The North-west is Flemmish

57
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What are the features of Luxembourg?

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Small population, Finance and IT, and the higherst per capita income ($83,230)

58
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Which countries are notable of the Discontinous North?

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Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia

59
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Wich countries are notable of the Discontinous South?

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Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece, and Cyprus

60
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Which countries are notable of the Eastern Perhipery?

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Former soviet states

61
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What is NATO?

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Created in 1994 by the US and allies which is 30 countries including Turkey

62
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What was a result of the US problems with Cuba?

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Cold War tensions between Nato and the Warsaw pact

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