Europe's environment and economics Flashcards
What is the impact of air pollution in the UK?
Health related issues, blackens buildings and threatens wildlife, causes acid rain
What issues are associated with the acid rain in Germany?
Damage to vegetation and aquatic life, contamination of drinking water, and damage to physical structures such as buildings and monuments, destroying the Black Forest
What impact did the explosion in Chernobyl have on Europe?
The explosion and fire released radioactive material into the atmosphere.
What is a market economy?
A system based on individual choices and voluntary trade. Individuals answer the basic questions of what to produce, for whom to produce, and how to produce
What is a traditional economy?
An economy that is dominated by methods and techniques that have strong social support even though they may be out of date, good may be allocated by inheritance.
What is a command economy?
A system in which government decides what goods will be produced, how they will be produced, and how they will be distributed.
What is a mixed economy?
An economy with the elements with both a mixed and command economy.
Russia the UK and Germany all have…
Mixed economies
What is the European Union?
An organization, evolved from the European economic community that created one economic market out of 28 member nation’s economies. It encourages trade between European countries.
Who was Fransico Pizzaro?
European conquistador of the Incan empire
__________ is an ideology in which the goals of the central government are more important than the individual rights of a citizen
Totalitarianism
Who is Hernan Cortez?
European conquistador of the Aztec Empire
Who was Toussaint L’ Ouverture?
A freed that led a slave revolt on St. Dominique against slave masters
Who was Montezuma II?
The Aztec ruler who was killed by Hernan Cortez, a Spanish explorer in 1519
What are capital resources?
Any asset or natural resources that can be used in the production of products or services
