Geography: Europe Flashcards
What size is Europe?
10,180,000 km
3,936,000m3
What percentage of earths land does Europe cover?
6.7%
What is the population of Europe?
7424 million
How many countries are in Europe?
47 countries
What seas border Europe?
Artic ocean to the North
Atlantic Ocean to the West
Mediterranean Sea to the South
List all 5 European seas:
Baltic Sea Black Sea Bay of Biscay Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea
List all the 6 Rivers in Europe:
Loire Rhine Seine Danube Rhóne Po
List all the 4 Mountains in Europe:
Pyrenees
Massif Central
Alps
Apennines
List all the 5 islands in Europe:
Balearic Islands Sardinia Carsica Sicily Crete
List 3 countries that joined the EU in 1957:
Germany Belgium France Italy The Netherlands
What was the EU first called?
The Treaty of Rome
List 3 countries that joined the EU in 1973:
Ireland
United Kingdom
Denmark
What country joined the EU in 1981?
Greece
What 2 countries joined the EU in 1986?
Spain
Portugal
What 3 countries joined the EU in 1995?
Sweden
Finland
Austria
List three countries that joined the EU in 2004:
Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Czech Republic Slovakia Hungary
What 2 countries joined the EU in 2007?
Romania
Bulgaria
What was the final country to join the EU?
Croatia
What is the EU?
The European Union is a group of countries whose governments work together.
List the top five aims of the EU:
To promote economic and social progress
To speak for the the European Union on the International scene
To introduce European citizenship
To develop Europe as an area of freedom, security and justice.
To maintain and build and established EU law.
What was it called when all the countries joined in 2004?
The Enlargement
What are the Ultimate aims of the EU?
Free movement of people between all EU countries
Free trade between all EU countries
What are the three main institutions in the EU?
The Council,of the European Union
The European Parliament
The European Commission
What is a Eurosceptic?
A Eurosceptic is someone who is against being a member of the EU
