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Geography: Europe Flashcards

1
Q

What size is Europe?

A

10,180,000 km

3,936,000m3

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2
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What percentage of earths land does Europe cover?

A

6.7%

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3
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What is the population of Europe?

A

7424 million

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4
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How many countries are in Europe?

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47 countries

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5
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What seas border Europe?

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Artic ocean to the North
Atlantic Ocean to the West
Mediterranean Sea to the South

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6
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List all 5 European seas:

A 
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Bay of Biscay
Mediterranean Sea
Adriatic Sea
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7
Q

List all the 6 Rivers in Europe:

A 
Loire
Rhine
Seine
Danube 
Rhóne 
Po
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8
Q

List all the 4 Mountains in Europe:

A

Pyrenees
Massif Central
Alps
Apennines

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9
Q

List all the 5 islands in Europe:

A 
Balearic Islands
Sardinia
Carsica
Sicily
Crete
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10
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List 3 countries that joined the EU in 1957:

A 
Germany
Belgium 
France
Italy
The Netherlands
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11
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What was the EU first called?

A

The Treaty of Rome

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12
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List 3 countries that joined the EU in 1973:

A

Ireland
United Kingdom
Denmark

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13
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What country joined the EU in 1981?

A

Greece

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14
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What 2 countries joined the EU in 1986?

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Spain

Portugal

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15
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What 3 countries joined the EU in 1995?

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Sweden
Finland
Austria

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16
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List three countries that joined the EU in 2004:

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Estonia
Latvia 
Lithuania
Poland
Czech Republic
Slovakia 
Hungary
17
Q

What 2 countries joined the EU in 2007?

A

Romania

Bulgaria

18
Q

What was the final country to join the EU?

A

Croatia

19
Q

What is the EU?

A

The European Union is a group of countries whose governments work together.

20
Q

List the top five aims of the EU:

A

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.

21
Q

What was it called when all the countries joined in 2004?

A

The Enlargement

22
Q

What are the Ultimate aims of the EU?

A

Free movement of people between all EU countries

Free trade between all EU countries

23
Q

What are the three main institutions in the EU?

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The Council,of the European Union
The European Parliament
The European Commission

24
Q

What is a Eurosceptic?

A

A Eurosceptic is someone who is against being a member of the EU

25
Q

How many countries are in the EU?

A

28

26
Q

List three advantages of the EU:

A

Tax free trading amount Members
There is no conflict between nations
Nearly all the EU has the same currency, the Euro.

27
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List three disadvantages of the EU:

A

Communication barriers
Discrimination against potential members
Serves the interest as a whole, not a country

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