MT 2 Europe Vocab

Question 1

are spread out along river valleys and across the vast Northern European Plain; farmers grow grains and trade them in the market

Answer 1

commercial farming

Question 2

Founded the EU, suggested France and Germany and other European countries work together to manage their coal and steel production

Answer 2

Robert Schuman

Question 3

forces that grow apart

Answer 3

Centrifugal,
Ecomomic: people don’t always agree
Political: They have to carry out EU decisions even if they don’t agree
Cultural: 25 different languages

Question 4

forces that unite together

Answer 4

Centripetal,
Ecomomic: Common currency
Political: unites Europe by speaking with 1 voice
Cultural: Europe Day

Question 5

a variety of wide range of differences

Answer 5

Diversity

Question 6

a person who studies human populations

Answer 6

Demography

Question 7

related to the city (most of Europe)

Answer 7

Urban

Question 8

Germany, Poland, Czech Republic; the coal that they burn in the area’s creates a blackened sky

Answer 8

Black Triangle

Question 9

European mothers are getting paid by the government to have babies

Answer 9

Birth Bonus

Question 10

a fixed amount of money paid to a retired person by a government or former employer

Answer 10

Pension

Question 11

pollution that starts in one country and crosses boundaries into other countries, carried by wind or water

Answer 11

Transboundary Pollution

Question 12

a government that has linked many European countries together and stand above other European governments

Answer 12

European Union

Question 13

the currency in Europe

Answer 13

Euro

Question 14

motor oil, compressed gas tanks, paints, and solvents

Answer 14

Toxic Waste

Question 15

a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports

Answer 15

Tariff

Question 16

near the ocean/sea, warm currents that flow from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico keep it warm all year round, main climate of Europe

Answer 16

Marine West Coast

Question 17

inland, wind-set currents do not affect this area, summers hot and winters are short and mild

Answer 17

Humid Continental

Question 18

Southern Europe, summers are longer hotter and drier, winters are short and mild

Answer 18

Mediterranean Climate

Question 19

a form of international cooperation in which countries give up some control of their affairs as they work together to achieve shared goals

Answer 19

Supranational Cooperation