Social Studies Flash 1

Question 1

What is centripetal force?

Answer 1

A force that brings people together and helps create a sense of unity within a country.

Question 2

What is centrifugal force?

Answer 2

A force that pulls people apart and creates division.

Question 3

What is the name for a force that brings people together and helps create a sense of unity within a country.

Answer 3

centripetal force

Question 4

What is the name for a force that pulls people apart and creates division.

Answer 4

centrifugal force

Question 5

What is the definition of depopulation disaster

Answer 5

The decline in the number of people living in a specific area

Question 6

What is the name for the decline in the number of people living in a specific area

Answer 6

depopulation disaster

Question 7

What are three examples of things that would cause Depopulation Disasters?

Answer 7

Migration, and disease, natural disasters

Question 8

Why are the Northern European Plains so important?

Answer 8

The plain’s system of rivers and canals furnished a network for the transport of bulk cargo such as coal and iron ore

Question 9

What is the main way the Muslim population in Europe has grown?

Answer 9

As ‘guest worker’ immigration to support growth drew in people from the former colonies of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK, the Muslim population in the EU has risen, doubling in the past thirty years to around 20 million today.

Question 10

What are the main three religions in Europe?

Answer 10

Judaism, Christianity, & Islam

Question 11

What is the definition of peninsula?

Answer 11

a piece of land surrounded by water on all but one side

Question 12

What is the name for a piece of land surrounded by water on all but one side?

Answer 12

peninsula

Question 13

Describe the Mediterranean climate.

Answer 13

warm and rainy winters and hot and dry summers with frequent, heavy, short rainfall events mainly in autumn.

Question 14

What is the definition of Transboundary Pollution?

Answer 14

pollution that originates in one country but can cause damage in another country’s environment by crossing borders through pathways like water or air.

Question 15

What is the name for pollution that originates in one country but can cause damage in another country’s environment by crossing borders through pathways like water or air.

Answer 15

Transboundary Pollution?

Question 16

What are the main purposes of the European Union?

Answer 16

To promote peace, its values, and the well-being of its citizens