GSC 110 Test 4 Chapter 8 – Flashcards
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true or false the schengen agreement paved the way for the reunification of eastern and western germany
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false
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true or false the collapse of the soviet union played a key role in the recent surge of immigration of european in countries
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true
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true or false european government considered low or no population growth as an economic and social liability, therefore programs and policies have arisen to promote growth rang from attempt to ban abortion and the sale of contraceptives to what are commonly called family friendly policies
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true
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true or false despite the visibility of female political leaders and the fact Europe is considered one of the most developed regions gender equality issues persist in government, businesses, and domestic life
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True
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true or false historically Europe spreads its culture world wide through aggressive colonization
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true
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true or false as the acknowledged birthplace of the industrial revolution Europe in many ways invented the modern economic system of industrial capitalism
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true
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true or false 2 fundamental innovations associated with industrial revolution is machinery and inanimate energy resource
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true
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true or false Europe does NOT have strong ties to surrounding seas
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false
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true or false the long history of human settlement has transformed and modified Europe's natural landscapes in fundamental ways over thousand of years
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true
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what language is not germanic
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basque
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economic cooperations in western Europe at the end of the world war 1 centered on what commodities (2)
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coal and steel
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what is the word for an array of nonaligned or friendly states that cushion or protect a larger country from invasion as happened with the former soviet union and eastern Europe neighbors
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bufferzone
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the term ________ is used to describe the geopolitical process of small scale independence movements based upon ethnic fault lines
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Balkanization
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from 1945 until 1990 Europe was divided into two geopolitical and economic blocks east and west separated the infamous....
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iron curtain
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what is the word for a state policy of reclaiming lost land or lands inhabited by people of the same ethnicity in another state
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irredentism
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besides the division between western and eastern church the other great split with in christianity was between
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catholicism and protestantism
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which romance language contains slavic words
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romanian
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one of the major characteristics of Europe's population and settlement patterns is an increasing level of....
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urbanization
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"one of narrow, winding streets crowded with 3 or 4 story masonry buildings with little set back from street" describes
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medieval landscape
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probably the most striking characteristic of europe's demography
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lack of natural growth
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what are the current impacts of climate change in Europe (3)
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sea ice dwelling there is sparse show cover in arctic Scandinavia there are frequent droughts in the water starved mediterranean region
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How does the environment of eastern Europe compare to that of western Europe
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environment in east was much more polluted until recent effort
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which part of Europe is the region;s unquestionable focus on intensive agriculture large cities and major industrial activities
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the Europeans lowland
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which of the following factors does not explain the environmental diversity of Europe
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El Nino
