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Which of the following factors does NOT explain the environmental diversity of Europe?
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El Nino
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Which part of Europe is the region's unquestionable focus of intensive agriculture, large cities, and major industrial activities?
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The European Lowland
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How does the environment of Eastern Europe compare to that of Western Europe?
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Eastern Europe was much more polluted than that of Western Europe.
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What are the current impacts of climate change in Europe?
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Sea ice is dwindling. There is sparse snow cover in arctic Scandinavia There are frequent droughts in the water-starved Mediterranean region.
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Probably the most striking characteristic of Europe's demography is
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The lack of natural growth
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"One of narrow, winding streets, crowded with three- or four-story masonry buildings with little setback from the street." This describes which of the following?
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The medieval landscape
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One of the major characteristics of Europe's population and settlement patterns is its high level of
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Urbanization
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Which European Romance language contains many Slavic words?
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Romanian
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Besides the division between western and eastern churches, the other great split within Christianity occurred between
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Catholicism and Protestantism.
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What is the word for a state policy of reclaiming lost lands or lands inhabited by people of the same ethnicity in another state?
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Irredentism
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From 1945 until 1990, Europe was divided into two geopolitical and economic blocs, east and west, separated by the infamous
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Iron Curtain
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The term ________ is used to describe the geopolitical processes of small scale independence movements based upon ethnic fault lines.
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Balkanization
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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 its Eastern European neighbors?
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Buffer zone
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Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War I centered on what commodity (commodities)?
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Coal and steel
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Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic?
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Basque
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The long history of human settlement has transformed and modified Europe's natural landscapes in fundamental ways over thousands of years.
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True
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Because most European governments consider low or no population growth an economic and social liability, programs and policies have arisen to promote population growth, ranging from attempts 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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The Schengen Agreement paved the way for the reunification of East and West Germany.
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False
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Despite the visibility of female political leaders and the fact that Europe is considered one of the most developed regions of the world, gender equity issues persist in government, business, and domestic life.
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True
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Historically, Europe spread its cultures worldwide through aggressive colonialization.
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True
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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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Western Europe has historically been less developed economically than its eastern counterpart.
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False
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Two fundamental innovations associated with industrial revolution is machinery and inanimate energy resources.
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True
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Europe does not have strong ties to surrounding seas.
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False
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What is the Schengen Agreement?
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An agreement to permit the free movement of people and goods within Europe
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Name the three stages of historical urban development still commonly found in European urban landscapes.
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medieval landscape Renaissance-Baroque landscape an industrial landscape
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What factors must be considered in describing eastern Europe's postwar economic geography?
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-undergo a transition from a socialist-based economy to a capitalist-based economy. -the possibly membership to the European Union and/or the European Monetary Union.
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Buffer zone
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consisted of extensive bloc of satellite countries, along borders between 'east' and 'west', military forces stood guard.
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List the pro-growth policies in Europe aimed at increasing the natural growth rate?
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Full-pay maternity and paternity leaves Extensive child-care facilities; Cash subsidies Free or low-cost public education and job training
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Briefly describe the current pattern of regional differences in the economic and social geography of Europe
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western countries have exhibited higher levels of economic growth and development, and more equitable levels of social indicators; southern European countries have generally fared poorer than the western
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Which European Union member country does not participate in the European Monetary Unit?
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Sweden
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Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War II centered on what commodity (commodities)?
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coal and steel
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4 factors that explain Europe's diversity
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1. The complex geography of this western extension 2. Europe's latitudinal extent affects climate, vegetation, and many human activities 3. Long history of human settlement has transformed and modified Europe's national landscapes in fundamental ways over thousands of years
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2 fundamental innovations associated with industrial revolution
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machines replaced human labor and inanimate energy sources (water, steam, electricity) power these machines
