Europe Test

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What factors influence the population of a country?

1) Total Fertility Rate 2) Replacement Rate 3) Life expectancy

How many languages are spoken in Europe?

50

# of Countries =

45

Europe is home to __________ out of the TOP 10 "Move Livable" countries on earth according to HDI.

6

Spain

Madrid

Austria

Vienna

What is the exchange rate between that currency and our currency?

$1.19

Population equation-

(births - deaths) + (immigration - emigration)

Longest River is the __________ in Russia.

Volga

Poland

Warsaw

Size = __________ million square miles

3.8

Population Density = _____________ people per square mile

195

Population =

740 million

foothills

A hilly region at the base of a mountain range.

What is a population pyramid?

A population pyramid is a graph the shows the characteristics between the age structure and female/male ratio. You can determine a countries development by looking at its population pyramid.

Schengen Area

A zone in which border controls have been abolished. The zone includes the major EU states (except Britain, by its choice). Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland also belong, although they are not EU members.

Netherlands

Amsterdam

_______________ (country) has the highest life expectancy in the world.

Andorra

glacier

Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land

Greece

Athens

Germany

Berlin

Switzerland

Bern

Belgium

Brussels

Hungary

Budapest

Lowest Point in Europe is ________________ @ ____________________ ft below sea level.

Caspian Sea; -91.9

Eurozone

Countries using the euro

Ireland

Dublin

What is the name of the currency that most countries in Europe use today?

Euro

Describe how a population pyramid shows growth, declining growth, or stable population.

Growth - when the pyramid truly looks like a pyramid (extremely wide at the bottom, narrow at the top) Declining - the opposite of the growth (wide at the top, narrow at the bottom) Stable - a mixture of both which makes the pyramid look more like a failed art project than a pyramid.

Finland

Helsinki

What is HDI?

Human Development Index: criteria of a long healthy life, educational opportunities and a decent standard of living

The Continent of Europe stretches from the country of ____________ in the NW...down south to the Strait of ___________________ to the country of _____________ in the East, which is actually part of both Europe and Asia...and splits Asia Russia from Europe Russia with the _____________________ mountain range.

Iceland; Gibraltar, Russia; Ural Mtns.

Ukraine

Kiev

Portugal

Lisbon

United Kingdom

London

Russia

Moscow

Highest Point in Europe is _____________ @ _________ ft?

Mt. Elbrus; Russia

Norway

Oslo

France

Paris

What IMPORTANT person lives in this tiny country (Vatican City)?

Pope

Iceland

Reykjavik

Italy

Rome

largest country in Europe

Russia

demography

Scientific study of human populations.

Sweden

Stockholm

How is Europe like a neighborhood with no fences?

The EU is set up like one GIANT country. There are no borders, and people can go in and out of each country (in the EU) all willy-nilly. This makes Europe more unified and equal, but this can lead to errors involving the bad apples of the people who live there that can taint the reputation of the other countries.

Total Fertility Rate

The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.

life expectancy

The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.

Smallest Country on earth is found in Europe...it is

Vatican City

European Economic Area

a cooperative arrangement to strengthen trade and economic relations in order to create a homogenous European trade area with the support of European Union

mountain

a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.

saddle

a low part of a ridge between two higher points or peaks

bluff

a steep, high bank beside a body of water

European Union

an association of European nations formed in 1993 for the purpose of achieving political and economic integration.

alpine

found in high mountains; also describes the mountain vegetation zone between the tree line and the snow line

valley

low land between hills or mountains

escarpment

steep cliff

timberline

the elevation above which trees cannot grow

base

the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

dependency ratio

the number of people who are too young or too old to work, compared to the number of people in their productive years

Replacement Rate

the total fertility rate needed for a population to replace itself


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