Europe Test
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
