geography chapter 4
The area where the ______ River flows into the North Sea is considered the economic core of Europe.
Rhine
Using information from the textbook, the methods outlined in the video could reduce sensitivity to what climate-change-related impact?
Sea level rise
water treatment process
Setting basin, sand filter, chlorine added, aeration, clear well
______ is the volume of water used to produce all that a person consumes in a year.
virtual water
The Mediterranean climate of southern Europe features:
warm, dry summers and mild, rainy winters.
Central European countries physically closest to ______ have made the most rapid progress toward market economies and attracted the most foreign investment.
western Europe
What is one factor that explains the pattern represented in the population pyramid for the European Union?
women getting more formal education and having more productive careers
The ______ was a movement that arose in the 1500s in urban centers of the North European Plain.
Protestant Reformation
Refugees often need some assistance (often called "social protection" in Europe) when they first arrive in a country that has granted them asylum. According to the textbook, how much of its GDP did Iceland spend on social protection policies in 2013?
22.1-25%
Europes global greenhouse gas emissions account for about 25% of total global output. However, greenhouse per capita in europe is about how much relative to the average american
50%
The European Union has the largest global share of which economic activities?
50%Trade in goods and services
What is the percentage of Europeans live in urban areas?
70%
According to Figure 4.5, which of the following statements is true?
Albania is more vulnerable to climate change than France.
Europe's largest and highest mountain chain is the:
Alps.
What adaptation to flooding is NOT presented in the video.?
Artificial water evaporation with nuclear power
______ in Europe usually means giving up the home culture and adopting the ways of the new country.
Assimilation
Which of the following cities is considered the European Union capital?
Brussels, Belgium
Why did the makers of this video choose to interview people in Chesterfield, England, about the issue of the UK leaving the EU?
Chesterfield voted 60-40 to leave the EU
The primary reason for the creation of NATO was to:
Combat the Soviet Union's expansion after World War II
As the European Union expands to the east, the economic and environmental roles of the ______ are getting increased attention.
Danube River Basin
Which of the following countries is not one of the Baltic states?
Denmark
What are some arguments for leaving the EU that are NOT presented in the video?
EU policies have made it possible for immigrants to relocate to the UK despite local opposition
leads the world in responsiveness to global climate change.
Europe
Which of the following statements regarding European population trends is true?
Europe is now close to a negative rate of natural increase.
Why is Europe's population aging so rapidly?
Europe's fertility rate is down due to the high cost of raising a child, and because career-oriented women are choosing to have only one or two children.
Using information from the book, what evidence is there regarding the effectiveness of Alcoutim's subsidies for nursery costs?
Fertility rates in France and Sweden went up after each country began providing free child care and preschools.
What is the Netherlands doing to avoid flooding in towns and urban areas?
Flood waters are released in rural areas downstream of towns and cities
Which of the following does not result from tariffs and subsidies enacted under the EU's Common Agricultural Program (CAP)?
Food costs to consumers within the EU are decreased.
Which of the following is not one of the Benelux countries?
France
Which countries seem to attract the most immigrants?
Germany and United Kingdom
Which of the following statements regarding green behavior in Europe is true?
Green political parties influence national policies in all European countries.
What country has the largest share of renewable energy consumption?
Iceland
Look at the map that shows which countries are European Union (EU) members. Remember that those in southeast Europe are waiting to apply for membership. Outside of that cluster of non-member countries, which are the other three countries have declined membership in the European Union?
Iceland, Norway, Switzerlan
Why are many cities in Europe built near water?
In medieval times, cities needed to use waterways for transportation.
Which of the following is a Russian exclave within the Baltic region?
Kaliningrad
an economic and political doctrine that holds that economies function most efficiently when unencumbered by government regulation. Laissez faire doctrine includes opposition to the strategy wherein a country increases its power and wealth by acquiring colonies and managing all aspects of their production, transport and trade.
Laissez faire
Immigrants in Europe often live in the outrings of cities, or the suburbs. Why is this the case?
Land is very expensive in European cities.
The European Union economy is the ____ in the world.
Largest
Olives, grapes, citrus crops, and other fruits are grown widely in Europe's ______ climate zone.
Mediterranean
______ is a strategy for increasing a country's power and wealth by acquiring colonies and managing all aspects of their production, transport, and trade for the colonizer's benefit.
Mercantilism
Large oil and gas deposits in the North Sea are largely controlled by:
Norway
Which of the following statements regarding green behavior in Europe is false?
On average, Europeans drive larger, less fuel-efficient cars than North Americans.
Which of the following statements regarding urban life in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Europe is false?
Only rural areas, not cities, were lacking sanitation, health care, and adequate nutrition.
______ is the heart of the cultural and economic life of France.
Paris
In ______ Upper Silesia, high levels of air and water pollution have destroyed forests, contaminated soils, caused birth defects and cancer, and lowered life expectancies.
Poland's
Which of the following statements regarding gender equality in Europe is true?
Political influence and economic well-being of European women lag behind those of European men.
Which of the following statements regarding European social protection outcomes is false?
The EU has fewer doctors and lower health outcomes than in the United States in terms of life expectancy and infant mortality.
is a supranational organization that unites most of the countries of West, South, North, and Central Europe.
The European union
What component of the European Union structure makes this possible?
The Schengen Agreement
According to the book, the EU shifted industries from the high-wage countries of Western Europe to the lower-wage member states of Central and South Europe. Using information from the video, how can the UK's decision to leave the EU be characterized?
The UK is a highwage country where the majority voted to leave EU because of the loss of industrial jobs
What other technology discussed in the textbook has reduced the Netherlands' sensitivity to sea level rise?
The delta works, that protect the netherlands from rising sea levels during storms
Which of the following is not a potential consequence of a stable European population with a low birth rate?
The elderly population will have an excess of human resources to provide for their care.
The first European civilizations were:
The first European civilizations were:
What evidence from the video suggests that higher fertility rates might not result in a higher population in Alcoutim over the long term?
There are few opportunities for employment in Alcoutim.
Why are many of Paris' cobblestones buried?
They were paved over after the protest of may 1968 when many were torned up by protesters and thrown at the police
Women in Europe who work outside the home are often still expected to do most of the domestic work in the evening. This phenomenon is called:
a double day
Where have many refugees been relocated?
a town just south of the Arctic Circle
Belgium and the Netherlands were both:
active colonizers of tropical zones.
Europe's population is:
aging
Europe's largest and highest mountain chain is the:
alps
The first European civilizations were:
ancient Greece and Rome.
Why is tourism important in Europe?
because it is a major part of the service sector that dominates european political movements
The ______ Church dominated religion, politics, and daily life throughout much of Europe from late Roman times until the 1500s.
catholic
What globally significant revolutionary movement grew out of the social unrest in Europe's cities in the nineteenth century?
communism
Europe has numerous modern ocean ports that cater to:
container ships.
A ______ climate prevails over much of central Europe.
continental
The North European Plain is:
crossed by many rivers and holds considerable mineral deposits.
Populations in all three Baltic States are:
decreasing and aging
The official currency of the European Union (EU) is the:
euro
A social system known as ______ evolved in Europe during the medieval period (450-1500 C.E.).
feudalism
______ is known for a wall that previously divided the eastern and western halves of its capital city.
germany
Roman towns were built on a ______ pattern.
grid
Defining the eastern physical and cultural border of Europe:
has been a source of contention for millennia.
Agricultural enterprises within the European Union (EU) are: `
heavily subsidized.
The Benelux countries have:
high population densities and very high standards of living.
According to the book, what is unique about Iceland's political status within Europe?
iceland has never been a part of the EU
Nearly all countries in the European Union:
import more virtual water than they export.
Which countries are members of the European Union, but not North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
ireland and servia
What is the perspective of the spokesperson for Penny Hydraulics on leaving the EU?
it is easier for penny hydraulics to do business in the EU currently than it willl be when they have to pay customs charges to export equipment to the EU
The majority of agriculture in the European Union today is practiced on:
large, corporate-owned farms using machinery and chemicals.
Which of the following is not a function of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
monitoring the regulatory activities of Europe's central bank
Northern Sweden and almost all of Norway are covered by ______ terrain.
mountainous
Many old European cities are located:
on navigable rivers or on coastlines.
According to the book, what aspects of urban life provided incentive for protests to occur in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in European cities such as Paris?
overcrowding and low living standards in European cities
Europe's two world cities are:
paris and london
Physically, Europe is a(n):
peninsula.
Under feudalism, ______ were legally bound to live on and cultivate plots of land.
serfs
About 70 percent of Europeans now have jobs in the ______ sector.
service
______ were brought from Africa to help grow and process sugar for British interests.
slaves
Mechanization was first introduced in the British Industrial Revolution in the ______ industry.
textile
The Syrian refugees in the video mention what aspect of their relocation to Iceland?
that the public is kind and welcoming
The region between Austria and Greece was formerly known as:
the Balkans.
Air pollution and acid rain in Europe are particularly prevalent in:
the North European Plain.
Central Europe's severe environmental problems developed, in part, because of policies promoted by ______ in the past.
the Soviet Union
Which of the following was not brought to Europe by Arabs?
the blast furnace
Strong social protection systems and ______ distinguish the Scandinavian countries from other European nations.
the extent to which men and women participate equally in national affairs
