European Realm (world geography)

how many countries have been added since 1900s?

15 new countries and always changing

The Renaissance

15th century rebirth, art, exploration to India around Africa

what year did Ireland become independent?

1921

how many nations are in the European Union?

28

how many nations use the Euro

28 19 out of 28 has the euro as its official currency (they are known as the eurozone)

how many countries?

40 countries

how many people live in the European realm?

600 million people

Sweden

ABBA largest in land and population

Name the boundaries

Atlantic Ocean-to the west Arctic Ocean-to the north Mediterranean-to the south Russian Realm-eastern boundary

what are the conflicts in Northern Ireland

Catholics vs. Protestants

Colombian exchange

Christopher Columbus more food being produce->more people->cities being built 2 hemispheres connecting lead to: food, agricultural, products, ideas, animals, people, and diseases

what country is on the Jutland(pronounced Yoot land) peninsula

Denmark

What political entities make up the United Kingdom?

England North Ireland Wales Scotland

what is the Langua Franca of Europe?

English

what country is culturally and linguistically tied to Finland but 25 percent of pop is actually Russian?

Estonia

what is the eastern most part of the world's largest landmass?

Eurasia

what country is famous for wood, telecommunications, and technology industries?

Finland

ethnic issues

Flemish majority vs French minority

what country is the oldest in the Mainland core region and this realm? Why?

France

what are the leading countries in the European Mainland Core? What are the known for?

Germany France Switzerland Czech Republic Belgium The Netherlands Luxembourg Austria

what is the leading country of the Mainland Core? Why?

Germany, because it has a lot of money

what was the importance of Greece to Rome?

Greek: first great civilization of Europe gave us government/legal system laid out foundations for common Europe Romans: stole a lot(mythology from the Greeks) conquered places spread Latin language (romantic languages: Portuguese , Spanish, french, Italian, and Romanian) collapsed in 5th century A.D.; this lead to the rise Germanic and Slavic people

when and where was oil discovered?

In Norway in the North Sea in the 1970s

what is the leading city of the Discontinuous South?

Italy

what places make up the Discontinuous South?

Italy Spain Portugal Greece Cyprus Balkan States

where is the North more prosperous in the south? Why?

Italy the north is closer to the Mainland Core which is the richest region

what is the leading city of the Core Offshore region?

London most of the population in the region lives here

what is the major religion of the Discontinuous Core in the North?

Lutheranism

what are the regions of the European realm?

Mainland Core Core Offshore Discontinuous South Discontinuous Core in the North Eastern Periphery

what were the parts of Germany before becoming a whole country?

West-capitalistic economy and this is why it was better than the East East-under Soviet control and didnt flourish like the west

local functional specialization

a place is known for a product

Shatter Belt

a region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals

Political Revolution

a widening gap between the have and the have nots lead to this to give power to the people lasted until the 1800s led to the development of nation states boundaries became more defined/ and some nations lost boundaries people gained nationalism

why do shatterbelt, balkinzation, and ethnic cleansing happen?

all because of Yugoslavia

why was Germany divided into two countries? When?

allied powers did not want Germany to rise up again WW2

Balkans

area that new countries are found devolution is taking place because of genocide

Iberian Peninsula

autonomous communities and population patterns

metropolis area

central city and suburbs

variations of climates

climate ranges are: cold in the north dry in the south wet in the west

what is special about Sweden?

democratic and representative governments formed early women are most in politics here than any other place in the world

what three countries make up Benelux?

densely populated(28.4 million people) Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg

population impolsion

dying faster than birth can replace

Fjord

elevated valleys with water going through

devolution

ethnic group of a country taking over land to have their own country, usually because they're not being treated right

supernationalism

extreme loyalty or devotion to a nation

Industrial Revolution

goods needed to be massed produced steam engine propelled this revolution because it allowed things to be carried quicker

Cyprus

hot bed of a lot of ethnic conflict because it is divided between Turkey and Greece

when did Germany unify?

in 1990

Greece

is doing bad because they're being defaulted on their debts gov. didn't pay their bills

why is Spain a weird country?

it is made up of autonomous communities some want to break free from Spain

conurbation

large cities grow so much they start overlapping

metropolitan area

large city at its center

compare Europe and North America

larger population but smaller in area and location

European Core Offshore(British Isles)

made up of United kingdom and Ireland largest island called Britain

religious conflicts

main religion historically Christianity started with Catholicism was Catholics vs. Protestants Now it's Lutheranism Catholics vs. Islam

European Mainland Core

most populated richest region

what is not good about France?

no good river systems(rivers are small) transportation in boats and getting goods into France is difficult

France

nuclear power and keeps in from being dependent on foreign power

why is there a lot of fighting right now in Ukraine?

one part does not want to be with Ukraine because they want to be identified with Russia Ukraine did a vote to be apart of the European Union and it split the country b/c they want to be apart of Russia

why is the core offshore separate from the rest of Europe?

outside any fighting that was in the Mainland WW2 Germany bombed it(this is the exception)

Discontinuous South

poorest region

negative growth population

population implosion (dying faster than birth can replace)

nationalism

pride in one's country(patriotism but overboard)

microstates

really small places

polders

reclaim inhabited land

Portugal

rural country most of the population lives on the coast:Lisbon and Porto import food just to survive

what is Iceland known for?

science/physical geography(study of volcanic activity) Eurasian and North American Tectonic plates

what are autonomous communities?

self governing can make international treaties without gov. say so

Nation-States

singularity culture had people of similar background history language and ethnicity(the majority; minorities not included) people 1: ethnically similar people with shared history people 2: multicultural place with citizens having legal status

what is European Union?

started after WW2 a way for European nations to compete economically in the world

why did a lot of people come from Ireland to the "New World"(America)?

suffered from a lot of economic issues better economic opportunity?

What war caused Europe to be divided? What are the parts called?

the cold way Eastern and Western Europe

what two political entities do Ireland consist of?

the country of Ireland North Ireland

primate cities

the leading city of the country most live in cities the primate cities that display a lot pf nationalism and disproportionately more populated than any part of the country more densely populated more apartments than houses public transportation is heavily used (ex. Paris)

Ethnic Cleansing

the mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society

modernity

the modern way

Balkinzation

the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with one another

physiography

total physical geography of an area the four physical geographic regions

what is Turkey have to do with the European Union?

turkey is trying to be apart but they don't want to let them because they have bad racial issues and are known for them

what is the dominant force of the core offshore region?

The UK

what is North Ireland apart of?

The United Kingdom

where is the long fishing industry?

Norway

what countries are apart of the Discontinuous Core in the North?

Norway Sweden(ABBA, Dancing Queen) Finland Estonia Denmark Iceland Latvia Lithuania

what country is the largest in land and population in the Eastern Periphery?

Poland

what is the dominant country of the Discontinuous Core in the North?

Sweden

what are the three major languages in the Discontinuous Core in the North region?

Swedish Finland Norwegian Danish

Alpine states

Switzerland(important because of its banking industry) Austria

what are the 4 physical geographic regions?

The Central Uplands-in central Europe Alpine Mountains- south the Central Unplands Western Uplands-towards the west North European Lowland -in the North

what was Ukraine divided by?

The Dnieper River( pronounced Neeper) down the middle into West and east physically divides-west and east culturally divides: European west -Catholic; agricultural Russian east- speakesRussian; industrial; Russian orthodox