Vienna correct answers easternmost extension of western europe
Countries of the now-defunct Warsaw Pact alliance correct answers -Eastern european country
-Poland
-Hungary
-Romania
-Czech republic
-Slovakia
-Yugoslavia (divided now) .. croatia, slovenia, serbia, macedonia, kosovo, bosnia-h...
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Vienna correct answers easternmost extension of western europe
Countries of the now-defunct Warsaw Pact alliance correct answers -Eastern european country
-Poland
-Hungary
-Romania
-Czech republic
-Slovakia
-Yugoslavia (divided now) .. croatia, slovenia, serbia, macedonia, kosovo, bosnia-herzegovina
hanseatic league correct answers -a commercial and defensive group of merchant and market
towns in northwestern and central Europe along the north and baltic seas
-the intent of the group was to protect trade routes from pirates and robbers
-established in 1200s to 1600s
-hansa cities hire vikings trade routes in now russia leading to the eventual development of the
russian state
-the term "rus" is thought to be derived from the name of vikings in the area
-many former hansa cities still claim the name Hamburg and Lubeck in germany
European lowland countries correct answers belgium
netherlands
luxembourg
denmark
germany
poland
gibraltar correct answers Fortress taken by Great Britain from Spain that controlled entrance to
Mediterranean.
characteristics of european population growth correct answers -natural growth=very slow
1. birth rates lower than death rates
2. immigration reduces impacts of population loss
3. last stage demographic transition model
4. women in workforce, contraception available, lack of affordable, housing are factors limiting
population growth
-pro growth policies being adopted by some countries
1. bans on abortion in hungary
2. family friendly policies in germany, france
3. full pay maternity/paternity leave
4. child care facilities
the four seas that encircle europe correct answers baltic sea, north sea, mediterranean sea, black
sea
, Countries of the former Yugoslavia correct answers Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia,
Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, and Kosovo (Albania not a part of former Yugoslavia)
iron curtain correct answers -A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after
WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region
-symbolic separation between east and west germany
alps correct answers -stretch from france to austria and forms the boundary between
mediterranean europe and northern europe (not a significant barrier)
pyrenees correct answers form the political boundary between spain and france (home of the
basque people)
apennines correct answers form spine of italy, location of mt.vesuvius and mt. etna
How large is Europe compared to the U.S.? correct answers 2/3 the size of the US
language groups in europe correct answers Germanic, Romance, Slavic
the ottoman empire furthest western extent correct answers balkans (almost vienna, austria)
greatest economic power of europe correct answers germany
jewish pale correct answers jews settled beyond the pale of eastern europe (east poland and
further east in russia)
the mediterranean climate correct answers a climate marked by warm, dry summers and cool,
rainy winters (*dryer climate and limited coastal plains)
population of europe correct answers 540 million and declining
what is the major factor determining whether a particular slavic language uses the latin alphabet
or the cyrillic alphabet in its written form? correct answers immigration
Where is Protestantism the dominant religion in Europe? correct answers northern europe
germany population correct answers 80.7 million
source regions for an immigrant to the UK correct answers India, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Africa,
Middle East
why did jewish people cluster in the muslim lands of the iberian peninsula around 900 CE?
correct answers jews were expelled from palestine because of catholic teachings (muslims were
more tolerant than christians)
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