Europe Flashcards
(22 cards)
What is the significance of the Gulf Stream for piously on and settlement in Europe?
Makes the climate better to live in by making it warmer
Why do most European counties have a long important maritime history?
Have a lot of water
Which regions of Europe have experienced the greatest effects of acid rain?
Central Europe because they have more factories and acid rain
What characterizes the regions where population density is the highest in Europe? Which country is most dean key settled and what has the county done to fix the problem?
Netherlands, using windmills. Created more area out of the sea.
London maybe?
What is the relationship between immigration to Europe and the Schengen sea?
Made it very easy to travel within Europe
What characterizes medieval?
Packed tight with small areas (1300-1400)
Renessiance?
Added artists buildings (1600s)
Industrial Urban?
In suburbs. Already has buildings but added industrialization on the outside
Are the 3 times visible in Europe today?
Yes very. Think Paris
What are the non-indo European languages spoken in Europe?
Basque & Mallese
What are the main Germanic languages spoken in Europe? Where are they spoken?
Iceland
Sweden
Germany
Austria
Main Romance languages spoken in Europe?
Italian Spanish Romanian French Portuguese
Where are the Slavic languages spoken in Europe?
Russian Ukraine Polland Chech republic Bulgaria Eastern European
Is predominant religion a factor in explaining languages spoken in Europe?
yes. Romance languages, catholic
Is there a spatial relationship between language, sub family and religious affiliation in Western Europe?
Protestants- north
Germanic language/Catholics
South is Romans
What are the 2 major schisms in Christianity as expressed spatially in Europe?
no identifiable pattern on a map
What is the state policy to reclaim lost lands or lands inhabited by people of the same nationally following a war?
Irredentism- go back to get lands that were taken
Devolutionary pressures
They want to be there own country
Scotland and Catalonia want this now
Supranational organization? Examples in Europe today
Governing bodies that include several states
EU and European monetary union
Which independent countries today were once part of Yugoslavia?
Bosnia Herzegovina Croatia Maldonia Montenegro Serbia Slovenia
How has European Union expanded it’s reach and how has it stregenthed it’s ties?
Want economic trade travel intergradtion money
How many EU countries are there?
28
