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Suez Canal located on the Sinai Peninsula, it links the Red Sea and
the Mediterranean Sea and makes trade easier between
Europe and Asia.
Constitutional Monarchy government in which a king or queen is the official
“head of state”, but elected officials run the government
by making and passing legislation
Strait of Gibraltar Strait of Gibraltar: connects the Atlantic Ocean to the
Mediterranean Sea; made trade easier for Southern
Europe and Northern Africa.
Magna Carta the first document in Europe to limit the powers of the
monarchy of England
European Union trade agreement among many European countries.
Industrialization process of changing an economy to rely more on
manufacturing and less on farming
Urbanization process of moving to cities
European Union trade agreement among many European countries
Textiles woven clothes
Peninsula large strip of land with water on three sides
Know or be able to Know
1. Does Europe consist of islands, straits,
1.
peninsulas or archipelagos?
2. During the Industrial
1.
Revolution the price of clothes, food, etc
increased or decreased
2. What type of building do
1.
Christians worship in?
4. Textiles industry was the first
1.
2.
major industry to emerge during what time
frame
5. The European Union is similar
1.
to NAFTA in what way?
Peninsulas
Decreased because now the machines in the factories
were producing clothes at a much faster rate.
Church or a cathedral
1700s
It allows countries to reduce trade barriers and decrease
tariffs (taxes)
1. People migrated to the cities for jobs, therefore the
6. What is the result of urbanization? middle class grew and so did the cities. Economic
development.
7. List three (3) characteristics of a developed High GDP, high literacy rate, low infant mortality rate
country with a high standard of living?
8. What is the common religion in Europe?
1. Christianity (Catholicism)
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9. Name three physical features
that surround the Strait of Gibraltar
10. Name three physical features
that surround the Suez Canal.
11. Name two countries that border Switzerland.
Connects the Atlantic Ocean to Mediterranean Sea,
separates Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa
Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Sinai Peninsula
France, Italy, Austria, Germany, France
12. Name two countries that border Spain Portugal, France
13. Name two countries that border France. Germany, Belgium, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland
14. Name five countries that are Austria, Sweden, Portugal, Denmark, Germany
a part of the European Union.
15. Name three (3) transportation corridors Mediterranean Sea, Suez Canal, Strait of Gibraltar
located in Western Europe
16. Name three (3) transportation barriers Alps, Caucasus Mountains, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains
located in Western Europe
1. the easy access to water.
17. Why is population higher in Western Europe
rather than Eastern Europe?
2. The climate and,
3. the rise of factories and fishing jobs (industrialization)
increase urbanization (people moving into the city)
18. What document in Europe is similar to the
U.S. Constitution?
19. Which countries make up the
1.
Iberian Peninsula?
20. Which countries make up the Scandinavian
Peninsula?
21. What type of government does Great Britian
have?
22. What type of influences did the Greek and
1.
Romans have on Europe?
Magna Carta
Spain and Portugal
Norway, Sweden and Finland
Constitutional Monarchy (limited government control)
Influence on their architecture, government, art, music,
literature and philosophy
23. Where is Europe in relation to Europe is:
the Prime Meridian? East of the Prime Meridian,
North of the equator.