Unit 2 Study Guide

Unit 2: Europe Study Guide

by Amber Goodson

​SS6G7, SS6G8, SS6G9, SS6E8, SS6E9

Open Ended

Please answer the response using 4 complete sentences. Be sure to use specific details that you learned to support your answer.

Briefly describe causes and effects of the environmental disaster that took place at Chernobyl in the Soviet Union 1986.

Multiple Choice

Which is a POSITIVE effect of a high literacy?

• Most people are hard to train to perform a job.

• Most people do not have much access to schools

• Most people cannot read or write

• Most people are able to learn new skills.

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason for creating the European Union?

• There were too many languages in Europe to form one large government

• Smaller countries are able to meet the needs of citizens better than large ones

• Workers in Europe were not being treated fairly.

• Countries believed that by working together they would be more powerful and have stronger economies

Multiple Choice

Vast amounts of natural resources such as oil, gas, coal, and timber..

Lack of warm water ports to export raw materials..

Learning to operate a mixed economy after years of a command economy ..

High unemployment has caused educated young adults to migrate to other European nations..

What country is being described?

• France

• United Kingdom

• Russia

• Germany

Multiple Choice

Increased education and training within a nation will most likely result in

• an increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• a decrease in entrepreneurship

• an increase in the presence of natural resources

• a decrease in Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Multiple Choice

Imposing some sort of cost on trade that raises the price of the traded products is MOST LIKELY an example of

• a trade incentive

• a trade deficit

• a trade barrier

• a trade surplus

Multiple Choice

Life Expectancy at Birth (M/F): 70.1 / 78.4

Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births): 9

Population Growth Rate: -0.1% Percent

Urban Population:72%

(Source: United Nations Population Fund)

These facts MOST LIKELY describe a country in

• Europe

• South America

• Africa

• Asia

Multiple Choice

Based on how close some of the countries in Europe are, what can be said about acid rain, air pollution, and nuclear disasters

• All happened due to one time human error.

• All the pollution can spreads into many other countries

• The effects of all three are kept within one country.

• They all happened in the same country

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the MOST LIKELY reason for "acid rain"?

• erosion from deforestation

• ranches that raise cattle

• power plants that burn coal

• cars that run on gasoline

Multiple Choice

Europe was hurt by the financial crisis in 2008. High unemployment hit all areas of the population. However, the group that was hit the hardest were young people, ages 18-25 years of age. Many of these young people ended up leaving and moving to other areas looking for work. Many new ideas and educational programs in the European Union are for young people to give them better educational and work skills

What is the European Union making an investment in to help improve the lives of the young people?

• capital resources

• entrepreneurship

• human capital

• capital investments

Multiple Choice

Which environmental issue has grown to be a problem for the United Kingdom in recent years

• air pollution

• water pollution

• nuclear waste

• acid rain

Multiple Choice

The European Union has the world's largest economy. What BEST explains Europe's economic development?

• Europe has a coastal location and many navigable rivers

• Europe is the third-largest continent in population

• Europe is the world’s second-smallest continent in land size

• Europe has a low birth rate and high life expectancy

Multiple Choice

Why is a system of currency exchange necessary for international trade?

• Those buying goods on the world market only accept payment in gold and silver

• Most goods bought on the international market must be bought and paid for using United States dollars only

• There must be a way to pay for goods purchased from countries with different types of currencies

• Nearly all world currencies areworthless on the world market.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the population distribution in Germany?

• highly urban with major cities

• highly rural with little to no cities

• highly urban but NO major cities

• highly rural with very few cities

Fill in the Blank

A tariff is a tax on ________ goods.

Multiple Choice

The Danube River is an important transportation corridor because it......

• connects four major European cities

• attracts many foreign tourists

• contains many natural resources

• flows from north to south