Europe End of Unit Test Prep

European Union

• a supranational organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods, services, and workers can move freely among member countries

• a group of countries that acts as a single market, without trade barriers between member countries

• A country who's population share a common identity.

• countries give up some control of their affairs as they work together to achieve shared goals

supranational cooperation

• a group of countries that acts as a single market, without trade barriers between member countries

• A country who's population share a common identity.

• countries give up some control of their affairs as they work together to achieve shared goals

• a supranational organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods, services, and workers can move freely among member countries

Euro

• a supranational organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods, services, and workers can move freely among member countries

• countries give up some control of their affairs as they work together to achieve shared goals

• a group of countries that acts as a single market, without trade barriers between member countries

• the most common form of European currency used by EU member countries

Common Market

• countries give up some control of their affairs as they work together to achieve shared goals

• a group of countries that acts as a single market, without trade barriers between member countries

• a supranational organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods, services, and workers can move freely among member countries

• the most common form of European currency used by EU member countries

uniting forces of the EU

• a group of countries that acts as a single market, without trade barriers between member countries

• economic, political, and cultural forces that bring European nations together such as common market, common currency, trade bloc, cooperation on shared goals, European citizenship and identity, and promoting travel.

• countries give up some control of their affairs as they work together to achieve shared goals

• economic, political, and cultural forces that drive European nations apart such as wealth differences between Western and Eastern Europe, loss of national identity, increasing number of member countries, loss of independent decision-making, difficulty with communication, and cultures clashing with EU decisions.

dividing forces of the EU

• the release of harmful substances into the environment as the result of an accident, such as an oil tanker spilling oil into the sea

• economic, political, and cultural forces that bring European nations together such as common market, common currency, trade bloc, cooperation on shared goals, European citizenship and identity, and promoting travel.

• countries give up some control of their affairs as they work together to achieve shared goals

• economic, political, and cultural forces that drive European nations apart such as wealth differences between Western and Eastern Europe, loss of national identity, increasing number of member countries, loss of independent decision-making, difficulty with communication, and cultures clashing with EU decisions.

transboundary pollution

• pollution that starts in one country and crosses boundaries into other countries

• the release of harmful substances into the environment as the result of an accident, such as an oil tanker spilling oil into the sea

• the release of harmful substances into the environment as a result of everyday activities, such as burning coal to make electricity

• a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that had an explosion in 1986 & released radioactive materials into the air

accidental pollution

• pollution that starts in one country and crosses boundaries into other countries

• the release of harmful substances into the environment as a result of everyday activities, such as burning coal to make electricity

• the release of harmful substances into the environment as the result of an accident, such as an oil tanker spilling oil into the sea

• a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that had an explosion in 1986 & released radioactive materials into the air

general pollution

• Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water.

• the release of harmful substances into the environment as a result of everyday activities, such as burning coal to make electricity

• the release of harmful substances into the environment as the result of an accident, such as an oil tanker spilling oil into the sea

• Release of harmful materials into the environment

Chernobyl

• In January 30, 2000 cyanide spilled from a mine in Romania and into the Tisza River and caused many fish to die and the water to become polluted.

• a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that had an explosion in 1986 & released radioactive materials into the air

• Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water.

• pollution that starts in one country and crosses boundaries into other countries