Unit 4 We Are Family Europe

a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides

• isthmus

• bay

• peninsula

• island

an area of land that includes railroads, highways, canals

• transportation megalopolis

• transportation corridor

• transportation complex

• transportation mixmaster

a collection of multiple states that make up a larger group that goes beyond national boundaries

• supranational organization

• ethnicity

• nationalism

• assimilation

a group that shares common cultural traits, such as language

• supranational organization

• ethnicity

• nationalism

• assimilation

an extreme devotion to a country characterized by a lack of questioning of state authority

• supranational organization

• ethnicity

• nationalism

• assimilation

adopting new cultural practices, generally from a dominate culture group

• supranational organization

• ethnicity

• nationalism

• assimilation

refers to the wealth and purchasing power of a particular group

• majority group

• standard of living

• economics

literacy refers to

• having gone to school for 12+ years

• the ability to read and write

• the ability to pass a standardized test

• a measurable amount of knowledge

conditions needed to create goods and services in an economy: generally land, labor, and capital

• factors of production

• economic diversity

• types of economies

large man-made structures generally created for the public to remember an event or individual

• murals

• monumental architecture

• sculptures and statues