Unit 5: Europe

Select all answers that are true and support the idea that globalization within European Union has improved living standards.

• Greater access to products- specifically technology

• It threatens traditional farming.

• More products are available at lower prices

• The open border allows for different forms of trafficking.

How are majority of goods transferred around the European region.

• By water, due to the large access to ports and rivers.

• By air, the open borders allow for airplanes to move more freely.

• By car, although delivery trucks have to travel around mountains.

• By drones, they are starting to take over jobs.

The image shows the Eurail- the European Railway. the route in red shows how you can go through most countries in Europe by only traveling on the railway. This information supports which statements?

• open borders allow for freedom of movement

• there are no railways in Ireland

• tourism can and does benefit from the railway system

• the use of the railway system is often a political issue

How did Europe establish the large trade zone it currently has?

• use of the same form of currency, the Euro

• setting high taxes for products delivered by boat

• removal of trade barriers, largely thanks to the EU

• manufacturing goods in current day colonies

What was the European Union's first name?

• the European Union has been its only name

• League of Nations

• European Coal and Steel Community

• European Investment Bank

After what conflict was Yugoslavia formed in the Bulkan area?

• after WWII, in 1951

• after the Vietnam War, in 1975

• after WWI, in 1918

• after the Cold War, in 1995

An argument to join the EU would be-

• higher rates of drug trafficking

• being integrated into greater economic activity

• higher rate of conflicts

• stronger border control

What human geographic factor could hurt the EU ?

• nationalism

• cultural diffusion

• political stability

• tertiary activities

Industrial centers are located throughout the United Kingdom due to?

• the United Kingdom deciding to leave the EU

• the United Kingdom's long history of mercantilism

• the abundance of coal, petroleum and natural gas located in the U.K.

• World War I

Why was the United Nations formed?

• to help ensure something like WWII wouldn't happen again

• to prevent communism from spreading

• to make trade easier

• to combat global warming