Historical Understandings of Europe

Explain how German reunification contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union and led to the end of the Cold War.

Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, and _____ Peninsula.

Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.

Explain the causes and effects of acid rain in Germany.

The causes and effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine, include _____.

The diversity of languages spoken within Europe is _____.

Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: _____ and presidential.