The government, economics, and culture of Europe

How did the distribution of natural resources on the map contribute to a first step toward creation of the European Union?

• European borders were opened to address a shortage of miners

• Europeans formed a trade union to encourage the building of pipelines

• Europeans created a single market to avoid conflicts between fisherman

• European nations created a free trade zone for coal and steel to secure peace

The European Union helps to organize a single market economy in Europe by -

• encouraging the building of new ports in the European Union

• limiting the number of immigrants to settle in the European Union

• allowing goods, services, and people to move freely in the European Union

• prohibiting government intervention in the economies of European Union nations

What is similar about the organization of the European Union single market and the United States as a single market?

• Passports are required for foreigners to visit either region

• Goods, money, and people move freely within each region

• Government intervention in the economy is prohibited in both

• Both markets limit the amount of goods that can be imported

Travel throughout Europe is facilitated by an extensive railroad system. This system is an example of which type of industry?

• Retail

• Service

• Agricultural

• Manufacturing

• - Need for immigrant populations to learn native languages; mistrust and misunderstanding of cultural differences; and misplacement of native populations

The conditions listed above are characteristics of societies that deal with the challenges created by -

• poverty

• multiculturalism

• lack of education

• European Union policies

Based on the information in the table, the level of economic development in Europe is best described as -

• underdeveloped

• less developed

• newly developed

• more developed

Based on the passage, French culture influenced English culture by -

• adding a variety of new books to English literature

• introducing new economic concepts to English

• producing a new dictionary for the English language

• changing the vocabulary of the English language

Based on the information in the table, what is one way that many governments in Europe are similar?

• Most are considered to be limited monarchies

• They were modeled after the U.S. government

• Power is shared between two executive leaders

• Revolutions brought about the political systems

Europe has a history characterized by instances of conflict and cooperation between cultures. Most recently many European nations have been working to cooperate by -

• isolating the United States

• forming the European Union

• reducing stockpiles of weapons

• limiting immigration to the region

According to the passage, the spreading of culture in parts of Europe has resulted -

• violent social unrest

• segregation of women

• tension between groups

• adoption of new traditions