WorksheetsUnit 4: Europe and Russia Study Guide
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which of these are two problems of a declining workforce?
Businesses close or move to other places
Fewer workers to pay taxes
Not enough older workers retiring
Fewer jobs are hiring workers
What is the main cause of a declining workforce?
More people are retiring than joining the workforce
Too many workers and not enough jobs
Minimum wage is too long
No one wants to work
Which of these is NOT a response to an aging population?
Provide in-home care
Raise the retirement age
Open more nursing home
Reduce the amount of money seniors recieve
What are two problems of an aging population?
Nursing Home
Health Care
Pensions (Retirement)
Dentist Appointment
What are the two causes of an aging population?
A rise in life expectancy
A drop in life expectancy
A drop in birth rate
A rise in birth rate
How is Italy responding to negative population growth?
The birth bonus
Offering free childcare
Allowing parents 6 months of paid leave when a baby is born
Giving immigrants to the area money for moving
What does the shape of a population pyramid tell you?
Future growth or decline
The number of males in a population
The number of females in a population
How many people in a population are parents
Which of these is NOT a factor in the study of population trends?
Births
Deaths
Marriages
Migration
Why is Europe's population shrinking?
More people are moving out of Europe
More people are having fewer kids
COVID 19
The population is not shrinking
To what event does "Brexit" refer?
The American Revolution
The Canadian colonies gaining independence
The UK leaving their alliance with France
The UK voting to leave the EU
What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
Great Dollars Produced
Guess Doomed Profit
Great Delicious Produce
What does GDP measure?
The amount of goods and services made in a country
The value of money made in a country
The value of goods and services made in a country
The profit made by the richest people in a country
What is a tariff?
A tax on goods brought into a country
Sales tax
A tax on goods and services sent to another country
Property tax
What is the standard currency of the EU called?
Pesos
Euros
Dollars
Pounds
Which of these is NOT one of the three parts of the EU's government?
Council
House of Lords
Parliament
Commission
Which of these is one reason that Britain wanted to leave the EU?
Travel will be easier
To get away from France
They don't like the Euro
Freedom to trade outside the EU
How many countries make up the EU?
25
24
26
27
What does the EU stand for?
Estados Unidos
European Union
Eruption Unit
Error Unknown
In what year did the EU form?
1985
1993
2022
2016
A force that divides people and countries
centrifugal force
centripetal force
common market
commission force
A force that unites people and countries
centrifugal force
centripetal force
common market
commission force
A group of countries that acts as a single market without trade barriers
centrifugal force
centripetal force
common market
commission force
A form of international cooperation in which countries give up some control of their affairs as they work together to achieve their goals.
supranational cooperation
centrifugal force
centripetal force
ethnic group
The study of human populations, including how they change due to births, deaths, and migration.
demography
archeology
anthropology
geography
the number of old and young dependents who don't work compared to the working age population; how many old and young people the workers support.
demography
life expectancy
dependency ratio
replacement rate
the average age to which a person in a given population can expect to live
life expectancy
replacement rate
total fertility rate (TFR)
dependency ratio
the total fertility rate needed for a population to replace itself.
TFR
dependency ratio
life expectancy
replacement rate
the average number of children a woman in a given population will have in her lifetime
replacement rate
dependency ratio
total fertility rate (TFR)
birth rate
a form of energy that comes from nuclear reactions; it has no smell or taste but can be very harmful to living things
nuclear radiation
atomic radiation
heat radiation
nuclear reaction
pollution that begins in one country and moves into other countries
cross country pollution
air pollution
transboundary pollution
water pollution
