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Name the 4 main peninsulas and at least 2 countries on each.

Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, & Finland

Iberian: Spain & PortugalBalkan: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia,

etc.Apennine: Italy & Vatican City

What are centripetal forces?

Forces that pull people or groups

together

Who was the central figure in founding the European Coal

& Steel Community?

Robert Schuman

Name at least 2 economic centrifugal

forces.

-Western vs. Eastern in terms of economic development

-Eastern Europeans working for less money & taking Western

jobs-Euro: some use, some don’t; when one fails, brings down

value

In which 2 branches of the EU government, is

population not a factor in their power?

European Commission &

Council of Ministers

Name the 6 original countries that formed

the Coal & Steel Community.

France, West Germany, Belgium, Italy,

Luxembourg, & the Netherlands

Where did the name Balkans come from?

From the Ottoman Turks, means “mountainous”

Which communist leader strengthened

Yugoslavia by promoting Slavic

brotherhood and unity?

Josep “Tito” Broz

What did the Albanians create to

combat Milosevic and the Serbian troops?

Kosovo Liberation Army

What does UNMIK stand for?

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in

Kosovo

What sparked the massacre in Srebrenica?

The Muslim-Croat alliance encouraged by

international bodies.

What three countries touch the Pryenees

Mountains?

France, Spain, and Andorra

The Volga River connects which city to which body of

water?

Moscow to the Caspian Sea

What has created the Marine West Coast climate of Western

Europe?

The North Atlantic Drift/Gulf Stream

warming water and air currents

What mountain range separates Russia from

Southwest Asia?

The Caucasus Mountains

Name the tallest mountain in the Alps

Mt Blanc

Who is seen as the founder of communism?

Karl Marx

In which economic system do sellers and consumers

freely make all the production decisions?

Free-marketCapitalism

Free-enterprise

In which economic system are there both state owned

& privately owned industries?

Socialism

What is the overall goal of a true communist

society?

The elimination of social & economic inequality (classless society)

Where did democratic ideologies originate?

Ancient Greece

What do we call countries influenced by and closely connected to

the U.S.S.R.?

Soviet Satellites

What two things have the Netherlands done to reclaim

their land from the sea?

Used dikes to hold back the sea & pumps/canals to

remove excess water

What are the countries/regions that make up the United

Kingdom?

England, Scotland, Wales, & Northern

Ireland

What strait must be passed to get from the

Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?

Strait of Gibraltar

What two branches of the EU government

give equal representation to each

country?

Council of Ministers and

European Commission