Unit 4 Global Studies (8th) IAVA

Question 1

Which advantages are created by the European Union?

Accepted Answer

People can be employed in a member country, People can cross borders freely

Question 2

Why do people immigrate to Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

escape from political oppression, better jobs and pay

Question 3

Which events started the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

interest in ancient Greek and Roman writings, invention of a practical printing press

Question 4

Which natural resource is most important to the economy of Western Europe today?

Accepted Answer

oil

Question 5

Which climate zones are in Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean, marine west coast

Question 6

What is usually provided under welfare capitalism?

Accepted Answer

health care, education

Question 7

Which event resulted from the 2008 financial crisis?

Accepted Answer

Three of Iceland’s largest banks failed

Question 8

How did Russia’s new free-market economy affect the average Russian?

Accepted Answer

standard of living changed very little for most

Question 9

European Union laws cover which areas among member nations?

Accepted Answer

law enforcement and security, use of natural resources, release of pollutants

Question 10

Which cause contributed to both World War I and World War II ?

Accepted Answer

desire to expand land

Question 11

Which landform is widespread in both Northern and Southern Europe?

Accepted Answer

mountains

Question 12

How is religion different in Northern and in Southern Europe?

Accepted Answer

Northern is mostly Protestant, Southern Europe is mostly Catholic and Greek Orthodox

Question 13

Which cultural contributions come from Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

Bach and Schubert music, William Shakespeare’s plays

Question 14

Which challenges does the European Union face today?

Accepted Answer

competition from countries with larger economies, members with weak economies, an aging population

Question 15

Which factor contributed to the fall of communism in the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

policies of glasnost and perestroika

Question 16

Which resources are found in Southern Europe?

Accepted Answer

olives, grapes, fish

Question 17

Which economic challenge does Eastern Europe face today?

Accepted Answer

lack of modernized industries

Question 18

How did the economy of Western Europe change after the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

Increased trade made a merchant class, Skilled workers formed guilds

Question 19

What is true of the European Union?

Accepted Answer

main goal is to strengthen trade within Europe

Question 20

Why are Western Europe’s rivers important to its economy?

Accepted Answer

provide routes for shipping goods

Question 21

Which changes resulted from the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Goods became less expensive, New technology caused unemployment for farmworkers, Many people moved to work in the cities

Question 22

Which early civilizations made lasting political contributions to world culture?

Accepted Answer

Greeks, Romans

Question 23

What is the influence of the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Many people began to use reason & observation, Idea that gov't is a contract with ppl & ruler, Philosophers sought ways to make society better

Question 24

Which religion is most widespread in Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

Catholicism

Unit 4 Global Studies (8th) IAVA

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Unit 4 Global Studies (8th) IAVA

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