Unit 2 Study Guide

Physical Geography
Name the Countries and Physical Features 1. Russia 2. Ukraine 3. Spain 4. France 5. Poland 6. Germany 7. United Kingdom 8. Italy 9. Belgium 1. Scandinavian Peninsula 2. Danube River 3. Alps 4. Pyrenees Mountains 5. Iberian Peninsula 6. English Channel 7. European Plain 8. Ural Mountains 9. Mediterranean Sea 10. Rhine River

European Religions

Connection to Abraham?

Holy Book?

Holy Places

Belief in Jesus

Place of Worship

Judaism Christianity

father

Torah

Jerusalem

Not the Messiah

synagogue

father

Holy Bible

Jerusalem, Vatican City

Messiah
Jesus was a lesser prophet. Muhammed is the major prophet.

church, cathedral

Islam

father

Koran

Jerusalem, Mecca

mosque

Languages and Literacy

Alphabet Romance Germanic Slavic Roman Roman Cyrillic Location Western Europe Central & Northwest Europe Eastern Europe Examples Spanish, French, Italian German, English, Icelandic Russian, Ukranian

How are literacy rates and standard of living connected? __High Literacy Rate = High Standard of Living__

Forms of Government
Be able to define and recognize characteristics of the following forms of government:

Autocracy One person has power. Dictatorship Oligarchy Few people have power. Wealthy or influential Democracy All people have power. Elections, Voting Unitary Government One branch of government. Strong central government.

Confederation voluntary association of countries. Weak central government. EX: alliances, EU Federal Government central government shares power with regional governments. Different branches of government. Presidential Democracy citizens choose legislature and government. Head of State and Head of Government are same person. Parliamentary Democracy citizens chooses legislature (Parliament). Legislature chooses Head of Government (Prime Minister). Head of State and Head of Government are different people.

European Governments
Place the following terms in the appropriate categories. Federal Government and Parliamentary Democracy are listed twice. United Kingdom Germany Russia European Union Unitary Government Parliamentary Democracy British Monarch Prime Minister Federal Government Parliamentary Democracy Chancellor Presidential Democracy Federal Assembly Euro Federal Government Duma Vladimir Putin 27 Countries Confederation No Tariffs

Review the following terms and concepts:

Holocaust
Anti Semitism - hatred of Jewish people and culture Final Solution - extermination or murder of every Jew in Europe Star of David - Nazis forces Jews to wear these in public. Purpose of Concentration Camps - large-scale murder of Jews

Cold War
Iron Curtain imaginary line separating Communist Eastern Europe from Western Europe Berlin Wall - wall that separated Communist East Berlin from Free West Berlin. Cold War - period of 45 years in which the U.S. and Soviet Union competed against each other and lived under the threat of nuclear war. Reunification Rejoin. Recombine. Germany in 1990.

Cold War
Place the following terms in the appropriate categories.

United States Democracy Ronald Reagan

Western Europe

Soviet Union Communism

Joseph Stalin

Eastern Europe