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CHAPTER 13: Human Geography of Europe

Read Ch. 13, Sect. 1 (pp. 288-293) & answer the following questions:

1. What geographic features encouraged early European civilization?

2. What was the form of government in ancient Greece?

3. What was the form of government in ancient Rome?

4. How has ancient Greece shaped modern culture and democracy?

5. What effect did Roman conquest have on language?

6. How did the division of the Roman Empire affect religion?

7. How has the economy of the Mediterranean nations changed since World War II?

8. What are some of the regions economic problems?

9. How has membership in the EU (European Union) increased economic

growth for some Mediterranean countries?

10. What is a major indicator of political instability in Italy?

Read Ch. 13, Sect. 2 (pp. 296-301); answer the following questions:

11. Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe?
12. How did languages develop in Western Europe?

13. What is a nation-state and how did nation-states emerge from feudal societies?

14. How was Germany divided and then re-united?

15. Why is Western Europes economy so strong?

16. What economic challenge has Germany faced since the reunification in 1990?

17. Using the map on page 299, make a list of businesses that both Germany and France have in

common and ones that they do not have in common.

18. According to the map (p. 299), where are optical goods and textiles made?

19. By examining the map (p. 299), where is the relative location of business centers? Why?

20. What is the standard of living in Western Europe?

HIGH_____ LOW? ______

21. How has immigration produced conflict in Western Europe?