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Friday, February 26, 2021

Week 26: March 1-5, 2k21

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This week, we are going over the United Nations Doc and Q's  and the EU Q's below -- We do not have school on Friday, March 5


The United Nations!

How the United Nations Works!

United Nations Flick #3

1. What should the United Nations put as the three most important world problems? Why do you feel this way?  Explain your reasoning for each of these.  Rank them from 3rd most important to least important.

2. Why do you think some world issues are so difficult to solve


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What is the EU?  EU Xplained Flick!

  1. What is a supranational cooperation?
  2. How many member nations were there in 2018?*. 
  3. Members of the EU have __________ borders with each other.
  4. What is a centripetal force and a centrifugal force?
  5. Who were the Axis and Allied Powers of World War II?
  6. What did Europeans want to ensure in 1945?
  7. What did Robert Schuman suggest that Germany, France, and other European nations do after World War II and what nations also agreed with Schuman?
  8. What is a tariff?
  9. In 1993 the Common Market was renamed the European Community and essentially became the European Union.  What was their main goal?
  10. In 2017, what nation began the process of leaving the EU?  (They officially left the EU in 2020)
  11. Looking at the map on page 3 of the PDF, are there nations in Europe that are not members of the EU?
  12. After reading the paragraphs about Economic Cooperations in the EU, before the EU was created, was Europe more united or divided?
  13. The EU created a common market and also a common currency.  When was this new currency created and what is it called?
  14. What is a trade bloc?
  15. Look a the bar graph at the bottom of page 216 of the PDF textbook, is the EU's Gross Domestic Product larger than the United States?
  16. Look at the image on page 217 of the PDF textbook.  What is the the message of the image?
  17. Provide three economic forces that divide the EU?
  18. Look at the image and caption on page 218.  What is the "Capital of Europe"?
  19. Based on the paragraphs on page 218, provide a few examples of the EU government unites Europe.
  20. Explain how the EU government divides Europe.
  21. Right now, Google "how many people live in the European Union".  What is the answer?
  22. Based on the paragraphs on page 218-219, provide a few examples of how the EU government divides Europe.
  23. If you look at the chart on page 219 of the PDF textbook, what are the three largest nations in the EU Parliament?
  24. Do a majority of people feel attached to the EU?
  25. What is the motto of the EU?
  26. How does the EU promote a common culture?  Do you think this is good? Explain.
  27. How do you think increased travel unites Europe?
  28. What are some forces working against the EU cultural identity?