Chapter 13 Questions (316)

A. Briefly explain the following

1) city state - a sovereign state that consists of a city and its dependent territories.

2) republic -a government in which citizens elect representatives to rule in their name.

3) Benelux - countries of,
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Luxembourg

4) nationalism - belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share land, culture, and history.

5) Berlin Wall - a wall that decided Germany into two halfs, located in eastern Germany.

6) Nordic countries,
- Denmark
-Finland
-Sweden
-Iceland

7) euro -  a common European Nations currency

8) cultural crossroads - a place where various cultures cross paths. (310)

9) balkanization - the process of a region breaking up into small, mutually hostile units. (311)

10) satellite nation - nations dominated by another country (312)

B.) Answer questions about vocab

11)
-Nordic countries
- Benelux

12) i would think so considering the ideology behind the euro is to further unite the European nations by having common currency, which promotes trade between states.

13)
-Berlin Wall
- Cultural Crossroads
- Balkanization
- Satellite Nations

14) Eastern Europe.

15) Different ethnicity's crossed paths due to migration that passed through the geographical features of eastern Europe.

16)
A - the Roman Empire was a Republic
 B - Greece was split up into City-States

17)
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Luxembourg

18) The Balkan countries fought over who would take control of the territory previously conquered ottoman territory.

19)
City-State - Texas seems to identify itself as america due to their patriotic pride, even though it is only a state
republic - we have both democratic and republican parties in our government.
Cultural Crossroads - america is pretty diverse

20) Sweden and Norway