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Europe

Explore key facts about Europe - population, religions, history, EU creation, members, GDP, inequality, and healthcare spending. Find answers to interesting questions about European countries.

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Europe

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  1. Europe Commonalities and Diversity

  2. Q.1. Please fill in the blanks on the map …

  3. Q.2: What is the population of the European Union? • Approximately 250 million • Approximately 350 million • Approximately 500 million

  4. Q.2 • 250 million. Incorrect. • 350 million. Incorrect. • 501 million.

  5. Q.3: What is the population density of the European Union? • Roughly the same as that of the United States • More than three times that of the United States • More than five times that of the United States

  6. Q.3 • Roughly the same as that of the US. Incorrect. • More than three times that of the US. Correct. • More than five times that of the US. Incorrect.

  7. Population density per square kilometre (by country – 2006)

  8. Q.4. Which of the following countries is predominantly catholic? • Germany • France • United Kingdom

  9. Q.4. • Germany. Incorrect. Protestants and Catholics are about evenly balanced (cuius regio, eius religio) • France. correct. It has remained predominantly catholic, though most people are secular and there is a growing muslim minority. • UK. Incorrect. Became Anglican under Henry VIII and was the first country to break with Rome.

  10. Protestant Christianity Orthodox Christianity Catholic Christianity Sunni Islam Judaism

  11. Q5. When was the European Union created? • 1957 • 1986 • 1993

  12. Q.5 • 1957 – Correct. The Treaty of Rome started European integration: it established the European Economic Community (EEC), which was later renamed into the European Union. • 1986 – Incorrect. • 1993 – Correct! The Treaty of Maastricht renamed the European Community in the European Union.

  13. Q.6. How many member states does the European Union have? • 15 • 27 • 30

  14. Q.6. • 15. Incorrect. This was the correct number until May 2004! It all began with six . . . • 27. Correct! These include ten members from Central and Eastern Europe (since 2004-6), and two from southern Europe (Malta, Cyprus). • 30. Incorrect for now, but –Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey, Serbia, Bosnia, Iceland, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania … may join at some point.

  15. Q.7: Which of these countries has the youngest constitution? Do you know the date? 1. The United Kingdom 2. France 3. Germany

  16. Q.7. 1. The United Kingdom. 1688 (?) 2. France: correct. 1958 “the 5th Republic” 3. Germany. Federal Republic 1949.

  17. Q.8: Can you place these countries in order of GDP/capita (2008)? And where does the USA fit in?

  18. Q.8. USA: $47,440 Canada: $39,098 Mexico: $14,534 Source: IMF figures for 2008

  19. Q.9: Which societies are most unequal? Can you rank these countries from high to low inequality (2009)? And where does the USA fit in?

  20. United States: 15.9 Source: Human development report, 2009 UNDP

  21. Q.10: Who spends most on health care? And where does the USA fit in?

  22. United States: 16% Source: 2009 OECD

  23. OECD countries allocate about 9% of their GDP to health. This share varies from 16% in the United States to less than 6% in Mexico and Turkey % GDP • Public and private expenditures are current expenditures (excluding investments). Source: OECD Health Data 2009, OECD (http://www.oecd.org/health/healthdata).

  24. All OECD countries have achieved universal or near-universal health care coverage, except Turkey, Mexico and the United States 2007 More on health? OECD website Source: OECD Health Data 2009, OECD (http://www.oecd.org/health/healthdata).

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