Uniting and Dividing the people and cultures of Europe

1. Key Topic Europe The FRAME Routine is about… Uniting and Dividing the people and cultures of Europe Main idea Main idea Main idea Main idea Economic Geographic Social Political So What? (What’s important to understand about this?) Since there is no longer a separation between Western and Eastern European countries, Europe is uniting politically, economically, geographically, and socially. Essential Details Essential Details Essential Details Essential Details Uniting • Limited Governments • Democratic (rule by many) • European Union • NATO members • Free Market Economy • Industrialized and Urbanized • Wealth of natural resources • European Euro is a common currency • Several, large peninsulas • Large agricultural plains • Many waterways are transportation corridors • Abundance of coastlines allows for many major ports • Multiculturalism • Mainly Christian • Primarily English • Common shared history • Common culture of music, art, architecture, & literature Dividing • Former Soviet Union was Communist (unlimited government) • Northern Ireland conflict with Great Britain over political control • Iron Curtain: imaginary boundary that separated Western & Eastern Europe after WWII • Immigration conflicts within the EU • Multiple languages still spoken • Issues with maintaining traditional cultures • Former Soviet Union was a command economy • Oil is a scarce natural in Europe • Need for workers has been fulfilled by immigrants

2. Key Topic Europe The FRAME Routine is about… ____________ and ___________ the people and cultures of Europe Main idea Main idea Main idea Main idea Economic Geographic Political Social So What? (What’s important to understand about this?) Essential Details Essential Details Essential Details Essential Details Uniting • _________ Governments • __________ (rule by many) • _________________ • _______ members • Free _________ Economy • _____________ and ______________ • Wealth of __________ resources • European ________is a common currency • Several, large _________ • Large ___________ plains • Many ___________ are transportation _________ • Abundance of __________ allows for many major ___________ • _____________________ • Mainly ______________ • Primarily ___________ • Common shared history • Common culture of music, _____, Architecture, & ________________ Dividing • Former Soviet Union was _______________ (unlimited government) • Northern Ireland conflict with Great Britain over __________ control • Former Soviet Union was a ____________economy • ____is a scarce natural in Europe • Need for workers has been fulfilled by ___________ • __________________: imaginary boundary that separated Western & Eastern Europe after WWII • ___________________ conflicts within the EU • Multiple ____________ still spoken • Issues with maintaining traditional _____________ Since there is no longer a ________________ between _____________ and ___________ European countries, Europe is __________ politically, economically, geographically, and socially.

3. Key Topic The European Union The FRAME Routine is about… Uniting, or bringing together, the people of Europe Main idea Main idea Main idea Main idea Geographic Social Political Economic So What? (What’s important to understand about this?) A strong union of the people of Europe benefits and strengthens the participating European Union countries. Essential Details Essential Details Essential Details Essential Details The European Parliament allows governments to function better together. The EU improves trade with other countries by lifting border restrictions, eliminating tariffs, and making development loans The EU improves transportation corridors for its citizens. The EU brings diverse groups of people together to share common goals. The European Parliament reduces conflicts between countries. Free market economies in the EU promote economic cooperation among the European countries, especially with the Euro as a common currency. The EU allows for people to move across boundaries more freely. The free-travel zones within the EU allow for immigration from Eastern to Western Europe.

4. Key Topic The European Union The FRAME Routine is about… ______________, or bringing together, the people of Europe Main idea Main idea Main idea Main idea Economic Political Geographic Social So What? (What’s important to understand about this?) Essential Details Essential Details Essential Details Essential Details The European _____________allows _____________ to function better together. The EU improves _________ with other countries by lifting ___________ restrictions, eliminating _________, and making development ________. The EU improves transportation __________ for its citizens. The EU brings __________ groups of people together to share common __________. The European ______________ reduces ___________ between countries. Free ________ economies in the EU promote ___________ cooperation among the ___________ countries, especially with the ______ as a common currency. The EU allows for people to move across ___________ more freely. The _______________ zones within the EU allow for ___________ from ____________ to ___________ Europe. A strong ________ of the people of Europe _________ and _____________ the participating European Union countries.