1. Microstates: Located mostly in Europe, as North America does not exhibit this type of boundaries. These mircrostates do not have the same qualities to be completely states, but are on maps as a different entity. Some examples of microstates in Europe are Monaco, San Marino, Andorra, and Liechtenstein, also Russian outlier Kaliningrad is added to this category.
2. Europe’s mainland core: This Core is defined as having eight states, the dominant states are Germany and France, followed by three Benelux countries, Switzerland, Austria, and the Czech Republic. This region can also be called Western Europe, and Germany has the most population, and the largest economy. The Common Market is anchored in the Core, along with the EU. The region's boundaries are not defined by physical boarders, but rather economic and political.
3. Reunification of Germany: In 1990 when East and West Germany decided to reunited as one country, which was a rescue to East Germany. In East Germany the population was 17 million, it had been communist ruled, had old factories, terrible infrastructure, polluted environments, dirty cities, poor farming, and lack of education in the legal field. West Germany had a population of 62 million and was thriving because of the Marshall Plan and establishing a Common Market government. After 10 years of being united the east only exports 6% of the total exports in Germany. However being reunited developed 16 states in Germany, and today it exerting dominance in Europe.
4. Site and situation of Paris: The site of the original Paris is slightly different from today's site, as of then it laid on an island in the Seine River. Its placement was a defense mechanism during battle, and over time the island was overpopu...
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... and the rest of the countries have watched them suffer.
19. Dnieper River: This river is a geographic reference, as to the west lies agrarian, rural, mainly Roman Catholic Ukraine, to the south and east lies industrial, urban, Russified Ukraine. Eastern Ukraine is a communist Rhur based on coal and iron re, and Russia supplies Ukraine will oil ad gas. The river also flows by the capital Kiev.
20. Turkey’s relationship to NATO and EU: Turkey has been a longtime member of NATO, because it boarders eight countries and is situated between three seas and two straits it holds a key geostrategic position. While Turkey has been associated with the EU for centuries it has never had a formal entry. The EU is not planning to accept Turkey into the EU because of the treatment the Kurds receive, and the inability for the Turkish government to conform to the EU standards.
Following the conferences during World War Two, Germany was split up into two zones. Occupying West Germany and West Berlin was France, Britain and The United States, while the Soviet Union occupied Ea...
In conclusion, the European Union has “merged” the countries of Europe. It has developed a common currency called the Euro’s, and a Parliament located in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. Also, ALL of the countries of the Union are affected when one country is affected. This is important because the continent of Europe had become very weak after the wars and they needed to strengthen, and the European Union keeps the countries of Europe strong and economically fit.
After World War II, many countries have serious problems in almost all areas, political, social and economic. At one of the winners of the major issues after the war were the German question and the reason for the conflict between them, and led to the division of Germany and Europe.
The period after World War One was very politically unstable. Many different kinds of governments, such as fascism and communism, were coming up all over Europe. One country that especially faced this political fluctuation was Germany. After the war, Germany was forced into a democracy known as the Weimar Republic, but this government soon collapsed and Hitler’s fascism took over. There were various factors that contributed to the fall of the Weimar Republic, but three major ones were the lack of popular support for the government, the lack of efficiency and internal organization, and the competition of other, more conservative parties such as the Nazis.
Paris is one of the oldest and prominent cities of the world. Its istory goes back to 3rd century B.C. Paris was made the capital of France in 508. Since then it became quite an important city in the eyes of the world. The city went through early developments as in the 14th century, Philippe Auguste, a great urban planner, established the walls that surround Paris and he also created the fortress of the Louvre.
In addition, East Germany began to allow its people to pass freely to West Berlin through the Berlin Wall, and the East Germans soon began to tear the wall down. Germany was reunified in 1990, when East Germany united with West Germany (Walker 388). In 1991, the Soviet Communist Party lost control of the Soviet government. Later that year, the Soviet Union was dissolved, and the republics that made up the nation became independent states. Russia was by far the largest of these states.
It seems as though ever since the Cold War Europe is still divided amongst those same countries. Although a lot has changed since then the economic standpoint for countries whose gross domestic production rate is high still remains in countries like the Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom have remained strong.
Even though Berlin lay deep within the Soviet sector, the Allies thought it would be the best to divide this capital. Therefore Berlin was also divided into four parts. Since the Soviet Union was in control of the eastern half of Germany, they made East Berlin the capital of East Germany. The other three counties were each in control of a small part of what was to be West Germany. The Allies decided that they would come together to form one country out of their three divided parts. Those three divided parts formed West Germany. After all the land was divided the Soviet Union controlled East Germany. Just like the Soviet Union, the economy in East Germany was struggling to get back on its feet after the war. While West Berlin became a lively urban area like many American cities, East Berlin became what many thought of as a ‘Mini-Moscow’. In East Germany there was literary almost nothing. The shelves in the stores were practically bare, and what was there was not in very good quality.
Paris is a very historical place it is more than 2000 years old, Gauls of the Parisii tribe settled a small fishing village on an island near the river Ile de la Cité around 250 and 200 BC.(History np). The Parisii tribe eventually gave their name to the city. The Gauls were composed of warrior tribes who hunted, fished, and lived in huts with thatched roofs; their religion was called druidism which celebrated nature. Paris was concurred by the Roman army under Julius Caesar who defeated their chief warrior, Vercingétorix in 50 BC. The Romans renamed the capital Lutetia, which it stayed until it was reconquered by a Germanic tribe called the Franks, giving the country its name France (land of the Franks). The king of the Franks, Clovis, converted to Christianity and took the old name of Paris for its capital. King Philippe Auguste turned Paris into a medieval city with protective walls and a fortress on the site of the Louvre. Nobody knows what the Louvre means but it is believed that the Louvre is Latin for wolves. (Paris np). The French Revolution destroyed Paris but made it one of the most important cities in the world. On July14, 1789 the people of Paris stormed the Bastille a symbolic fortress of the king, starting the French Revolution. The revolution the lasted for 10 years and left Paris is pieces and ended with Napoleon taking power during the coup d’Etat in 1799. The revolution inspired the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Men, leading to the Democracy of France. The Declaration of the Rights of Men can be
racie Allen of the comedy team of Burns and Allen was once asked how one should speak French. She replied, “Well, you speak it the same way you speak English; you just use different words.” When trying to assist in instructing English language learners, they usually have many concepts and language abilities that they need to master, as do the teachers that are trying to teach them. With the incorporation of the concepts and approaches to identify and assess the issues and concerns that we have learned in our classroom instruction, such as lesson preparation, building background, and comprehensible input, we can indeed teach our future English language learners all the right moves with all the right words.
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