P r e v i e w
Imagine that you are moving into the neighborhood shown below. Which backyard
would you choose? Why?
One of your new neighbors proposes that the fences should be taken down and a common
backyard formed. List two advantages and two disadvantages of this plan. Then explain why
you would support or disapprove of your neighbor’s proposal.
Advantages:
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Disadvantages:
I support/disapprove of this proposal because
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G E O T ER M S
Read Sections 1 and 2. Then create an illustrated dictionary of the Geoterms by completing
these tasks:
• Create a symbol or an illustration to represent each term.
• Write a definition of each term in your own words.
• Write a sentence that includes the term and the words European Union.
Geoterm and Symbol
Definition
Sentence
centrifugal force
centripetal force
common market
supranational
cooperation
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R e a d i n g
Not e s
Read each of Sections 3, 4, and 5. Answer the questions in the arrows for that section.
Then compare what you read to what you experienced in class.
3 Economic Cooperation in the EU
Centripetal
Forces
How does a common market
unite Europe?
How does creation of an EU
trading bloc unite Europe?
Centrifugal
Forces
How do the differences between
western and eastern
nations divide the EU?
What divisions are created by the
use of the euro?
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What economic centripetal or centrifugal forces did the class experience
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4 Political Cooperation in the EU
How does the development of a
supranational level of government
unite Europe?
Centripetal
Forces
How does the development of
a European citizenship unite
Europe?
Centrifugal
Forces
How does the desire of European
countries to keep their independence divide Europe?
How can the expansion of EU
membership cause division?
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What political centripetal or centrifugal forces did the class experience as it
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R e a d i n g
Not e s
5 Cultural Cooperation in the EU
How has the European Union
united Europe by promoting a
common culture?
Centripetal
Forces
How does increased travel
unite Europe?
Centrifugal
Forces
Why do languages divide
the European Union?
What are some other forces
that continue divisions among
European countries?
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What cultural centripetal or centrifugal forces did the class experience as it traveled
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P r oc e ss i n g
A simile is a way to compare two things. Follow these steps to compare the European Union to
a neighborhood:
1.Complete the statement below. List three similarities between the
EU and a neighborhood. An example has been completed for you.
The European Union is like a neighborhood because
• the EU’s member countries are homes to different cultural groups.
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•
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2.Complete the drawing below of the European Union as a neighborhood.
3.Add two details to your drawing to represent two of these terms: centrifugal force,
centripetal force, common market, supranational cooperation. Label each detail to
explain how it represents the term.
Poland
Portugal
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