Chapter 14 Notes:

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Chapter 14 Notes

• Todays Issues of Europe

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Section 1 Turmoil in the Balkans

• Balkans has many different religions races in a
  confined space.

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Section 1 Turmoil in the Balkans

• Used to be one country (Yugoslavia), divided into
  6 republics
• Now 5 countries

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Section 1 Turmoil in the Balkans

• Ethnic Cleansing- trying to eliminate an ethnic
  group through violence
• Slobodan Milosevic- Serbias leader who tried to
  get rid of Bosnias Muslims Croats

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Section 2 Cleaning Up Europe

• Sources of Water Pollution
• Industry
• Sewage
• Chemical Fertilizers
• Oil Spills

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Section 2 Cleaning Up Europe

• Sources of Air Pollution-
• Using Fossil Fuels
• Smog
• Ozone
• Fires
• Chemical Use
• Industry

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Section 2 Cleaning Up Europe

• Smog- brown haze that occurs when the gases that
  are released by burning fossil fuels reacts with
  sunlight forms harmful chemicals.

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Section 2 Cleaning Up Europe

• Ozone- harmful form of oxygen that causes health
  problems
• Chemical found in Smog

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• European Union- Post WWII idea began as a trade
  agreement between a few countries
• Grew to idea of community, unify continent so war
  could no longer tear the continent apart
• Goals Conflict resolution and economic
  development (compete with USA)
• United States of Europe? Problems with that?

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• Euro- the currency of the member states of the
  European Union

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• So what is the EU?
• Dont Write
• Has its own parliament (786 members), bill of
  rights, court system, currency, flag, anthem,
  army (Rapid Reaction Force)
• Employs 30,000 people and follows 80,000 page
  legal code/regulations

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• Dont Write
• Objectives of the EU
• Establish European citizenship
• Ensure freedom, security and justice
• Promote economic and social progress
• Assert Europes role in the world