1. Europe: History, Jobs, European Union, and other loose ends Most countries in Europe are democracies so that means that ____ rule. Many of the countries also have ____ but they have no power what so ever. Some of the countries are _______________. These are called Constitutional _____. Many countries in Europe give their people free services which means they are ____ countries. One example of a socialist country is Sweden where they get ___________________ for free. #France’s economy, or they way they make ____, is more towards socialism but still has some aspects of a free enterprise where the ____ make all decisions.

2. Europe has had a long history and most people that live in the countries they live in are ____ for their ethnicity. They share the same ___ and ___ with everyone else. After World War II, which ended in 1945, the eastern part of Europe became ____ for their economy. In this the ____ owned everything. The people had no rights and if they said anything wrong they were either ___ or ____. Some of the places were ___________. However, in 1990 communism fell because the people wanted more _____. Borders of countries fell because people wanted to live in the countries with their own _____. One example is of Czechoslovakia which split up into ____ and ____.

3. In the years following the fall of communism Europe started to unite. France, who is always picked on, wanted a union of countries in Europe to prevent ___. #The European Union was also created because of the desire for supra________, which is where power is given to the power of the member states. The ___ Treaty is what set up the idea of the Union in 1992. The whole idea of it was to eliminate restrictions on the movement of _________________ between the countries of Europe. It also paved the way for a ___ currency for Europe. Today there are 27 countries in the EU. Their currency is the ____. #All countries come together and vote to make decisions and small countries like Cyprus, Luxembourg and Malta benefit because the system favors ___ countries.

4. #European countries are usually very ___ in size with ____ and ____ being the two biggest in land and in population. In order to maximize their land size they are very creative when it comes to ____. In Europe, they have very good mass ____. They have high speed ____ which go ____ miles per hour. #They usually link the ___ cities of Europe. #What led to the creation of high speed rail was that people were coming to Europe to visit, called ____, the European Union connected countries across ____lines, and the need for fast travel so that business could be conducted over night.

5. #Also, in Spain they built the first ___ plant to recycle salt water and is the largest user of the technology today. #Today they have given their countries to ____ countries around the world teaching them how to make cheap, sustainable, ____ water. #There is a region in Germany called the ____ which is a major producer in coal. #Today because of it they mainly build things in that region instead of ____. #This led to industrialization by using the ____.