Time Frame: 6 weeks
In this unit, students will:
Compare and contrast various forms of governments found in Europe.
Analyze economic systems found in Europe.
Analyze the benefits of barriers to voluntary trade in Europe.
Describe factors that influence economic growth in Europe.
Explain the impact of location, climate, natural resources, and population distribution on Europe.
Explain environmental issues in Europe
Standards:
a. Explain citizen participation in autocratic and democratic governments. [i.e., role of citizens in choosing the leaders of the United Kingdom (parliamentary democracy), Germany(parliamentary democracy), and Russia (presidential democracy)].
b. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
a. Compare how traditional, command, and market economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce.
b. Explain that countries have a mixed economic system located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.
c. Compare the basic types of economic systems found in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia.
a. Explain how specialization encourages trade between countries.
b. Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers such as tariffs, quotas, and embargoes.
c. Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.
d. Describe the purpose of the European Union and the relationship between member nations.
a. Evaluate how literacy rates affect the standard of living.
b. Explain the relationship between investment in human capital goods (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP per capita).
c. Explain the relationship between investment in capital (factories, machinery, and technology)and gross domestic product (GDP per capita).
d. Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy.
e. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Germany, the United Kingdom and Russia impact trade and affect where people live.
a. Explain the causes and effects of acid rain in Germany.
b. Explain the causes and effects of air pollution in the United Kingdom.
c. Explain the causes and effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.