European Union
Use the slides below to complete your notes on the European Union and the Euro.
Questions to answer on your notes as you read:
- Warm-Up: What can you infer (guess) from the picture in the slide? (Hint: look at the shading)
- Video Questions: Circle either true or false for each statement below and correct.
True or False: There are 19 countries in the European Union today.
True or False: All of the countries who use the Euro share the same paper currency and the same coins.
3. So what’s the point? The European Union was formed to __________________ ____________ __________________________ by promoting ___________________________________________________.
4. Shade in the member countries of the European Union.
5. Based on your shading do more European countries seem to be a member of the European Union or not a member? (circle MEMBER or NONMEMBER)
6. What does it mean to be an EU member? One advantage/disadvantage of being in the EU is…
7. The Euro: All except _________ of the _____________ countries who have joined the European Union are connected ________________________________ by the “Euro.” This is called the _______________________________.
8. Benefits of the Euro: Using the Euro makes ____________________ and _________________________ throughout Europe much easier.
9. United in Diversity: Even though all of the countries in the EU agreed to ____________________________ economically, they still have ____________________________ _____________________________________________.
10. What are some ways that Europe cooperates?
11. What are some features of a developed economy? (use the word wall and your anchor charts!)
12. Why did Britain leave the European Union? Britain left the European Union because…