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CHAPTER 14 Guided Reading Strategies 14.3

Northern and Western Europe

READING THE SECTION As you read the section, complete each sentence below by
writing the appropriate word, phrase, or place in the space provided.

1. Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg make up the

countries.

2. The early economic association of the Benelux countries planted the seeds that

eventually led to the creation of the Union (EU).

3. The EU introduced the , a new common currency, in

1999.

4. The people who live in the have worked hard to reclaim

land from the sea.

5. The people of the Netherlands are known as the .

6. is a dialect of Dutch that is spoken in northern

Belgium.

7. The French-speaking Belgians in the southern portion of Belgium are known as

8. The country of Luxembourg has three official languages: German, French, and

9. The capital of Belgium is , which is also the headquar-

ters of the EU.

10. is the smallest member of the EU, but it has the highest
per capita GDP in the world.

POST-READING QUICK CHECK After you have finished reading the section, in the
space provided, explain why Brussels is an ideal location for European businesses and
associations.

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 2. Scandinavian, Iberian, Italian, Balkan Post-Reading Quick Check
1. Republic of Ireland
SECTION 2 STRATEGIES 2. United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Reading the Section Northern Ireland
1. b 6. a
2. b 7. b SECTION 2 STRATEGIES
3. a 8. b Reading the Section
4. b 9. a 1. a 5. c
5. a 10. a 2. d 6. a
3. d 7. c
Post-Reading Quick Check
4. d 8. b
The North Atlantic Drift and prevailing west-
erly winds bring warm air and mild tempera- Post-Reading Quick Check
tures to much of western and northern Some French people worry about the influence
Europe. of American culture and consider it a threat to
French culture. France has a 366-year-old gov-
SECTION 3 STRATEGIES ernment agency that guards the French lan-
Reading the Section guage from foreign influences.
1. import it
2. more than half SECTION 3 STRATEGIES
3. Northern European Plain Reading the Section
4. fine-grained windblown soil that is very 1. Benelux
fertile 2. European
5. Po Valley and Guadalquivir River valley 3. euro
6. Europe’s formerly communist countries 4. Netherlands
7. in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans 5. Dutch
and in the North Sea 6. Flemish
8. coal 7. Walloons
9. beneath the North Sea 8. Luxembourgian
10. Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland 9. Brussels
10. Luxembourg
Post-Reading Quick Check
The four main European fishing countries are Post-Reading Quick Check
Iceland, Norway, Spain, and Denmark. Brussels is centrally located in Europe and has
good transportation connections. These fac-
CHAPTER 14 tors make it an ideal location for European
businesses and associations.
SECTION 1 STRATEGIES
Reading the Section SECTION 4 STRATEGIES
1. Great Britain Reading the Section
2. highland 1. Lapland
3. Celts 2. Finland
4. one fourth 3. Sweden
5. 1921 4. Iceland
6. potato 5. Norway
7. democracies 6. Greenland
8. Roman Catholic 7. Denmark
9. Dublin 8. Lapland
10. Britain 9. Sweden
11. service industries 10. Denmark
12. low 11. Iceland
12. Norway

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