CITIES

1. Which city is the most important financial centre in Europe?
2. Which city is the financial centre of the EU?
3. Which city is the political centre of Europe?
4. Which were the first two areas in Spain to industrialize?
5. Explain what happened to cities in Spain between 1955-70
6. Which are the two main national metropolises in Spain today?
7. Which are the five main regional metropolises with at least between 500,000 to 1,500,000 million people in Spain?
8. Explain why Zaragoza is such a well-situated city
9. New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong are all g______ c________?
10. Which two cities are Alpha++ cities in the urban hierarchy?
11. New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong are also at the head of the u________ h________
12.  A wide range of jobs and services, as well as rural jobs not being well paid, are all reasons for people doing what?
13. The world’s main financial institutions, international institutions, head quarters of multinational companies as well as key information & communication industries are found in: g_________ c________
14. Pollution, traffic, waste management and residential segregation are all types of: u________ p________
15. Which were the first two cities to industrialise in Spain?
16. There was rapid urban expansion in Spain between: 19____ – 19_____
17. Valencia, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Seville and Málaga are all N__________ c_____________ .
18. Valladolid, Alicante, Murcia, Palma and Cádiz are all R_______ c________
19. The Basque Country and Catalunya were the first places in Spain to do what in the mid-nineteenth century?

SPAIN

1.  Name the five most important cities for their economies in Spain
2.  Which city has the highest population density in Spain?
3.  Which is the biggest city in Spain?
4.  How many autonomous regions are there in Spain?
5.  How many provinces are there in Spain?
6.  What is the name of the regional government in Catalunya called?
7.  What is Spain’s population?
8.  What two moments during the 20th century did Spain’s death rate pass its birth rate?
9.  What percentage of people are unemployed in Spain?
10.  What percentage of people aged under 25 are unemployed in Spain?
11.  Which country has the highest youth unemployment in the EU?
12.  What is predicted for Spain’s working-age population in the year 2064?
13.  Which are the three most densely populated areas in Spain?
14.  Which autonomous community has the largest population?
15.  Give an example of a national metropolis in Spain
16.  Give an example of a regional metropolis in Spain
17.  Explain what the Rural Exodus was in Spain, when it happened and why?
18.  Which country has the highest unemployment in the EU?

THE EU

1.  In what year was the European Union established?
2.  Why was the EU established?
3.  What is the difference between the EEC and the EU?
4.  What was the ECSC and why was it established?
5.  When did the EEC become the EU and what was the name of the treaty that established this?
6.  In what year did the Euro become the official currency of the EU?
7.  What are the four institutions of the European Union?
8.  What was the Treaty of Rome?
9.  What was the Treaty of Lisbon?
10.  What was the Maastricht Treaty?
11.  When was the Maastricht Treaty?
12.  Which treaty established a single-market economy?
13.  When did all European citizens receive European citizenship?
14.  How many countries were there at the birth of the EEC?
15.  How many member states are there today?
16.  Which EU institution has executive power?
17.  Which EU institution has legislative power?
18.  Which EU institution has judicial power?
19.  Where is the EU Commission based?
20.  Where is the official residence of the EU parliament?
21.  Where does the EU parliament move to once a month?
22.  Which two countries in the EU do not have the Euro?
23.  Which countries have a special status in the EU?