| A | B |
| Rome | center of the Roman Empire |
| democracy | introduced in Athens |
| Greece | people belong to the Greek Orthodox Church |
| da Vinci and Michelangelo | Italian artists |
| Yugoslavia | former name of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Maastricht Treaty | agreement between Western European nations |
| Eastern European countries | difficulty adapting to free markets |
| Europe | birthplace of the modern industry because of the Industrial Revolution |
| Tourism | large service industry |
| France and the Netherlands | rejected the European Union constitution |
| Coastlines | helps to handle 1/2 of world's shipping |
| Communism | gave free health care and lifetime jobs |
| environmental laws | very few before 1989 |
| Mediteranean Sea | takes a century to renew itself |
| Kyota Protocol | reduces greenhouse gases emited |
| EU Members | must lower emissions to 15 % below 1990 levels |
| coal | Eastern European countries rely on this |
| biogas | fuel from decomposed organic material |