4.3 Eastern Europe: development and migration

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Slide 1 - Woordweb

4.3 Eastern Europe: development and migration


  • East & West
  • Part of Europe
  • Growth & Stagnation
  • To Western Europe 

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Key terms
Capitalist country with a free market economy = country in which production is in the hands of private companies, which decide themselves what they produce and which services they offer.


Communist country with a planned economy =country in which production is run centrally by the State. The State decides what is produced and which services are offered.
--> Can you think of advantages and disadvantages of the two systems?

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

What are the advantages & disadvantages to a planned economy

Slide 4 - Open vraag

What are the advantages & disadvantages to a free market economy

Slide 5 - Open vraag

Western Europe
Iron Curtain
Eastern Europe
capitalist
free market economy
hardly any exchange between east & west
communist
planned economy

Slide 6 - Sleepvraag

The East & West
The planned economy of Eastern Europe had two main disadvantages:

1 there was no demand for the products that were made
2 poor-quality products 

    --> less prosperity
   --> most basic necessities provided

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Part of Europe
After the fall of the Iron Curtain, the borders between Eastern and Western Europe were opened --> political and economic partnerships:


European Union (EU) --> peace and prosperity
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) --> military


Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Growth & stagnation
In Eastern Europe there are a lot of multinationals.

Two favourable location factors:
1 low wages and longer working hours --> low-wage countries
2 good level of knowledge

Big cities evolve as a result of economies of agglomeration
Countryside lags behind --> unemployment, poverty


Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Village life
City life

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Knowledge check:
After WW2 which part of Europe was communist?
A
Western Europe
B
Eastern Europe

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

Why was it almost impossible for people, goods, ideas and capital to move between the East and West?
A
Tin Blinds
B
Copper Net
C
Iron Curtain
D
Bronze Blanket

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Why did multinationals set up in Eastern European countries?
A
They were in NATO
B
Location factors - including low wages & long work hours
C
Wages are high
D
People are well educated

Slide 13 - Quizvraag

Why are the cities much richer than the villages in Eastern Europe?

Slide 14 - Open vraag

Recap:
How was Europe divided in the past?

Slide 15 - Open vraag

Describe the prosperity of Eastern Europe

Slide 16 - Open vraag

Why are there so many multinationals set up in Eastern European cities?

Slide 17 - Open vraag

Why is there a contrast between the capital cities and the rural areas in Eastern Europe?

Slide 18 - Open vraag

Why have migration patterns in Europe changed since the 1990's?

Slide 19 - Woordweb