1 A) World Trade Organization B) United Nations C) European Union D) Marshall Plan 2 A) maintaining the social “safety net” B) retraining laid-off workers C) acquiring new technology D) reducing pollution 3 A) Switzerland B) Ireland C) Denmark D) Germany 4 A) mixed farming B) genetically modified foods C) organic farming D) collective farming 5 A) Gdansk, Poland B) Rotterdam, the Netherlands C) Marseille, France D) London, England 6 A) earthquakes B) violent storms C) floods D) acid rain 7 A) mixed farming B) collective farming C) dry farming D) farm cooperatives 8 A) made Scandinavian trees vulnerable to disease and insects B) damaged the Acropolis in Athens C) killed fish in 20 percent of Sweden’s lakes D) destroyed large tracts of forest in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia 9 A) drain seas for greater land use B) reintroduce wolves in some parts of Europe C) burn lignite coal only in eastern Europe D) deposit wastes only in rivers, not lakes 10 A) the United Nations’ Mediterranean Action Plan B) environmental protection guidelines approved by the European Union in 1999 C) switching to power plants burning clean natural gas instead of lignite coal D) all of the above
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