Benelux

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Benelux?Western Europe
2. What language do people speak in Benelux?Dutch, French, Luxembourgish
3. What is the member states?Kingdom of Belgium, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
4. What is the population share of EU?5.6%
5. What is the Benelux Union?The Benelux Union is a group of three countries—Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg—that work together to share ideas and help each other.
6. Why did Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg start the Benelux Union?After World War II, the three countries wanted to help each other recover and grow stronger, so they signed a customs union agreement in 1944.

Politico-economic union: An intergovernmental organization focused on coordinating political and economic policies among member states.
Supranational cooperation: Cooperation where member states delegate some decision-making power to a higher authority.
Customs union: An agreement between countries to eliminate tariffs and quotas on trade among themselves and adopt a common external trade policy.
Intergovernmental cooperation: Cooperation between sovereign states, where decisions are typically made by consensus among national governments.