Geography · 9/24/2018 · •Learn the influence of the physical geography of Europe on its human geography. Other mountain ranges in Europe •The Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Carpathians
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GeographySeptember 24, 2018. Monday.
Today’s Learning Goals:
• Learn the importance of the physical geography of Europe.
• Learn the influence of the physical geography of Europe on its human geography.
Other mountain ranges in Europe
• The Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Carpathians divide Europe’s southern Alpine region from the hilly central uplands.
The Pyrenees
Let’s tour the Pyrenees mountains!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX_xyZ5pUmk
The Great Pyrenees!
The Alps
Let’s tour the famous Swiss Alps
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ru9JguLrY
The Carpathian Mountains
Let’s see what fall looks like in the Carpathian Mountains.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gojqWy5EFBg
It’s also where Dracula lives.
Europe’s Waterways
• Europe has a large number of navigable waterways, and most places in Europe are relatively short distances from the sea.
Europe’s Waterways
• This has contributed to numerous historical trading links across the region and allowed for Europe to dominate maritime travel.
Europe’s largest river.
• The Danube, is the European region’s largest river and winds its way along 2,860 km and 10 countries from Germany to Ukraine.
Cruising the Danube
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-dDov_cLw
Europe’s temperate climate
• The Gulf Stream brings warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean to Europe’s coastal region and warms the winds that blow across the continent.
A video explaining the Gulf Stream
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NthIpxsxvjI
So…in January, Amsterdam in the Netherlands looks like this…
• …with 33.4 degrees F.
While Saskatoon in Canada, at the same latitude, looks like this…
• …at -5.3 degrees F.
Next, the Human Geography of Europe.
• How has Europe’s Geography shaped its history?
Early humans…
• …likely migrated through the Caucasus Mountains of Southwest Asia and across the Bosporus Strait from what is now Turkey into Greece.
The ancient Greeks…
• …provided much of the cultural and political foundations for modern European society.
The ancient Greeks.
• Greek ideals of democracy, humanism, and rationalism reemerged in Europe during the Age of Enlightenment.
What was their greatest contribution?
• Watch the video and decide for yourself. What was the greatest contribution of the ancient Greeks?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bDrYTXQLu8
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