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Dec 27, 2015
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European Regions
Western Europe
The British Isles
Nordic Europe
Mediterranean Europe
Eastern Europe
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British Isles Two Islands:
•Britain
•Ireland
Two Nations:
•United Kingdom
•Ireland
United Kingdom:
•England
•Scotland
•Wales
•Northern Ireland
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Climate
Marine West Coast:
Humid, moist Climate that is moderated by warm ocean currents
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Historical Geography
• Pagan tribes were settled in the British Isles prior to the Roman arrival in the 1st century BCE. Romans remained for about 5 centuries (remnants include Hadrians Wall).
•Angles and Saxons settled as the Romans departed, followed by Nordic tribes (Vikings) in the 9th century, who plundered the Christian churches in the area.
•England gets its name from the Angles or Engles, which were Germanic tribes from the Mainland.
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Ireland was less affected by the Anglo-Saxons and Nordic tribesIreland retained its Gaelic heritage.Most Irish were converted to Roman Catholicism in the 5th and 6th centuries (recall St. Patrick)
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British Empire
Grew in strength throughout the Middle AgesWorld Conquests: to the Americas, Africa, South Asia (India), SE Asia, Australia, South Pacific. The British built a presence in every part of the world. Empire declined during the 20th century
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Modern Germany
• Suffered greatly after the World Wars from political and cultural conflicts.
• Germany is known for its scholarship and hard work ethic.
• Welcomes immigrants from all nationalities- it is now an open, liberal society.
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Switzerland and Austria
German influenced, although Switzerland is also influenced by Italy and France.Alps- In Western Austria and all of Switzerland.
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Physical Geography of Scandinavia
• Ice Age glaciers melted here leaving thousands of lakes.
• Other glaciers carved out fjords along the coastline.
• Jutland, the peninsula on which mainland Denmark lies, is mostly flat.
• The Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe is mountainous.
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MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE
•Consists of the Iberian, Italian and Balkan Peninsula
•Many islands are associated with this Region.
•The Climate is….Mediterranean!
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MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE
SIX COUNTRIESA DISCONTINUOUS REGIONON THE PERIPHERYCULTURAL CONTINUITY DATES FROM GRECO-ROMAN TIMESMEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE
HOT - DRY SUMMERSWARM/COOL - MOIST WINTERS
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Iberian Peninsula
Most of the peninsula is a plateau, but the Pyrenees Mountains form a barrier between it and the rest of Europe.
Southwestern Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, home to Spain and Portugal, separates the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic
Ocean.
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ITALYMOST POPULATED OF MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIESBEST CONNECTED TO THE EUROPEAN COREMOST ECONOMICALLY ADVANCEDDISPLAYS A SHARP NORTH/SOUTH CONTRAST
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EASTERN EUROPE
Europe’s poorest regionInfluenced by RussiaMany areas have had political and economic instability during the last 2 decades.
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UNDERLYING FORCES CENTRIFUGAL FORCES
REFER TO FORCES THAT TEND TO DIVIDE A COUNTRY
Religious, linguistic, ethnic, or ideological differences
CENTRIPETAL FORCESFORCES THAT UNITE AND BIND A COUNTRY TOGETHER
A strong national culture, shared ideological objectives, and a common faith
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SUBREGIONS OF
EASTERN EUROPECOUNTRIES ON THE BALTIC SEATHE LANDLOCKED CORECOUNTRIES ON THE ADRIATIC SEACOUNTRIES ON THE BLACK SEA
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COUNTRIES ON THE BALTIC SEAPOLAND
A CLASSIC NATION-STATETRADITIONALLY A FARMING COUNTRY
LITHUANIALATVIAESTONIABELARUS: Still strongly influenced by Russia
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THE LANDLOCKED CORE
CZECH REPUBLICThe region’s most westernized
SLOVAKIALess developed, more rural than Czech Republic
HUNGARY
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COUNTRIES FACING THE BLACK SEA
BULGARIA: Freed from Russia in 1878.
ROMANIA: Formerly Roman
MOLDOVA: Agrarian
UKRAINE: Agrarian; largest and most populated of these countries