Europe lecture-slides

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Cen

trality

Subregions of the European Region

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Size andNortherlyLocation of Europe

Globalization &

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Danube River

Rhine River

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Hub of Radial Stream Pattern

The red arrows show the North Atlantic Drift

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Environmental Issues - Overview

How does the pattern of acid rain damage correspond with Figure 8.35?

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Environmental Issues (cont’d)

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Landform Regions

European Lowlands

Alpine Mountain System

Central Uplands

Western Highlands

Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff

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Climate

Figure 8.10

Although along the same line of latitude as northern Canada, Europe has much milder climates. What accounts for this difference?

Maritime Europe

Strong connection to seas

Landlocked countries have access

CanalsNavigable rivers

Land ReclamationDutch coast: Polders

Figure 8.12

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PhysicalGeographyof Europe

Globalization &

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Europe’sClimateMap

Population

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Migration

How could the Schengen Agreement influence migrationto Europe and within Europe?

Globalization &

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Religions

of

Europe

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Influences on European Culture After the Fall of the Western Roman Empire

Linguistic Diversity

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Geopolitical

Issues

in

Europe

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Geopolitical Framework

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Geopolitical Change

Europe—East and West

Iron Curtain

Cold War

Buffer Zone

Europe—The Balkans

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Industrial Revolution and Beyond

The EU and Economic Integration

Legacies of a Command Economy

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Regional Industrial Contrasts

Primary Industrial Core Area

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The European Union

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Kosovo