Question of the Day 11/12 Europe is home to the largest country in the world and the smallest. What are they?

Question of the Day 11/12

• Europe is home to the largest country in the world and the smallest. What are they?

• Vatican City = .44 sq. km

• Russia = 6,602,000 sq miles

Geography of Europe

Cy Woods HS

Venn Diagram

• Draw the diagram below into your notes.

U.S. Europe

Physical Geography

• Europe has always benefited from a wealth of good geography.

Europe has always benefited from the wealth of “geography.”

The ice sheets of the last ice age carved out large natural harbors and a jagged coastline.

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Europe has a number of large rivers that allow transportation deep into the region.

Most of the people of Europe live less than 150 miles from the coast.

Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers??

Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers??

Capitals on the Rivers Capitals on the Rivers

Paris, right bank of the SeineParis, right bank of the SeineLondon on the ThamesLondon on the Thames

Prague on the VltavaPrague on the Vltava Budapest on the DanubeBudapest on the Danube

Capitals on the Rivers Capitals on the Rivers

Berlin on the SpreeBerlin on the SpreeMoscow on the Moscow RiverMoscow on the Moscow River

Rome on the TiberRome on the Tiber Vienna on the DanubeVienna on the Danube

The Mediterranean Sea: Mare NostrumThe Mediterranean Sea: Mare Nostrum

2,400 miles long & 1,000 miles wide“Crossroads of 3 Continents”

Strait of Gibraltar & the “Pillars of Hercules”

Mediterranean Sea

Black Sea

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Major Seas in Europe

Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas?

Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas?

OROR

A Peninsula of Asia?A Peninsula of Asia?

Europe: An Asian Peninsula?Europe: An Asian Peninsula?

(Map activity)

Iberian ItalianBalkan

Scandinavian

4 MAJOR PENINSULAS OF EUROPE

Europe is the “Continent of Peninsulas”

Europe’s Latitude v. USEurope’s Latitude v. US

Question

• Why is Europe’s climate more mild than what you would expect at that latitude?

• A. elevation• B. its volcanic activity• C. North Atlantic Drift

ClimateClimate

FRANCE

ITALY

#10The Northern European Plain

Fertile soils make it a VERYproductive agricultural region.

Negative: Because the plain is so flat, it has allowed invaders & armies to use it as their route to enter Europe.

Agricultural ActivityAgricultural Activity

**How do mountains affect life in Europe?

Mountains in Europe (or in any part of the world) can

affect the movement of people, goods, and ideas.

ElevationElevation

AlpsCarpathians

Caucasus

Urals

Pyrennes

Apennines

The AlpsThe Alps

Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France.

The Caucasus MountainsThe Caucasus Mountains

The origin of the word Caucasian.

Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide”Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide”

Divides the European and Asian sections of Russia.

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RESOURCES

RESOURCES

Petroleum/Oil

Most of Europe’s oil

resources are found in the North Sea

Population

• Europe = 711 million

• U.S. = 316 million

Population Density[People Per Square Mile]Population Density[People Per Square Mile]

Belgium 336.82 Mexico 52.15

Japan 336.72United States 29.77

India 336.62 World 14.42

United Kingdom 244.69 Norway 14.42

Italy 192.96 Canada 3.36

France 108.09 Russia 8.61

Which population pyramid represents a European country?

1 2

MajorReligiousGroupsinEurope

MajorReligiousGroupsinEurope

Ethnic Groups

Nation-state

• A country inhabited predominately by a group of people who share a culture (ethnicity).

What physical feature contributed most to Europe’s ethnic differences?

• A. peninsulas• B. plains• C. mountains