Each slide has a series of challenges meant to help you better understand the Europe and how it compares to the United States. EUROPE The teacher website provides most of the information needed to answer each of these challenges. Good luck!

FAMILIAR CHALLENGE: Explain how land in the U.S. is divided compared to how land in Europe is divided. NOT FAMILIAR 3.8 Million Square Miles 1.9 Million Square Miles U.S. 319 million EUROPE 520 million CHALLENGE: Resize both images above to show a size comparison between both based on square miles. CHALLENGE: Resize both objects above to show how one population compares to the other.

CHALLENGE: How would the following religious symbols be distributed on the map below? (You will have to find out what symbol goes with what religion?) C C C EO EO P P P

How would you classify Europe as a land mass How would you classify Europe as a land mass? (continent, region, province, country, nation, state) Which large country is in both Europe AND in Asia? LANGUAGE: Look at the language map. Write a caption for the map that summarizes the information on it. CLIMATE: What makes Europe’s climate relatively mild? GOVERNMENT: What kind of government do most European countries have? ANALOGY: Rural is to Iowa as is to Europe. ANALOGY: Minnesota is to the Midwest as is to Scandinavia.

Mediterranean (dry vegetation, warm) NEW CLIMATE Mediterranean (dry vegetation, warm)

Using the two resource maps provided on this slide, update the map on the next slide using the legend on that slide. (HINT: You will need to generalize a little bit like you did with the previous slide.)

(It is OK to resize icons as needed.) ECONOMY: Distribute the natural resources and agricultural products given the content provided on the teacher website and on the previous slide. (It is OK to resize icons as needed.) Uranium (Nuclear Power) Natural Gas

HISTORY: What was the big difference between countries in East Europe and West Europe after WWII? ECONOMY: What are main agricultural products produced in the region? ECONOMY: What are main natural resources produced in the region? CLIMATE: What changes occur in the region’s climate as one moves further north of the Mediterranean Sea? How many different countries make up Europe? (Roughly?)

EARBUDS NEEDED: Watch the video by clicking on the button provided EARBUDS NEEDED: Watch the video by clicking on the button provided. When done, answer the questions on this slide. How is the famous Naples dish different than America’s version? EARBUDS NEEDED: Watch the video by clicking on the button provided. When done, answer the questions on this slide. Drag and label these three areas correctly. England Great Britain United Kingdom Clip I watched was called: #1: #2: EARBUDS NEEDED: Go to Ms. Wente’s website by clicking on the link button provided. Choose one video to watch on this page. In the yellow box, write at least 2 facts you learned from the video.

How will these immigrants help the cultural diversity of Europe? ISSUE: How is it problematic that immigrants from the Middle East and Africa are moving to Europe? How will these immigrants help the cultural diversity of Europe? VOCABULARY PUZZLE: Make sense of the “vocabulary chaos” by arranging the parts in a logical way. (You might need to “cut and paste” in order to rearrange things. ) Poland SCANDINAVIA France Fishing Used to be communist Colder winters, hotter summers EASTERN EUROPE WESTERN EUROPE Protestant Christians Warmest climate Most Muslims Coldest climate Largest economy BRITISH ISLES EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN UNION Great Britain Euro