Let’s Get Ready to LOCATE Some Countries & Physical Features Europe Map Let’s Get Ready to LOCATE Some Countries & Physical Features S. Thomas – 6th grade SS

The Standard SS6G8 – Locate on a world and regional political – physical map the major physical features/countries of Europe a. Locate on a regional political- physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, Iberian Peninsula, and Scandinavian Peninsula. b. Locate on a regional political-physical map the countries of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.

The “Essentials” What are the major physical features of Europe and where are they located? What are the major countries of Europe and where are they located?

Can you name this country? France - A 1

Can you name this country? Germany - B 2

Can you name this country? Italy - C 3

Can you name this country? Spain - D 5

Can you name this country? United Kingdom - E 8

Can you name this country? Ukraine - F 9

Let’s Not Forget!!! Let’s Not Forget These Countries G – Poland H – Russia I - Belgium

Can you name this river? The Rhine River in Germany. 1 15

Can you name this river? The Danube River in Central Europe. 2 17

Can you identify this sea? The Mediterranean Sea 3 The largest inland sea in the world. It takes 100 years for the water in this sea to circulate. 3 21

Can you identify this infrastructure? English Channel 4 A train tunnel that runs under the English Channel It connects London, England to Paris, France. London 4 Paris 28

Can you identify this Mountain Range? Alps 5 40

Can you identify this Mountain Range? Pyrenees 6 41

Can you identify this Peninsula? Iberian Peninsula 7 43

Can you identify this Peninsula? Scandinavian Peninsula 8 44

Let’s Not Forget!! Let’s not forget these physical features 9 – Ural Mountains 10 – European Plain

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