Europe Current News Current News Finish Arab-Israeli Conflict Finish Arab-Israeli Conflict Europe: Setting the Boundaries Europe: Setting the Boundaries Landforms and Climate Landforms and Climate Environmental Issues Environmental Issues For Next Class: Read Chapter 8 (pp ) Reminder: Response Paper Due on Friday! Reminder: Exam III on April 7th!

In-Class Writing Exercise Write for 5 minutes on BOTH of the following: Write for 5 minutes on BOTH of the following: If you were Israeli, how might you feel about the two-state solution and the current issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?If you were Israeli, how might you feel about the two-state solution and the current issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? If you were Palestinian, how might you feel about the two-state solution and the current issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?If you were Palestinian, how might you feel about the two-state solution and the current issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Palestinian Perspective: Israeli Occupation “The roots of the conflict go back to the birth of Israel in 1948, but the major Palestinian grievances arise from the 1967 war when Israel occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.” (The Guardian, London) “The roots of the conflict go back to the birth of Israel in 1948, but the major Palestinian grievances arise from the 1967 war when Israel occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.” (The Guardian, London)

Israeli Perspective: Palestinian Terrorist Attacks, Growth of Hamas, and Iranian Threat

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, and Wyckoff 5 Europe Figure 8.1 Arctic Norway Figure 8.0

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 6 Europe Figure 8.1 Figure 8.0 Wroclaw, Poland

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 7 Relative Size and Location Figure 8.3

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 8 Landform Regions European Lowlands (Fig 8.4) Alpine Mountain System Central Uplands Western Highlands Figure 8.4 Fjord in Norway Figure 8.5

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 9 Climate Figure 8.6 Although along the same line of latitude as northern Canada, Europe has much milder climates. 1.What accounts for this difference? 2.What are the dominant influences on European climates?

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 10 Environmental Issues – Overview Pollution crosses boundaries Intergovernmental cooperation EU management of environmental problems Figure 8.8

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 11 Environmental Issues (cont’d) Figure 8.9 Acid Rain: Bohemia, Czech Republic Toxic landscape: Romania Figure 8.10

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 12 Environmental Issues (cont’d) Figure Landscape restoration: England Windfarm: Denmark Figure 8.12