Europe

 Climate  Culture  Famous Cities  Landforms  History

Climates  Portugal’s climate,maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south.  Germany’s climate temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain wind.  Italy’s climate Predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south.

Culture of Norway  Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% Literacy  Religions: Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004) Religions  Population: 4,660,539 (July 2009 est.) Population

Culture of Belgium  Birth rate: births/1,000 population (2009 est.) Birth rate  Death rate: deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.) Death rate  Education expenditures: 6% of GDP (2004) Education expenditures

Famous Cities of France  Paris The French capital, the Romans called her Lutetia. Paris  Avignon A city full of history, temporary the residence of the Pope ( ). Avignon  Camembert The village in the Orne département of Normandy where the famous French cheese is originated from. Camembert

Landforms in France  The Northern France Planis include the capital city of Paris  The Northeastern Plateaus include the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.  The Brittany Normandy Hills lie in northwestern France across the eroded remains of ancient rock.

Landforms in Poland  Polish landforms developed on a geological foundation of three major structural units of continental Europe:  (1) the Pre-Cambrian shield  (2) the Hercinides  (3) the Alpinides.

Landforms in Germany  The Bavarian Alps, the highest mountains in Germany stretch across its southern border with Austria.Bavarian Alps,  The Danube, which rises in the Black Forest to then stretch across central Europe all the way to the Black Sea.Danube,  Rugen, Germany's largest island, is forested and rather hilly with steep cliffs and sandy beaches.Rugen, Germany's largest island,

Germany’s History  Henry the Fowler became the first king of Germany in 919. Henry the Fowler  The Nazis imposed a totalitarian regime and followed an expansionist foreign policy that led to World War II. totalitarian World War II  In 1990, East Germany was reunited with West Germany.reunited with West Germany

Ireland History  The history of Ireland began with the first known settlement in Ireland around 8000 BC.Ireland  What little is known of pre- Christian Ireland comes from a few references in Roman writings. Christian Roman  The Bronze Age properly began once copper was alloyed with tin to produce true bronze artifacts.Bronze Agecopper alloyedtin Early Bronze Age

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