1. Europe Current News Finish Arab-Israeli Conflict
Europe: Setting the Boundaries
Landforms and Climate
Environmental Issues
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Reminder: Response Paper Due on Wednesday!
Reminder: Exam III on April 7th!

2. In-Class Writing Exercise
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 Palestinian, how might you feel about the two-state solution and the current issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

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

4. Figure 8.1
Europe
Wroclaw, Poland
Figure 8.0

5. Relative Size and Location
Figure 8.3

6. Landform Regions European Lowlands (Fig 8.4) Alpine Mountain System
Central Uplands
Western Highlands
Figure 8.4
Figure 8.5
Fjord in Norway

7. Climate
Although along the same line of latitude as northern Canada, Europe has much milder climates.
What accounts for this difference?
What are the dominant influences on European climates?
Figure 8.6

8. Environmental Issues – Overview
Pollution crosses boundaries
Intergovernmental cooperation
EU management of environmental problems
Figure 8.8

9. Environmental Issues (cont’d)
Acid Rain:
Bohemia, Czech Republic
Figure 8.9
Toxic landscape: Romania
Figure 8.10

10. Environmental Issues (cont’d)
Landscape restoration:
England
Windfarm: Denmark
Figure 8.1.1
Figure 8.12