1. Europe SS6G8 The student will locate selected features of Europe.
SS6G8 The student will locate selected features of Europe.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the countries of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom

2. Belgium Belgium is located in Western Europe
Bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea.
Terrain is generally flat and becomes more hilly and forested in the southeast region.
Climate is cool, temperate, and rainy
Belgium is one of Europe's true melting pots with Celtic, Roman, Germanic, French, Dutch, Spanish, and Austrian cultures.
Languages: Dutch, German, French

3. France Largest country in Western Europe
Largest country in Western Europe
Borders Germany & Belgium in the north, Atlantic Ocean in the west, and Pyrenees Mtns. And Spain in the south, Med. Sea in the SE, and the Alps, Switzerland, and Italy in the east
Europe’s tallest mountain (Mont Blanc – 15,781 ft.) in French Alps
One of the oldest nations on Earth
Famous for cuisine (food), art, music, fashion, politics, film, and literature

4. Germany
Germany’s (Deutschland’s) location at the heart of Europe has helped shape its history (for both the good & bad)
Borders 9 neighbors…more than any other European country
Its largest wooded area, (the Black Forest,) is in the southwest near the Swiss border
The Black Forest is the source of the Danube River
Famous for WWII history, classical music (Beethoven, Bach, Brahms)
Has been called the “Land of Poets and Thinkers”

5. Italy
Boot-shaped peninsula that sticks out into the Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The Alps cut across the northern end of the country
Italian art, architecture, and culture…huge influence around the world
Famous painters: Leonard da Vinci and Michelangelo
Italy is the heart of the Catholic Church…Vatican City (a city-state) is surrounded by Rome, Italy.

6. Poland Located at the heart of the continent
Currently has 7 neighbors, but over the centuries, its borders have changed many times
Because of wars and pollution, many of Poland’s wild animals have decreased in population…the current government is trying to reverse the damage

7. Russia Largest country in the WORLD!!
Spans 11 time zones across 2 continents (Europe & Asia)
Famous for Siberian Tiger (largest cat in the world…up to 10 ft. long and weigh up to 600 lbs.), writers (Leo Tolstoy), & ballet dancers (Rudolf Nureyev & Mikhail Baryshnikov)

8. Spain
Occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula
Famous for their love of life, regional dances and music, and soccer
Pyrenees Mountains form the border between France and Spain

9. Ukraine
Ukraine suffered from radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear accident which occurred in Ukraine (USSR) in 1986.
Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union in August 1991.
Some of the oldest known dwellings in the world are found in Mezhirich, Ukraine (found in 1965)…these homes are made from mammoth bones!

10. United Kingdom
United Kingdom (also called the U.K.) consists of four nations…England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
England, Scotland, and Wales make up Great Britain.
Famous for literature (William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, and J.K. Rowling) and sports (soccer, rugby, cricket, boxing, and golf were all invented in Britain).