1. Location, Climate, and Natural Resources of __________and ___________
Unit 2 Notes

2. ____________ Location
Long, boot-shaped peninsula surrounded on ________sides by the ____________________________ Sea
____________form the northern border
Apennine Mountains run from the Alps to the sea
_________ islands, Sardinia & Sicily, are part of the country

4. Italy’s ____________
___________(mild) climate with regional differences
___________________areas have mild winters and warm, dry summers
___________________have cold, wet, and snowy winters and humid summers

5. Italy’s Natural _____________
Has ___________mineral resources: natural gas, marble, granite, coal, mercury, zinc, and potash
__________________land is important (26% fertile land)
small farms cover much of the country
Grapes & olives are important crops
There are more than __________ ________________for fishing boats

6. Where_______________Live
_______________: 58,000,000
Land Area: 301,340 sq km
7 out of 10 Italians live in _____________________ areas (Rome, Naples, Milan, & Turin)
About half of the people live in the most ______________1/3rd of the country!

7. ____________________
______________________ Mountains are like a backbone across Italy
They affect where people live & how they transport people and goods
Location on the ________________Sea affects trade with other countries
Has a long history of _________________ goods to countries in Africa, Europe, & Asia

8. _________________ Location
In north-central Europe on ____________________________Plain
Southern region = mountainous; central region = hilly and mountainous; northern region = flat plains
Contains the most important commercial waterway in Europe (_______________________________)

9. Germany’s ______________
Most of Germany has a marine climate
In the west: winters are mild, summers are cool, with rainfall year round
______________________warms the region, making the land warmer in the winter and cooling it off in the summer
In the east: winters are very cold, summers are very hot with long dry periods

10. Germany’s Natural _________
Has________________natural resources: iron ore, coal, potash, uranium, nickel, natural gas, & copper
_______________ is also a resource, but much of the forests in the north have been cut down for farms & towns
About 1/3rd of the land is ____________

11. Where ______________Live
______________________: 82,000,000
Land Area: 357,022 sq km
Germany is one of the __________________________densely ________________countries in Europe
85% of the population lives in________________areas (cities)
Berlin is the largest city & the __________

12. ________________
____________________________is very important for trade
Many German cities lie along the ________________________________
Location gives those cities an excellent way to transport goods & people