1. What is Europe?

2. What is Europe?
Definition: A continent of the eastern hemisphere between Asia and the Atlantic Ocean
Area: 3,997,929 square miles
Population: 731,000,000
Europe is the second smallest continent by geographic size BUT it has the third largest population of the seven continents
Europe is one fifth of the Eurasian landmass
The name Europe is derived from the name Europa, which is the name of a goddess in Greek mythology

3. More Facts
Spans 2 continents, with Ural Mountains as dividing line at 60 degrees east of Prime Meridian
Largest country=Russia
Largest city=London
Major languages= German, French, English, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Russian, Romanian and Dutch
Europe has 47 countries, with 28 of them as members of the European Union

4. The USA is 2.5x the size of The European Union

5. More American-Euro Comparisons
France is about the size of Texas(211,000 square miles vs. 269,000 square miles)
Italy is about the size of California (164,000 square miles)
Austria (32,000 square miles) has almost exactly the same area as Maine
Germany is nearly the size of Montana comes closest at about 147,000 sq miles. In terms of population, no US state comes close to Germany's 80 million inhabitants, but California is closest with almost 39 million.

6. European Geography