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The Geography & Peoples of Europe
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Europe’s Latitude v. US
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Satellite View of Europe
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3,800 square miles
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R E G I O N S
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Continents by Size (sq. km.)
Asia 44,579,000 Africa 30,065,000 North America 24,256,000 South America 17,819,000 Antarctica 13,209,000 Europe 9,938,000 Oceania (incl. Australia) 7,687,000
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Topography
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Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas?
OR A Peninsula of Asia?
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Europe: An Asian Peninsula?
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Scandinavian Peninsula
Northern Peninsulas Scandinavian Peninsula Jutland Peninsula
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Southern Peninsulas Crimean Peninsula Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula Balkan Peninsula AnatoleanPeninsula
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P e n i n s u l a s Scandinavian Pen. Jutland Pen. Crimean Pen.
Italian Pen. Balkan Pen. Iberian Pen. Anatolean Pen. Peloponnesian Pen.
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What’s the answer ??
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B o d i e s of W a t e r Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean North Sea
Baltic Sea English Channel Caspian Sea Bay of Biscay Black Sea Dardanelles Strait Adriatic Sea Tyrrhenian Sea AegeanSea Strait of Gibraltar Mediterranean Sea
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The Mediterranean Sea: Mare Nostrum
Strait of Gibraltar & the “Pillars of Hercules” 2,400 miles long & 1,000 miles wide “Crossroads of 3 Continents” Caesarea on the Israeli coast
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R i v e r s Volga R. Don R. Thames R. Vistula R. Elbe R. Rhine R.
Oder R. Dnieper R. Seine R. Loire R. Danube R. Po R. Tagus R. Tiber R. Ebro R.
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The Danube River 1770 miles
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Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers??
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Capitals on the Rivers (1)
London on the Thames Paris, right bank of the Seine Prague on the Vltava Budapest on the Danube
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Capitals on the Rivers (2)
Moscow on the Moscow River Berlin on the Spree Rome on the Tiber Vienna on the Danube
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What’s the answer ??
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They are Europe’s lifeline!
Answer: They are Europe’s lifeline!
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M o u t a i n s & P e a k s Ural Mts. Carpathian Mts. Caucasus Mts.
Alps Mts. Pyrennes Mts. Dinaric Alps Apennines Mts. Mt. Vesuvius ^ Mt. Olympus ^ Mt. Etna ^
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Elevation Urals Caucasus Pyrennes Carpathians Alps Apennines
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The Alps Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France.
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Mt. Blanc in the Alps Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feet
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The Caucasus Mountains
The origin of the word Caucasian.
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Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains
Home of Vlad Tepeš, the Drakul (“Count Dracula”)
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Northern European Plain
Siberian Lowlands P l a i n s Northern European Plain Steppes
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The BENELUX Countries Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg
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Holland’s Dikes
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Amsterdam’s Canals
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P l a t e a u s Meseta
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Northern European Plain
Arctic Ocean C o m p l e t e d M a p Siberian Lowlands Ural Mts. Scandinavian Pen. Atlantic Ocean Jutland Pen. Volga R. North Sea Baltic Sea Don R. Northern European Plain Thames R. Elbe R. Vistula R. English Channel Rhine R. Oder R. Steppes Dnieper R. Seine R. Carpathian Mts. Caspian Sea Loire R. Caucasus Mts. Bay of Biscay Alps Mts. Crimean Pen. Danube R. Po R. Pyrennes Mts. Italian Pen. Dinaric Alps Balkan Pen. Black Sea Tagus R. Dardanelles Strait Tiber R. Apennines Mts. Iberian Pen. Adriatic Sea Mt. Vesuvius ^ Ebro R. Anatolean Pen. Tyrrhenian Sea Mt. Olympus ^ AegeanSea Strait of Gibraltar Mt. Etna ^ Peloponnesian Pen.
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10,000 BCE – Ice Age
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Norwegian Fjords Glaciers cut deep valleys in the ocean during the Ice Age.
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Earthquake Zones
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Reykjavik, Iceland: “The Youngest Oldest Country”
Volcanoes Hot Springs Geysers Eyafjallajokull
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Mt. Etna, Sicily An active volcano
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Mt. Vesuvius, Italy Pompeii, CE Herculaneum, 79 CE 1944 eruption
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Climate
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Europe’s Latitude v. US
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Climate
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Average Annual Precipitation
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Vegetation
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Europe’s Natural Regions
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The North European Plain
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The Northern European Plain --> An Invasion Route into Asia (& Vice Versa?)
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L a n d U s e
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Agricultural Activity
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Natural Resources
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R E S O U R C E S
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Major Industrial Resources
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Oil Export Routes in the Caucasus Area
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Geographic Problems
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Major Environmental Disasters & Pollution Problems
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Acid Rain
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Demographics
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World Population by Continents
Asia 3,737,000,000 Africa 823,000,000 Europe 729,000,000 North America 486,000,000 South America 351,000,000 Oceania (incl. Australia) 31,000,000 Antarctica no permanent population
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Population Density [People Per Square Mile]
Belgium 336.82 Mexico 52.15 Japan 336.72 United States 29.77 India 336.62 World 14.42 United Kingdom 244.69 Norway Italy 192.96 Canada 3.36 France 108.09 Russia 8.61
![Population Density [People Per Square Mile]](http://slideplayer.com./slide/17224383/99/images/65/Population+Density+%5BPeople+Per+Square+Mile%5D.jpg "Belgium Mexico Japan United States India World United Kingdom Norway. Italy Canada France Russia")
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Population Distribution
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Population Growth
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Members of the Indo-European Language Family
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Major Religious Groups in Europe
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Arrivederci! Good Bye! Au Revoir! Adios! Cairete! Auf Wiedersehen! Do Svidaniya!
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