1. Human Environment Interaction in Europe
Coach Reed

2. Essential Questions
How have European industrialization and technological innovations impacted the human and physical environment?
How has Europe’s physical geography affected its development?
You will answer one of these questions on a sheet of paper at the end of this lesson for points, please be prepared!

3. The North Atlantic Drift
The N. Atlantic Drift is a current of warm water from the tropics. It flows near Europe’s west coast.
It has two effects:
The westerlies (wind flowing west to east) pick up warmth and carry it over Europe
The westerlies also carry moisture.

5. Human Environment Interaction
How have Europeans affected their environment? In today’s lesson we will learn both the positive and negative ways Europeans have interacted with their environment

6. Human Environment Interaction
The Dutch (people of the Netherlands) reclaim land from the sea. Polders are lands that are reclaimed by diking and draining.
Please turn to page 282 and look at the graph
Can you summarize the process of making a polder

7. Venice, Italy
People settled in a lagoon (shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs)
Builders sunk wood into the ground to support structures. They needed so much wood they cut down oak forests in Slovenia and Italy.
Today, Venice is sinking due to rising sea levels, pumping too much groundwater, and the weight of the buildings.

8. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Venice of the North
Amsterdam’s canals are the result of city planning
Amsterdam is two meters below sea level
They served three purposes:
Defense
Water management
Transportation

9. Maeslant Barrier Storm surge barrier in The Netherlands
One of the largest moving structures in the world
Protects the city/port of Rotterdam from flooding and storm damage

10. Deforestation Wood has many uses- houses, ships, fuel source
Industry in 1700s and1800s required wood to make charcoal for furnaces.
Huge areas of native forest have now been lost.

11. The Chunnel
The Channel Tunnel connects the British Isles with mainland Europe
A link had been proposed since 1800s
Over 18 million people used the service last year
Faster than ferry system and more convenient that air

12. Netherlands Cause: The Dutch needed more space for themselves
Effect: They build polders, their land mass has gotten bigger, much of their land is below sea level.

13. Writing Assignment
We have learned several ways Europeans interact with their environment. On a separate sheet of paper, please tell me how European industrialization and technological innovations impact the human and physical environment?