2. Bellwork: January 3 rd Objective: Label and memorize major landforms and countries of Europe What are these and in what country are located? 1.2. 3. 4.5.

3. Textbook page 273 Look at the image and read the captions titled “The Alps” and “Northern European Plain.” Which place probably has more people living there? Why?

4. Europe Intro  Page 275 – Compare the size of US to Europe…think about the size of European countries compared to our states.  Page 276 – What is the smallest country you see?  Page 278 – Compare the populations of the Northern European Plain (northern Germany especially) to the United States (page 110)  Page 283 – Compare the world’s highest GDPs and highest population densities

5. Countries and major landforms of Europe Textbook page R53

6. On the back of your map…

7. Western European Countries 1.Portugal - blue 2.Spain - yellow 3.France - purple 4.Ireland - green 5.United Kingdom – (*United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) - red 6.Iceland - yellow 7.Norway - green 8. Sweden - yellow 9. Finland – blue 10. Belgium - yellow 11. Netherlands - green 12. Denmark - purple 13. Germany - orange 14. Switzerland - white 15.Italy - red 16. Austria - green

8. Major European Landforms (and a latitude and longitude line) A.Thames River A. (Pronounced like Temz River) B.Seine River A. (Pronounced: Sen River. Rhymes with ten) C.Rhine River D.Danube River E.North Sea F.Baltic Sea G.Mediterranean Sea H.Adriatic Sea I.Black Sea A. (“Dan Black”) J. Volga River K. Caspian Sea “Volga meets Prince Caspian” L. Alps Mountains M. Ural Mountains **Divide Europe from Asia N. Prime Meridian O. Atlantic Ocean P. Arctic Circle Q. Strait of Gibraltar R. Aegean Sea

9. Eastern European Countries 17. Czech Republic - red 18. Poland - blue 19. Slovakia - orange 20. Hungary - yellow 21. Slovenia - purple 22. Croatia - orange 23. Bosnia Herzegovina - blue 24. Montenegro - yellow 25. Serbia - red 26. Kosovo *not in textbook - orange 27. Albania - green 28. Macedonia - orange 29. Greece - purple 30. Bulgaria - yellow 31. Romania - green 32. Moldova - purple 33. Ukraine - red 34. Belarus - yellow 35. Lithuania - purple 36. Latvia - green 37. Estonia - red 38. Russia - orange