1. EUROPE

2. Europe is the 2nd largest continent in the world BOUNDARIES
WEST – ATLANTIC OCEAN
SOUTH – MEDITERRANEAN SEA
NORTH – ARCTIC OCEAN
EAST – URAL MOUNTAINS AND
CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS

3. GEOGRAPHY 1. ALPS 2. PYRENEES 3. CAUCASUS 4. URALS IRREGULAR COASTLINE
HUNDREDS OF HARBORS/INLETS
TRADE & TRANSPORTATION

4. RIVERS & SEAS 1. DANUBE 2. RHINE 3. VOLGA SOUTH - MEDITERRANEAN
NORTH - NORTH
NORTH - BALTIC
EAST - BLACK

5. Two main parts of Europe: Eastern & Western WESTERN EUROPE:
West reached out to rest of the world for:
TRADE & CONQUEST
This exchange of ideas with people of the world: CULTURAL DIFFUSION

6. NORTHWESTERN EUROPE 1. BELGIUM 2.FRANCE 3. IRELAND 4. NETHERLANDS
5. UNITED KINGDOM
6. LUXEMBOURG

10. SOUTHERN EUROPE
1. SPAIN
2. ITALY
3. PORTUGAL
4. GREECE

12. MIDDLE EUROPE
1. GERMANY
2. AUSTRIA
3. SWITZERLAND
4. LIECHTENSTEIN

14. SCANDINAVIA 1. NORWAY 2. SWEDEN 3. FINLAND 4. DENMARK 5. GREENLAND
6. ICELAND

16. WESTERN EUROPE INDUSTRIALIZED HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING
MODERN HEALTH CARE
LESS OF A PROBLEM:
OVERPOPULATION & OVERCROWDING

17. EASTERN EUROPE No “Official” Eastern & Western Europe
Eastern Europe – countries had been ruled by:
COMMUNISM
“IRON CURTAIN” separated West & East
Soviet Union dominated Eastern Europe during the COLD WAR (after WORLD WAR II)

19. EASTERN EUROPE 1. BELARUS 2. BULGARIA 3. HUNGARY 4. POLAND 5. RUSSIA
6. UKRAINE
7. ROMANIA
8. SLOVAKIA
9. CZECH REPUBLIC

21. “OTHER”EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
LATVIA, LITHUANIA, ESTONIA MOLDOVA, BOSNIA, SERBIA, MACEDONIA, CROATIA, SLOVENIA, MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA, GEORGIA,AZERBAIJAN