1. Opener: 10/13 - #3 COPY and answer the following: If you had the chance to visit Europe, where would go and what would you want to see and do? 3-5 Complete Sentences

2. Europe Physical Features

3. Peninsula of Peninsulas Europe is known as the peninsula of peninsulas! Peninsula: body of land surrounded by water on three sides

4. Ural Mountains Mountain range running through central Russia. Physical features that separates Europe & Asia

5. Major Mountains Alps Pyrenees, Balkans, Carpathians World renown for skiing & other winter sports Mount Blanc is the highest peak in the Alps

6. Rhine Begins in the Swiss Alps and runs north through Germany and empties into the North Sea. Most economically valuable river in Western Europe

7. Danube Begins in Southern Germany’s Black forest, flows east and empties into the Black Sea Europe’s second longest river.

8. Thames Thames – (pronounced Timz) – runs east through southern England, through the heart of London, and empties into the North Sea

9. Rhone The Rhone begins in the Swiss Alps, runs through southern France and empties in the Mediterranean Sea.

10. Volga River Runs through western Russia. Runs south and empties into the Caspian Sea. Longest river in Europe.

11. Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean waters are vital to the economies of 20 European countries, supporting tourism and other industries

12. North Sea The North Sea is North of mainland Europe, east of Great Britain, and west of Scandinavia.

13. Scandinavian Peninsula Made up of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland

14. Fjords Norway is made up of thousands of fjords. A Fjord is a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.

15. Iberian Peninsula Made up of Spain and Portugal. Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

16. Italian Peninsula Made up of Italy Known as the “boot” of Europe

17. Balkan Peninsula Located in Southeast Europe. Surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea.

18. Jutland Peninsula in northern Europe shared by Germany and Denmark.

19. Review 1.What is the longest river in Europe? Volga 2.What river runs through southern France? Rhone 3.What river runs through London, England? Thames 4.What mountain range lies between France and Spain? Pyrenees 5.What mountain range has Mount Blanc? Alps 6.What body of water is south of Europe? Mediterranean Sea

20. Review 7.What bodies of water are surrounding the Iberian Peninsula? Atlantic Ocean, Strait of Gibraltar, and Mediterranean Sea 8.What countries make up the Scandinavian Peninsula? Norway, Sweden, northern Finland 9.What countries make up the Jutland? Denmark and northern Germany 10.What body of water is north of Europe? Arctic Ocean 11.What is the most economically valuable river in western Europe? Rhine 12.What mountain range separates Europe and Asia? Ural Mountains

21. Vocab Word Wall Pick a vocab word from the list below. Include the word, definition, and illustration. Use the whole sheet of paper. Be creative – COLOR! Fjord Euro City-state Bubonic Plague (Black Death) Satellite nation Nationalism European Environmental Agency Market economy Parliament Berlin Wall North Atlantic Drift A current of warm water from the Tropics

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