The Geography

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The Geography Peoples of Europe
Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua,
NY
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Europe as a Queen Munster, 1588
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Europes Latitude v. US
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Former Soviet Region Compared in Latitude Area
with the United States
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Satellite View of Europe
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3,800 square miles
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REGIONS
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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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Northern Peninsulas
Scandinavian Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula
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Southern Peninsulas
CrimeanPeninsula
Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
AnatoleanPeninsula
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Peninsulas
Scandinavian Pen.
JutlandPen.
Crimean Pen.
Italian Pen.
Balkan Pen.
Iberian Pen.
Anatolean Pen.
Peloponnesian Pen.
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Whatstheanswer??
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Bodies of Water
ArcticOcean
AtlanticOcean
North Sea
Baltic Sea
English Channel
CaspianSea
Bay ofBiscay
BlackSea
DardanellesStrait
Adriatic Sea
AegeanSea
TyrrhenianSea
Strait ofGibraltar
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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Rivers
Volga R.
Don R.
Thames R.
Elbe R.
Vistula R.
Oder R.
Rhine 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
9A The student understands the concept of region
as an area of the Earths surface with related
geographic characteristics. The student is
expected to identify physical and/or human
factors such as climate, vegetation, language,
trade networks, political units, river systems,
and religion that constitute a region.
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The Danube River
Where Buda Pest Meet
Biking Along the Danube

• Flows through the 12 countries of Germany,
  Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia,
  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria,
  Romania, and the Ukraine.

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The Volga River

• The longest river in Europe --gt 2,300 miles.

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The Volga River

• The river is so polluted that the sturgeon
  catch has been decreased by 60.

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Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major
rivers??
9A The student understands the concept of region
as an area of the Earths surface with related
geographic characteristics. The student is
expected to identify physical and/or human
factors such as climate, vegetation, language,
trade networks, political units, river systems,
and religion that constitute a region.
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Capitals on the Rivers (1)
Paris, right bank of the Seine
London on the Thames
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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Whatstheanswer??
9A The student understands the concept of region
as an area of the Earths surface with related
geographic characteristics. The student is
expected to identify physical and/or human
factors such as climate, vegetation, language,
trade networks, political units, river systems,
and religion that constitute a region.
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Answer
They are Europes lifeline!
9A The student understands the concept of region
as an area of the Earths surface with related
geographic characteristics. The student is
expected to identify physical and/or human
factors such as climate, vegetation, language,
trade networks, political units, river systems,
and religion that constitute a region.
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MoutainsPeaks
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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Ural Mountains The Great Divide
1500 miles

• Divides the European and Asian sections of
  Russia.

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The Ural Mountains
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Siberian Lowlands
Plains
Northern European Plain
Steppes
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The BENELUX Countries

• Belgium
• Netherlands
• Luxembourg

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Hollands Dikes
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Amsterdams Canals
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The NetherlandsThe Dagger Pointing at the
Heart of Britain!
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Plateaus
Meseta
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ArcticOcean
Completed Map
Siberian Lowlands
Ural Mts.
Scandinavian Pen.
AtlanticOcean
Jutland Pen.
Volga R.
North Sea
Baltic Sea
Don R.
Northern European Plain
Thames R.
Elbe R.
Vistula R.
English Channel
Oder R.
Rhine R.
Steppes
Dnieper R.
Seine R.
Carpathian Mts.
CaspianSea
Loire R.
Caucasus Mts.
Bay ofBiscay
Alps Mts.
Crimean Pen.
Danube R.
Po R.
BlackSea
Pyrennes Mts.
Dinaric Alps
Balkan Pen.
Italian Pen.
Tagus R.
DardanellesStrait
Tiber R.
Apennines Mts.
Adriatic Sea
Iberian Pen.
Mt. Vesuvius
Ebro R.
Anatolean Pen.
AegeanSea
Mt. Olympus
TyrrhenianSea
Strait ofGibraltar
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, IcelandThe Youngest Oldest Country

• Volcanoes
• Hot Springs
• Geysers

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Mediterranean Islands

• Generally rugged mountainous.
• Mediterranean Sea so polluted (will take
  1000 years to clean up).

Sardinia
Cyprus
Malta
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Mt. Etna, Sicily

• An active volcano

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Mt. Vesuvius, Italy

• Pompeii, 79 CE

• Herculaneum, 79 CE

• 1944 eruption

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Eastern Europe
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Eastern Europe
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Russias 10 Time Zones
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Siberia --gt Permafrost

• Average temperatures of January vary from 0
  to -50C, and in July from 1 to 25C
• 150,000,000 population.

• A former gulag Soviet prison camp.

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Lake Baikal, Siberia

• The oldest and deepest lake in the world.
• 20 of the worlds total unfrozen water
  supply.

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Trans-Siberian Railroad

• Completed in 1905.

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Trans-Siberian Railroad

• The main line runs 5,785 miles.

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Climate
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Europes Latitude v. US
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Climate
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Average Annual Precipitation
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Vegetation
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Europes Natural Regions
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The North European Plain
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The Northern European Plain --gt An Invasion Route
into Asia ( Vice Versa?)
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Steppes Soviet Breadbasket
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The Steppes

• 25 of the old Soviet Unions food
  supply.

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Major Regional Divisions of the Former U. S. S. R.
Chernozen Soil
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Germanys Black Forest
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Germanys Black Forest
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Tundra The Not-So-Barren LandBelow the Arctic
Circle
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Land Use
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Agricultural Activity
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Natural Resources
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RESOURCES
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MajorIndustrialResources
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Oil Export Routes in the Caucasus Area
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Geographic Problems
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MajorEnvironmentalDisasters PollutionProblems
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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 DensityPeople 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 14.42
Italy 192.96 Canada 3.36
France 108.09 Russia 8.61
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PopulationDistribution
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PopulationGrowth
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Members of the Indo-European Language Family
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MajorReligiousGroupsinEurope
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