Essential Questions

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Essential Questions 38 - 41

• Global Perspectives
• Norris High School

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EQ38 What are some interesting and unique
facts about Europe?

• 2nd Smallest Continent ½ Size of US
• 2nd Largest Population
• Over 200 Languages
• Use Metric System
• Free College
• La Sapienza University 184,000
• Oldest College in World
• Bologna, Italy 11th Century
• Soccer is the most popular sport
• Produce 1/5 of worlds Oil

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EQ39 What are the major landforms of Europe?

• Mountains
• Alps Switzerland Northern Italy
• Pyrenees Border between France Spain
• Carpathians Slovakia Romania
• Apennines Italy
• Balkans Bulgaria Greece
• Islands
• Iceland
• Ireland
• United Kingdom

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EQ39 What are the major landforms of Europe?

• Peninsulas
• Scandinavian Norway Sweden
• Jutland Denmark
• Iberian Spain Portugal
• Italian Italy
• Balkan Greece
• Northern European Plain
• Stretches from Northern Germany to Russia

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European Peninsulas
Scandinavian Peninsula
JutlandPeninsula
Northern European Plain
Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
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EQ40 What are the major water-forms of Europe?

• Rivers
• Danube Southern Germany to Black Sea
• Rhine Western Germany
• Seine Northern France
• Po Northern Italy
• Thames Southern England

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EQ40 What are the major water-forms of Europe?

• Bodies of Water
• North Sea
• Baltic Sea
• Mediterranean
• Black Sea
• Adriatic Sea
• Atlantic Ocean

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EQ41 What major European Cities live on
rivers? Why is this significant? (1)
Paris, right bank of the Seine
London on the Thames
Prague on the Vltava
Budapest on the Danube
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EQ41 What major European Cities live on
rivers? Why is this significant? (2)
Moscow on the Moscow River
Berlin on the Spree
Rome on the Tiber
Vienna on the Danube
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EQ41 What major European Cities live on
rivers? Why is this significant? (3)

• Rivers are Europes lifeline
• They provide
• Transportation
• Trading
• Jobs
• Food
• Security