EUROPE

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EUROPE

• Natural Environments

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Alps Mediterranean Sea English Channel Iberian
Peninsula Carpathian Mountains Strait of
Gibraltar Scandinavian Peninsula Baltic
Sea Danube River Rhine River
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Climate and Biomes

• Most climates mild
• England
• Scandinavia
• Southern Europe
• Central Europe

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FORESTS AND VINEYARDS

• Forests in Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia,
  Switzerland and Italy
• Vineyards in Italy, France and Spain

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Food Exports

• Tropical Fruits common in Mediterranean countries
• Fishing in Scandinavia and some Mediterranean
  countries
• Major money in fishing and fruits

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European Culture

• Diversified throughout region
• English Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England
• French BeNeLux countries
• Scandinavian Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland,
  Denmark
• Southern Europe Spain, Portugal, Italy
• Germanic Germany, Austria, Switzerland
• Balkans Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia
  Herzegovina
• Eastern Europe Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia

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History of Europe

• Rome conquered much of Europe leaving great
  influence but after Rome fell, Europe was
  basically tribal
• Middle Ages 600-1300
• Renaissance and Reformation 1300-1600
• Industrialization and Imperialism 1600-2000
• 20th Century
• World War I and World War II

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Current Issues

• The EU
• Started with BeNeLux countries after WWII
• Unites Europe economically and diplomatically
• East vs. West
• Former dividing line between Communist and
  Democratic countries
• Eastern Europe tends to be significantly
  underdeveloped and behind Western Europe
• Population
• Northern and Eastern European countries
  population is declining except in minority groups
  creating new problems
• Third largest population cluster in the world in
  located in BeNeLux countries
• Imperialistic Consequences
• Minority issues
• Loss of prestige and power

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The Former Yugoslavia

• Genocide that took place in 1980s and 1990s
• Yugoslavia created after WWI and forced to become
  communist.
• Different ethnic groups cant get along Croats,
  Slovenes, Macedonians, Serbs and Montenegrins
• When Soviet Union fell ethnic groups in Europe
  began demanding independence
• Serbian troops (lead by Slobodan Milosevic)
  massacred Bosnian Muslims.

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The End

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