Europe

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Europe

• Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece
• Social Studies
• Seventh Grade

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Teacher Page
Content Geography Grade Level 7 Creator R.
Schultz Curriculum OBJ/MAP Standard/IBD See
following slide
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Teacher Page
Students will Discuss and practice the major ele
ments of geographic study and analysis and their
relationship to changes in society and
environment. Study the relationships of the indiv
idual and groups to institutions and cultural
traditions. Use the tools of social science inqu
iry Compare different regions of the world and un
derstand major world issues


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SPAIN
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Spain

• Capital Madrid
• Language Spanish
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Mostly urban
• Barcelona leading seaport
• Roman Catholic
• Life expectancy 79 years
• Literacy rate 98

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PORTUGAL
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Portugal

• Capital Lisbon
• Language Portuguese
• Democratic
• Mostly rural
• Roman Catholic
• Life expectancy 76 years
• Literacy 93

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Spain and Portugal

• Compare and contrast these two countries.

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ANDORRA
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Andorra

• Capital Andorra la Vella
• Parliamentary democracy with titular head of
  government
  
• temperate snowy, cold winters and warm, dry
  summers
  
• Language Catalian, French, Portuguese
• Roman Catholic
• Life expectancy 83 years
• Literacy Rate 100
• 185 square miles (2.5 times size of Wash. D.C.)

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Spaincont.

• Spain, Portugal and Andorra are found on the
  Iberian Peninsula
  
• Most of peninsula is high and rugged
• Northern Pyrenees Mountains divides area from
  rest of Europe
  
• Meseta Plateau (high, flat landmass) lies in
  heart of peninsula

Royal Palace
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Spaincont.

• Climate
• Costal areas Mediterranean climate/mild winters
  and hot summers.
  
• Northern areas marine west coast climate/warm
  winds from Atlantic Ocean bring a lot of rain
  
• Parts of the Meseta have cold winters, hot
  summers, and very little rain

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Spaincont.

• Economy
• Tourism in recent years has helped the economy
• Growing industrial and service economy
• Fishing and farming
• Leading producer of olive oil

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Spaincont.

• Iberians migrated to Spain from North Africa more
  than 5,000 years ago.
  
• Romans from Italy and Moors from North Africa
  followed.
  
• By 1400 country was independent, powerful and
  Roman Catholic

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Spaincont.

• Cultural Regions
• Castile (in the Meseta) dictated culture of
  Spain for centuries
  
• Catalonia (Mediterranean costal region) speak
  language related to French

Galicia (NW Spain) Andalusia (South) Basque (Nor
th) speak language unlike any other spoken in
Europe. Many want independence from Spain

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Spaincont.

• Heritage
• 1600s Miguel de Cervantes
• Don Quixote
• Pablo Picasso artist 1900s
• Francisco Franco Spanish dictator 1930s 1975
• Sponsored Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama

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Portugal

• Land and Climate similar to Spain's
• Economy
• Wine, fruit, rice, cork, wheat
• One of the lowest standards of living in Europe

Clothing
Lisbon
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ITALY
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Italycont.

• Capital Rome
• Republic but not stable
• Italian- closely related to French and Spanish
• Life expectancy 79 years
• Literacy rate 99
• Official Name Italian Republic
• Roman Catholic
• Country shaped like a boot

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Italycont.

• Mild Mediterranean climate/sunny summers, rainy
  winters
  
• North- well off
• South doing better but not as rich
• Venice known for its canals
• Rome the Eternal City
• Sardinia and Sicily islands belong to Italy

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Italycont.

• Two-thirds of the people live on one-fourth of
  the land because of the mountains.
  
• Po River the longest river
• Mt. Etna famous volcano

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Italycont.

• Italy use to be the heart of western
  civilization.
  
• Roman Empire influenced all of Europe.
• Renaissance began here

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Italy

• Compare and contrast Italy to the rest of
  Europe.
  
• What impact has Italy had on Europe and the rest
  of the world?

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Vatican City

• Worlds smallest country 0.2 sq. miles
• Lies in the middle of Rome
• Home of the Roman Catholic Church
• Fewer than 1,000 people live here

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San Marino
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San Marinocont.

• Third smallest country in the world
• Independent Republic
• Italian- language
• Life expectancy 81 years
• Literacy rate 96
• Landlocked surrounded by Italy

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GREECE
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GREECEcont.

• Official Name Hellenic Republic
• Capital Athens
• Government Parliamentary Republic
• Religion Greek Orthodox
• Language Greek
• Life Expectancy 79 years
• Literacy Rate 98
• Olympics began here will be here again in 2004
• One of the least developed economies in Europe

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Greececont.

• Land
• Rocky, mountainous
• 2,000 islands
• Plain of Attica south 1/3 of the population
  lives here
  
• Climate
• Mediterranean hot dry summers, mild and rainy
  winters

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Greececont.

• Economy
• Rocky soil limits farming
• Tourism
• Shipping

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Greececont.

• People
• Over half urban although poor
• Famous Greeks
• Plato, Aristotle philosophers
• Sophocles writer

Plato
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Greececont.

• Claim many firsts
• Geometry
• Medical science
• Astronomy
• Physics
• 1st European civilization/democracy

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Greececont.

• Famous architecture

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Greece

• What impact has Greece had on Europe and the rest
  of the world?