Europe and Russia

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5 Themes of Geography

• Region
• Europe is both a continent and region
• Europe is made up of 33 smaller regions
• France and the Benelux countries
• Germany and the Alpine countries
• Scandinavia
• British Isles
• Iberian Peninsula
• Mild climates
• Northwestern Europe enjoys mild temperatures all
  year
• Warm waters and warm winds on the shores

• Location
• London 52 N, 0
• Italy 40 N, 15 E
• Black Sea is East of Europe
• Mediterranean Sea is south of Europe
• Northeastern Hemisphere
• East of U.S. and Atlantic Ocean
• North of Africa
• ¼ of Russia is located in Europe
• West of Asia
• South of the Arctic Ocean

Europe and Russia

• Movement
• Export chocolate, textiles, grains, grapes
• Christianity
• Democracy
• Culture through war and trade
• People of Berlin when wall was torn down
• Germans moved the Jews to concentration camps
  during WWII
• Industrial Revolution
• European Union (people can cross borders without
  passport)
• Soviet blockaded all land and water traffic into
  the western part of Berlin
• Holocaust
• Greek and Roman empires
• Londons subway system
• Venices canal system and gondolas
• During the renaissance many ideas were being
  spread
• Colonization of America

• Human/Environment Interaction
• Farming, herding cattle, sheep, goats
• Fishing
• 73 people live in urban areas (cities)
• Pollution- started during the Industrial
  Revolution growing issue with growing cities
• During both World Wars villages and surrounding
  landscapes were destroyed
• Rich soil
• Harvest grains and vegetables
• Hunting
• Large amounts of oil and natural gas
• Rhine River carries 25 million tons of waste
• Minerals in the soil
• People in Iceland get geothermal energy from
  geysers
• Switzerland has natural boundaries to help it
  maintain neutrality
• 57 of the trees in forests in the Czech Republic
  have been damaged by acid rain

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5 Themes of Geography Europe and Russia

• Place
• European Union single economy insures free
  trade, as well as democracy and human rights
• EU uses the Euro for a common currency
• Birthplace of modern history
• Many different languages
• Population of 727,700,000
• Berlin Wall was built to separate governments and
  beliefs
• Main religion is Christianity
• Many different cultures make up Europe
• Most Urban areas- Moscow and Paris
• Mostly developed countries
• Switzerland maintains neutrality
• Worlds smallest country- Vatican City- Country
  within a country
• Russia is the Worlds largest country
• Cathedrals and Mosques, Parthenon, Coliseum,
  Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower, Arc de
  Triumphe
• Bordered by the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
• Long jagged coastline
• Tundra- like forests
• A large peninsula with several other small
  peninsulas