Europe

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Europe
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• SS6G8 The student will locate selected features
  of Europe.
• b. Locate on a world and regional
  political-physical map the countries of Belgium,
  France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain,
  Ukraine, and United Kingdom

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Belgium

• Belgium is located in Western Europe
• Bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg,
  France, and the North Sea.
• Terrain is generally flat and becomes more hilly
  and forested in the southeast region.
• Climate is cool, temperate, and rainy
• Belgium is one of Europe's true melting pots with
  Celtic, Roman, Germanic, French, Dutch, Spanish,
  and Austrian cultures.
• Languages Dutch, German, French

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France
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• Largest country in Western Europe
• Borders Germany Belgium in the north, Atlantic
  Ocean in the west, and Pyrenees Mtns. And Spain
  in the south, Med. Sea in the SE, and the Alps,
  Switzerland, and Italy in the east
• Europes tallest mountain (Mont Blanc 15,781
  ft.) in French Alps
• One of the oldest nations on Earth
• Famous for cuisine (food), art, music, fashion,
  politics, film, and literature

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Germany

• Germanys (Deutschlands) location at the heart
  of Europe has helped shape its history (for both
  the good bad)
• Borders 9 neighborsmore than any other European
  country
• Its largest wooded area, (the Black Forest,) is
  in the southwest near the Swiss border
• The Black Forest is the source of the Danube
  River
• Famous for WWII history, classical music
  (Beethoven, Bach, Brahms)
• Has been called the Land of Poets and Thinkers

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Italy

• Boot-shaped peninsula that sticks out into the
  Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and the
  Tyrrhenian Sea.
• The Alps cut across the northern end of the
  country
• Italian art, architecture, and culturehuge
  influence around the world
• Famous painters Leonard da Vinci and
  Michelangelo
• Italy is the heart of the Catholic ChurchVatican
  City (a city-state) is surrounded by Rome, Italy.

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Poland

• Located at the heart of the continent
• Currently has 7 neighbors, but over the
  centuries, its borders have changed many times
• Because of wars and pollution, many of Polands
  wild animals have decreased in populationthe
  current government is trying to reverse the damage

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Russia

• Largest country in the WORLD!!
• Spans 11 time zones across 2 continents (Europe
  Asia)
• Famous for Siberian Tiger (largest cat in the
  worldup to 10 ft. long and weigh up to 600
  lbs.), writers (Leo Tolstoy), ballet dancers
  (Rudolf Nureyev Mikhail Baryshnikov)

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Spain

• Occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula
• Famous for their love of life, regional dances
  and music, and soccer
• Pyrenees Mountains form the border between France
  and Spain

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Ukraine

• Ukraine suffered from radioactive fallout from
  the Chernobyl nuclear accident which occurred in
  Ukraine (USSR) in 1986.
• Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet
  Union in August 1991.
• Some of the oldest known dwellings in the world
  are found in Mezhirich, Ukraine (found in
  1965)these homes are made from mammoth bones!

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United Kingdom

• United Kingdom (also called the U.K.) consists of
  four nationsEngland, Wales, Scotland, and
  Northern Ireland.
• England, Scotland, and Wales make up Great
  Britain.
• Famous for literature (William Shakespeare,
  Charles Dickens, and J.K. Rowling) and sports
  (soccer, rugby, cricket, boxing, and golf were
  all invented in Britain).
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  d/united-kingdom/