Each slide has a series of challenges meant to help you
better understand the Europe and how it compares to
the United States.
EUROPE
The teacher website provides most of the information
needed to answer each of these challenges. Good luck!
FAMILIAR
CHALLENGE: Explain
how land in the U.S.
is divided compared
to how land in
Europe is divided.
NOT FAMILIAR
3.8 Million Square Miles
1.9 Million Square Miles
CHALLENGE: Resize both images above to
show a size comparison between both based
on square miles.
U.S.
EUROPE
319 million
520 million
CHALLENGE: Resize both objects
above to show how one population
compares to the other.
CHALLENGE: How would the following
religious symbols be distributed on the map
below? (You will have to find out what symbol
goes with what religion?)
CC
EO
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How would you classify Europe as a land
mass? (continent, region, province,
country, nation, state)
Which large country is in both Europe
AND in Asia?
LANGUAGE: Look at the language map.
Write a caption for the map that
summarizes the information on it.
CLIMATE: What makes Europe’s
climate relatively mild?
GOVERNMENT: What kind of
government do most European
countries have?
ANALOGY: Rural is to Iowa as
is to Europe.
ANALOGY: Minnesota is to the
Midwest as
is to
Scandinavia.
NEW CLIMATE
Mediterranean
(dry vegetation,
warm)
Using the two resource
maps provided on this
slide, update the map on
the next slide using the
legend on that slide.
(HINT: You will need to
generalize a little bit like
you did with the previous
slide.)
ECONOMY: Distribute the natural resources and agricultural products given the
content provided on the teacher website and on the previous slide.
(It is OK to resize icons as needed.)
Uranium
(Nuclear Power)
Natural
Gas
HISTORY: What was the big difference
between countries in East Europe and
West Europe after WWII?
ECONOMY: What are main agricultural
products produced in the region?
ECONOMY: What are main natural
resources produced in the region?
CLIMATE: What changes occur in the
region’s climate as one moves further
north of the Mediterranean Sea?
How many different countries make up
Europe? (Roughly?)
EARBUDS NEEDED: Watch the video by
clicking on the button provided. When
done, answer the questions on this slide.
How is the famous Naples
dish different than
America’s version?
EARBUDS NEEDED: Watch the video by
clicking on the button provided. When
done, answer the questions on this slide.
Drag and label these three areas
correctly.
Great Britain
EARBUDS NEEDED: Go to Ms.
Wente’s website by clicking on
the link button provided.
Choose one video to watch on
this page. In the yellow box,
write at least 2 facts you
learned from the video.
Clip I watched was called:
#1:
#2:
ISSUE: How is it problematic that
immigrants from the Middle East and
Africa are moving to Europe?
How will these immigrants help the
cultural diversity of Europe?
VOCABULARY PUZZLE: Make sense of the “vocabulary chaos” by arranging the
parts in a logical way. (You might need to “cut and paste” in order to rearrange
things. )
Poland
Used to be
communist
Fishing
WESTERN
EUROPE
Warmest
climate
Protestant
Christians
Coldest
climate
France
Colder
winters,
hotter
summers
Most
Muslims
Largest
economy
Great Britain