Name: ___________________________
Period: ___________________________
Test Date: _________________________
Study Guide Europe - Part 1 (SS6G8/Geography, SS6G9/Environment, SS6G10/ Climate SS6G11/Culture)
1. What do geographers study?
2. What are the five themes of geography?
3. What is the difference between latitude and longitude?
4. What does a physical map show?
5. What does a political map show?
6. Explain the major concerns of Europeans regarding acid rain in Germany.
7. Explain the major concerns of Europeans regarding air pollution in the United Kingdom.
8. Explain the major concerns of nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
9. What are natural resources? Give an example of one that can be found in Germany.
10. How are renewable and nonrenewable resources formed?
11. Describe the causes and effects of deforestation.
12. What are the three main language categories of Europe?
13. Besides differences in words, what other challenges do Europeans face in communicating with each
other?
14. What are the three major religions of Europe? Know the secret text that goes with each religion.
15. What are third world countries?
16. What are industrialized countries?
17. Define literacy?
18. What is standard of living?
19. Be able to locate the following countries on a Europe map United Kingdom, France, Italy Spain,
Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Belgium
20. Be able to locate the following physical features of a Europe map: Danube River, Rhine River,
English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, Iberian
Peninsula, and Scandinavian Peninsula.
Europe Part 1 - Answer Key:
1. Geographers study human and nonhuman features of Earth.
2. The five themes of geography are:
a. Location (where a place is – Absolute & Relative)
b. Place (human and nonhuman features at a specific location)
c. Movement (how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another)
d. Human-Environment Interaction (how people affect their environment)
e. Region (an area that has at least one unifying physical or human feature
3. Latitude measures the distance north or south of the Equator. Equator is 0-degree latitude
Longitude measures the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. These lines are also called
Meridians. The Prime Meridian is 0-degree longitude.
4. Physical maps show natural features such as mountains, rivers, and elevation.
5. Political maps show units such as countries or states. It may also show capital or important
cities.
6. Citizens in Germany are concerned about how acid rain contaminates soil, kills trees, eats holes
in surfaces of buildings and statues, pollutes rivers, and harms wildlife. Acid rain has totally
destroyed the Black Forest.
7. Citizens in the U.K. are concerned about how air pollution causes sickness because of its link to
vehicle emissions. It burns lungs and noses, endangers human life, and has blackened buildings
and harmed wildlife.
8. Ukraine citizens are concerned that 9 tons of radioactive material was hurled into the sky and
carried by wind into neighboring countries.
9. Natural resources are useful materials found in the environment. Uranium, coal, and iron ore
can be found in Germany.
10. Renewable resources are resources that Earth or people can replace. Examples are plants,
useable water, and animals.
Non-renewable resources are resources that cannot be replaced in a relatively short period of
time. Examples would be non-living things such as minerals, metal ores, and fossil fuels.
11. Deforestation can reduce the biodiversity of a region. It causes loss of forest that may cover a
region. Animal habitats are also destroyed.
12. The three main languages of Europe are: Slavic, Germanic, and Romance.
13. Europeans who speak different languages face challenges in work, living arrangements, and
trade.
14. The three main religions of Europe are: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jews use the Torah as
their sacred text. Christians use the Bible as their sacred text. Muslims use the Koran as their
sacred text.
15. Third world countries are developing countries that do not have much industry and depend on
farming for most of their wealth.
16. Industrialized countries are developed countries like the United States. These countries depend
on more manufacturing than farming for their wealth. Most people in industrialized countries
work in manufacturing, communication, or service industries.
17. Literacy is the ability to read and write. High rates of literacy are usually found in developed or
industrialized countries.
18. Standard of living is the level of comfort enjoyed by a person or society.
19. Go to Sheppard Software and review your political map of Europe.
20. Go to Sheppard Software and review your physical map of Europe.