Assignment: Waterways
NAME:
BODIES OF WATER
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
English Channel
Ionian Sea
Irish Sea
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
RIVERS
Danube
Elbe
Po
Rhine
Seine
Thames
Tiber
Volga
1. Identify the location of each of the important bodies of water listed above.
2. Complete some research and give a brief description of the relationship between Europe’s waterways and the growth of agriculture and
human settlements. (Where are cities found and food grown compared to waterways in Europe? Be sure to explain your answers.)
3. Complete some research and give a brief description of the relationship between Europe’s coastlines, harbors, and navigable rivers to the
development of trade. In your description give at least three examples. (For example, the Volga River allowed for trade between east and
west, allowing commerce to extend from Persia to Scandinavia.)
4. From the article your read about LIFE.
a. What is LIFE attempting to do?
b. What would be a similar organization in the United States?
c. How effective has LIFE been?
d. Do you think this is an important organization? Why or Why Not?