Europe: An Introduction
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Lesson Overview
 ID geographic locations of major nations of
Europe
 Provide examples of how Ancient Greece and
the Roman Empire influenced development
 Describe how religions affected the
development of Europe
 How nationalism destroyed the continental
European empires
 How Marxism, socialism, and fascism affected
the development of Europe
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The Geographic Locations of
the Major Nations of Europe
 Europe stretches
from Spain in the
west to Russia’s
Ural Mountains in
the east
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Western Europe
Germany, France, Belgium, Nerherlands,
Austria, Switzerland
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Northern Europe
Britain, Ireland
Demark, Norway
Sweden, Iceland, Finland
Eastern Europe
Czech Republlic, Hungary, Poland, Sklovakia,
Bulgaria, Romania
Southern Europe
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo,
Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Greece, Albania, Turkey
The Alps are Europe’s highest mountains
Carpathians are Europe’s largest
mountain range
Danube is the longest river within the
European Union
Roman Colosseum
Milan, Italy
Millennium Wheel: London
Eiffel Tower :Paris (France)
INFLUENCE
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Byzantine Empire
Democracy-around 500BC
Philosophy
Architecture
Mythology-stories of Greek Godsheroes
Language-fields of study have Greek
origins
Religion
Law-legal latin terms
Engineering-roadsbridges-structures
Architecture
Government
Language
Religion
only civilized
European power
after the western
half of the Roman
Empire crumbled in
AD 476
Preserved literture &
learning
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Religion Affected Development
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
great unifier, especially
after Western Roman
Empire’s decline
Muslim rule over Islamic
territories of al-Andalus rose
and fell between 711 - 1492
Banished from:
Crusades: series of wars to
liberate Jerusalem from
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Muslim rule
England in 1290
France in 1396
Austria in 1421
Spain in 1492
Nationalism Destroyed the Continental
European Empires
Marxism
Socialism
The ideas of Marx and his
colleague, Friedrich
Engels, caught on as
Europe industrialized
(Marxism)
Soviet Union
Fascism
ideology of the far right and
was nationalistic in a tribal
or racist sense
Benito Mussolini of Italy
Adolf Hitler’s Nazism
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Fascism wrought death and
destruction
throughout Europe
before and during
World War II, killing
tens of millions of
people
Nationalism (loyal to country) Destroyed 4 European Empires
Holy Roman
Empire
Ottoman Empire -
Russian Empire
Largely German
emperors saw
themselves as
successors to
Romans
“the sick man of E
defeat of the
Hapsburgs in World
War I led to the
carving up of the
empire into many
independent
republics urope
lost part of Poland
and all of Finland
after World War I
and the Bolshevik
Revolution
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CPS Questions ( 2-4)
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Activity 1: Geographic
Locations in Europe
Identify the countries and bodies of water
in Europe
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Activity 2: European Influences
in the US
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What current or historic European influences are evident?
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Do any restaurants offer European food (Italian, Greek)?

Do any of the city’s residents speak a European
language?
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Do you know of any inscriptions that seem to be in Latin?

What religious traditions have their roots in Europe?
Activity 3: Understanding
Nationalism
1.
How would you describe the historic and current
influence of nationalism on the United States?
2.
How has it shaped the US?
3.
What part, if any, does nationalism play in the US
today?
4.
Compare and contrast your ideas about US
nationalism to the nationalism movements in
Europe we learned about today.
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Review Questions
CPS Questions (5 - 6)
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