5 Themes of Geography
Region:
Location:
Europe is both a continent and region
Europe is made up of 33 smaller regions
France and the Benelux countries
Germany and the Alpine countries
Scandinavia
British Isles
Iberian Peninsula
Mild climates
Northwestern Europe enjoys mild temperatures all year
Warm waters and warm winds on the shores
Europe and Russia
Movement:
Export chocolate, textiles, grains, grapes
Christianity
Democracy
Culture through war and trade
People of Berlin when wall was torn down
Germans moved the Jews to concentration camps during WWII
Industrial Revolution
European Union (people can cross borders without passport)
Soviet blockaded all land and water traffic into the western part
of Berlin
Holocaust
Greek and Roman empires
London’s subway system
Venice’s canal system and gondolas
During the renaissance many ideas were being spread
Colonization of America
London: 52 N, 0
Italy: 40 N, 15 E
Black Sea is East of Europe
Mediterranean Sea is south of Europe
Northeastern Hemisphere
East of U.S. and Atlantic Ocean
North of Africa
¼ of Russia is located in Europe
West of Asia
South of the Arctic Ocean
Human/Environment Interaction:
Farming, herding cattle, sheep, goats
Fishing
73% people live in urban areas (cities)
Pollution- started during the Industrial Revolution; growing issue with
growing cities
During both World Wars villages and surrounding landscapes were
destroyed
Rich soil
Harvest grains and vegetables
Hunting
Large amounts of oil and natural gas
Rhine River carries 25 million tons of waste
Minerals in the soil
People in Iceland get geothermal energy from geysers
Switzerland has natural boundaries to help it maintain neutrality
57% of the trees in forests in the Czech Republic have been damaged by
acid rain
5 Themes of Geography ~ Europe and Russia
Place:
European Union: single economy insures free trade, as well as democracy and human rights
EU uses the Euro for a common currency
Birthplace of modern history
Many different languages
Population of 727,700,000
Berlin Wall was built to separate governments and beliefs
Main religion is Christianity
Many different cultures make up Europe
Most Urban areas- Moscow and Paris
Mostly developed countries
Switzerland maintains neutrality
World’s smallest country- Vatican City- Country within a country
Russia is the World’s largest country
Cathedrals and Mosques, Parthenon, Coliseum, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triumphe
Bordered by the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
Long jagged coastline
Tundra- like forests
A large peninsula with several other small peninsulas
Tiber, Rhine, Danube, Seine Rivers
Rugged landscape
Mountainous- Pyrenees, Carpathian, Alps, Caucasus
Ural Mountains thru Russia- divide Europe and Asia
Scandinavian, Iberian, Balkan peninsulas
Largest lake- the Caspian Sea
In Siberia, temps get as low as -90 F; snow and ice cover half of the year
Verkhoyansk, Russia is the world’s coldest continuously inhabited settlement