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Europe’s Latitude v. US
Former Soviet Region Compared in Latitude & Area with the United States
Satellite View of Europe
3,800 square miles
R E G I O N S
Continents by Size (sq. km.) Asia
44,579,000
Africa
30,065,000
North America
24,256,000
South America
17,819,000
Antarctica
13,209,000
Europe
9,938,000
Oceania (incl. Australia)
7,687,000
Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas?
OR A Peninsula of Asia?
Europe: An Asian Peninsula?
Northern Peninsulas Scandinavian Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula
Southern Peninsulas
Iberian Peninsula
Crimean Peninsula Italian Peninsula Balkan Anatolean Peninsula Peninsula
n. Pe n av ia nd in Sc a
P e n i n s u l a s
Jutland Pen.
Crimean Pen. Italian Pen.
Balkan Pen.
Iberian Pen. Anatolean Pen. Peloponnesian Pen.
What’s the answer ??
B o d i e s
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
of
lish g En
C
Baltic Sea
el n n ha
Caspian Sea
Bay of Biscay ri a Ad
Dardanelles Strait
tic
Strait of Gibraltar
Tyrrhenian Sea
a
Se
W a t e r
North Sea
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
The Mediterranean Sea: Mare Nostrum
Strait of Gibraltar & the “Pillars of Hercules”
2,400 miles long & 1,000 miles wide Caesarea on the Israeli coast “Crossroads of 3 Continents”
The Danube River
1770 mile s
Volga
Vi er R.
Ti be r
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Ebro R.
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R.
R.
Da
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Po R. Tagus R.
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R.
R.
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Loire
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Thames R.
R.
R.
on
R.
D
Se
R i v e r s
R
.
The Danube River
Biking Along the Danube
Where Buda & Pest Meet
Flows through the 12 countries of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Ukraine.
The Volga River
The longest river in Europe --> 2,300 miles.
The Volga River
The river is so polluted that the sturgeon catch has been decreased by 60%.
Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers??
Capitals on the Rivers (1)
London on the Thames
Paris, right bank of the Seine
Prague on the Vltava
Budapest on the Danube
Capitals on the Rivers (2)
Moscow on the Moscow River
Berlin on the Spree
Rome on the Tiber
Vienna on the Danube
What’s the answer ??
Answer: They are Europe’s lifeline!
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Caucasus Mts.
Elevation Urals
Caucasus Pyrennes
Alps
Carpathians Apennines
The Alps
Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France.
Mt. Blanc in the Alps
Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feet
The Caucasus Mountains
The origin of the word Caucasian.
Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains
Home of Vlad Tepeš , the Drakul (“Count Dracula”)
15
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ile s
Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide”
Divides the European and Asian sections of Russia.
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Plain pes Step
lands
The BENELUX Countries * Belgium * Netherlands * Luxembourg
Holland’s Dikes
Amsterdam’s Canals
The Netherlands: The “Dagger” Pointing at the Heart of Britain!
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a
Se
M a p
Atlantic Ocean
Se
C o m p l e t e d
Arctic Ocean
10,000 BCE – Ice Age
Norwegian Fjords Glaciers cut deep valleys in the ocean during the Ice Age.
Earthquake Zones
Reykjavik, Iceland: “The Youngest Oldest Country” Volcanoes Hot Springs Geysers
Mediterranean Islands Generally rugged & mountainous. Mediterranean Sea so polluted (will take 1000 years to clean up).
Sardinia
Cyprus
Malta
Mt. Etna, Sicily
An active volcano
Mt. Vesuvius, Italy Pompeii, 79 CE
1944 eruption
Herculaneum, 79 CE
Eastern Europe
Russia’s 10 Time Zones
Siberia --> Permafrost
Average temperatures of January vary from 0 to -50°C, and in July from 1 to 25°C A former “gulag” Soviet prison camp.
150,000,000 population.
Lake Baikal, Siberia
The oldest and deepest lake in the world. 20% of the world’s total unfrozen water supply.
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Completed in 1905.
Trans-Siberian Railroad
The main line runs 5,785 miles.
Europe’s Latitude v. US
Climate
Average Annual Precipitation
Europe’s Natural Regions
The North European Plain
The Northern European Plain --> An Invasion Route into Asia (& Vice Versa?)
Steppes: “Soviet” Breadbasket
The Steppes
25% of the old Soviet Union’s food supply.
Major Regional Divisions of the Former U. S. S. R.
Chernozen Soil
Germany’s Black Forest
Germany’s Black Forest
Tundra: The Not-So-Barren Land Below the Arctic Circle
L a n d U s e
Agricultural Activity
R E S O U R C E S
Major Industrial Resources
Oil Export Routes in the Caucasus Area
Major Environmental Disasters & Pollution Problems
Acid Rain
World Population by Continents Asia
3,737,000,000
Africa
823,000,000
Europe
729,000,000
North America
486,000,000
South America
351,000,000
Oceania (incl. Australia)
31,000,000
Antarctica
no permanent population
Population Density [People Per Square Mile] Belgium
336.82
Mexico
52.15
Japan
336.72
United States
29.77
India
336.62
World
14.42
United Kingdom
244.69
Norway
14.42
Italy
192.96
Canada
3.36
France
108.09
Russia
8.61
Population Distribution
Population Growth
Members of the Indo-European Language Family
Major Religious Groups in Europe
Former Soviet Region Compared in Latitude & Area with the United States
Satellite View of Europe
3,800 square miles
R E G I O N S
Continents by Size (sq. km.) Asia
44,579,000
Africa
30,065,000
North America
24,256,000
South America
17,819,000
Antarctica
13,209,000
Europe
9,938,000
Oceania (incl. Australia)
7,687,000
Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas?
OR A Peninsula of Asia?
Europe: An Asian Peninsula?
Northern Peninsulas Scandinavian Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula
Southern Peninsulas
Iberian Peninsula
Crimean Peninsula Italian Peninsula Balkan Anatolean Peninsula Peninsula
n. Pe n av ia nd in Sc a
P e n i n s u l a s
Jutland Pen.
Crimean Pen. Italian Pen.
Balkan Pen.
Iberian Pen. Anatolean Pen. Peloponnesian Pen.
What’s the answer ??
B o d i e s
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
of
lish g En
C
Baltic Sea
el n n ha
Caspian Sea
Bay of Biscay ri a Ad
Dardanelles Strait
tic
Strait of Gibraltar
Tyrrhenian Sea
a
Se
W a t e r
North Sea
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
The Mediterranean Sea: Mare Nostrum
Strait of Gibraltar & the “Pillars of Hercules”
2,400 miles long & 1,000 miles wide Caesarea on the Israeli coast “Crossroads of 3 Continents”
The Danube River
1770 mile s
Volga
Vi er R.
Ti be r
iep Dn
.
.
aR
ul st
rR
Ebro R.
de
R.
R.
Da
nu be
Po R. Tagus R.
O
be
e
R.
R.
in
Loire
El
e in Rh
Thames R.
R.
R.
on
R.
D
Se
R i v e r s
R
.
The Danube River
Biking Along the Danube
Where Buda & Pest Meet
Flows through the 12 countries of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Ukraine.
The Volga River
The longest river in Europe --> 2,300 miles.
The Volga River
The river is so polluted that the sturgeon catch has been decreased by 60%.
Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers??
Capitals on the Rivers (1)
London on the Thames
Paris, right bank of the Seine
Prague on the Vltava
Budapest on the Danube
Capitals on the Rivers (2)
Moscow on the Moscow River
Berlin on the Spree
Rome on the Tiber
Vienna on the Danube
What’s the answer ??
Answer: They are Europe’s lifeline!
l Ura
M o u t a i n s
Mts .
Carp athia n
& P e a k s
Alps Mts.
Py re
nn es
Mt
s.
Ap e
nn ine
Di
na r
ic
Al p
s
sM Mt. Vesuvius ^ ts. Mt. Olympus ^
Mt. Etna ^
Mts.
Caucasus Mts.
Elevation Urals
Caucasus Pyrennes
Alps
Carpathians Apennines
The Alps
Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France.
Mt. Blanc in the Alps
Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feet
The Caucasus Mountains
The origin of the word Caucasian.
Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains
Home of Vlad Tepeš , the Drakul (“Count Dracula”)
15
00 m
ile s
Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide”
Divides the European and Asian sections of Russia.
The Ural Mountains
ow Siberian L
P l a i n s
e North
n opea r u E rn
Plain pes Step
lands
The BENELUX Countries * Belgium * Netherlands * Luxembourg
Holland’s Dikes
Amsterdam’s Canals
The Netherlands: The “Dagger” Pointing at the Heart of Britain!
P l a t e a u s
Meseta
lands
Pe
n.
ow Siberian L
Sc a
.
nd in
Mts
av ia
n
l Ura
Vi
R
.
pes Step
Caspian Caucasus Mts. Sea Crimean Pen. R.
R.
Mts.
on
er
iep Dn
e
Carp athia n
.
.
aR
ul st
rR
R.
de
O
be
e North
rop rn Eu
D
lain ean P
R.
Baltic Sea
R.
Ch h s i gl En Loire R. Bay of
El
el n n a
e in Rh
Thames R.
Volga
Jutland North Pen. Sea
in
Da nu Alps Mts. BiscayPy D be i re na Po R. nn r RBalkan ic es Italian Pen. Pen. Black Ap . A Tagus R. Mt l e T p Sea i b nn s s. Dardanelles er ine Strait Iberian Pen. R. s M t Mt. Vesuvius ^ s. Ebro R. Anatolean Pen. Mt. Olympus ^ Aegean Tyrrhenian Strait of Sea Sea Gibraltar Mt. Etna ^ Peloponnesian Pen. ri a Ad
tic
a
Se
M a p
Atlantic Ocean
Se
C o m p l e t e d
Arctic Ocean
10,000 BCE – Ice Age
Norwegian Fjords Glaciers cut deep valleys in the ocean during the Ice Age.
Earthquake Zones
Reykjavik, Iceland: “The Youngest Oldest Country” Volcanoes Hot Springs Geysers
Mediterranean Islands Generally rugged & mountainous. Mediterranean Sea so polluted (will take 1000 years to clean up).
Sardinia
Cyprus
Malta
Mt. Etna, Sicily
An active volcano
Mt. Vesuvius, Italy Pompeii, 79 CE
1944 eruption
Herculaneum, 79 CE
Eastern Europe
Russia’s 10 Time Zones
Siberia --> Permafrost
Average temperatures of January vary from 0 to -50°C, and in July from 1 to 25°C A former “gulag” Soviet prison camp.
150,000,000 population.
Lake Baikal, Siberia
The oldest and deepest lake in the world. 20% of the world’s total unfrozen water supply.
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Completed in 1905.
Trans-Siberian Railroad
The main line runs 5,785 miles.
Europe’s Latitude v. US
Climate
Average Annual Precipitation
Europe’s Natural Regions
The North European Plain
The Northern European Plain --> An Invasion Route into Asia (& Vice Versa?)
Steppes: “Soviet” Breadbasket
The Steppes
25% of the old Soviet Union’s food supply.
Major Regional Divisions of the Former U. S. S. R.
Chernozen Soil
Germany’s Black Forest
Germany’s Black Forest
Tundra: The Not-So-Barren Land Below the Arctic Circle
L a n d U s e
Agricultural Activity
R E S O U R C E S
Major Industrial Resources
Oil Export Routes in the Caucasus Area
Major Environmental Disasters & Pollution Problems
Acid Rain
World Population by Continents Asia
3,737,000,000
Africa
823,000,000
Europe
729,000,000
North America
486,000,000
South America
351,000,000
Oceania (incl. Australia)
31,000,000
Antarctica
no permanent population
Population Density [People Per Square Mile] Belgium
336.82
Mexico
52.15
Japan
336.72
United States
29.77
India
336.62
World
14.42
United Kingdom
244.69
Norway
14.42
Italy
192.96
Canada
3.36
France
108.09
Russia
8.61
Population Distribution
Population Growth
Members of the Indo-European Language Family
Major Religious Groups in Europe
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