Intro to European Geography
- 1. 1. Copy Homework 2. Take out Homework 3. Do Now 7 October List as many countries in Europe as you can:
- 2. Introduction to the Geography of Europe
- 4. Southern Europe Portugal Spain Italy Greece
- 5. Physical: - Access to seas Strait of Gibraltar - Peninsula: land surrounded by water on 3 sides - Lowlands at coasts, higher inland - Mountains: Alps in Northern Italy, Pyrenees in Northern Spain
- 6. Phys Map
- 7. Climate: - Warm, sunny climate
- 8. Economy: - Trade by ship (many ports) - Fishing - Tourism (beaches, castles, cultural sites)
- 9. PAUSE
- 10. West-Central Europe France Germany Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Switzerland Austria
- 11. Physical Lowlands closer to ocean, higher elevations as you move away from the ocean
- 12. Physical: Alps Mountains Alps - cut Italy off from the rest of Europe
- 13. Physical: Pyrenees Mountains Pyrenees - mountains serve as a natural border between Spain and France
- 14. Physical: Ural Mountains Ural Mountains form natural barrier between Europe and Asia
- 15. Northern European Plain - flat, fertile ground for farming - runs across many countries in Northern Europe
- 16. Climate Marine West Coast - Cold Winters, Mild Summers Colder climates farther away from oceans
- 17. Resources Fertile soil, iron ore, coal, hydroelectric power
- 18. Northern Europe United Kingdom Ireland Norway Sweden Finland Iceland Greenland
- 19. Physical Hills (Ireland) - Highlands - Mountains
- 20. Scandinavian Peninsula Formed by Norway and Sweden (surrounded by water on 3 sides)
- 21. Fjords U-shaped valleys that connect to the sea Filled with seawater after glaciers melted (Common in Norway)
- 22. North Sea and Baltic Sea - Very cold - Can be dangerous
- 23. Climate - Generally, Marine West Coast BUT..
- 24. Northern Scandinavia: - Subarctic: cool with cold, harsh winters or.FAR north:
- 25. Tundra: permafrost (frozen year-round) with no trees, only mosses
- 26. Ice Hotels (Northern Sweden)
- 27. Resources / Economy: - Shipping/Fishing - Timber from forests in Sweden/Finland - Oil
- 28. EASTERN EUROPE
- 29. Eastern Europe: Physical Carpathian Mountains (also known as Transylvanian Mountains) Northern European Plain
- 30. - Danube River = route for trade and transportation - Danube dumps into the Black Sea - Black Sea separates Europe from Asia
- 31. Eastern Europe: Climate - Harsher climate than Western Europe because it is farther away from Atlantic Ocean
- 32. Eastern Europe: Natural Resources coal, natural gas, iron