European Geography

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European Geography

• 6th Grade Social Studies

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Satellite View of Europe
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Europe!
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Regions of Europe
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Europes Latitude v. US
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Continents By Square Kilometers
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
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This is the size of the former Soviet Union
compared to the size of the current United
States. What do you notice about the sizes of
the two countries?
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European Geography Over Time

• http//www.euratlas.net/history/europe/index.html
  
• Homework Question
• Look at these maps. What can you learn about
  Europes history from looking at maps over time?

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Europe A Peninsula of Peninsulas?
OR
A Peninsula of Asia?
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Learn 360 Video

• http//www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?ID317696S
  earchTextEuropeGeography

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Europe An Asian Peninsula?
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Peninsulas
Scandinavian
Jutland
Crimean
Balkan
Iberian
Italian
Anatolean
Peloponnesian
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Bodies of Water in EuropeAre They Important??

• How does water impact European Economy?
• Does water have a cultural influence? If so, how?
• What impact would water have on jobs in Europe?
• Do you think water impacts the development of
  cities in Europe? Why or why not?
• How do the various water ways of Europe affect
  its relations with other countries?
• How have water ways helped/hurt Europe during
  times of war?

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Rivers
Volga
Don
Vistula
Thames
Oder
Dnieper
Elbe
Rhine
Seine
Loire
Danube
Po
Garonne
Tagus
Rhone
Ebro
Tiber
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Bodies of Water
Norwegian Sea
Gulf of Bothnia
Atlantic Ocean
Baltic Sea
North Sea
English Channel
Bay of Biscay
Black Sea
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
Ionian Sea
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The Mediterranean Sea Mare Nostrum
Strait of Gibraltar the Pillars of Hercules

• 2,400 miles long 1,000 miles wide
• Crossroads of 3 Continents

Caesarea on the Israeli coast
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The Danube River
Where Buda Pest Meet
Biking Along the Danube

• Flows through the 12 countries of Germany,
  Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia,
  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria,
  Romania, and the Ukraine.

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The Danube River
1770 miles
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The Volga River

• The longest river in Europe --gt 2,300 miles.

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The Volga River

• The river is so polluted that the sturgeon
  catch has been decreased by 60.

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Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major
rivers??
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Capitals on the Rivers (1)
Paris, right bank of the Seine
London on the Thames
Prague on the Vltava
Budapest on the Danube
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Capitals on the Rivers (2)
Moscow on the Moscow River
Berlin on the Spree
Rome on the Tiber
Vienna on the Danube
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MoutainsPeaks
Ural Mts.
Carpathian Mts.
Alps Mts.
Caucasus Mts.
Pyrennes Mts.
Dinaric Alps
Apennines Mts.
Mt. Vesuvius
Mt. Olympus
Mt. Etna
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The Alps

• Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts
  of Italy and France.

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Mt. Blanc in the Alps

• Highest mountain in the Alps 15,771 feet

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The Caucasus Mountains

• The origin of the word Caucasian.

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Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains

• Home of Vlad Tepeš, the Drakul (Count
  Dracula)

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The Ural Mountains
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Norwegian Fjords

• Glaciers cut deep valleys in the
  ocean during the Ice Age.

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Earthquake Zones
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Reykjavik, IcelandThe Youngest Oldest Country

• Volcanoes
• Hot Springs
• Geysers

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Mediterranean Islands

• Generally rugged mountainous.
• Mediterranean Sea so polluted (will take
  1000 years to clean up).

Sardinia
Cyprus
Malta
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Mt. Etna, Sicily

• An active volcano

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Mt. Vesuvius, Italy

• Pompeii, 79 CE

• Herculaneum, 79 CE

• 1944 eruption