1. 6th Grade Social Studies
European Geography
6th Grade Social Studies

2. Satellite View of Europe

3. Europe!

4. Regions of Europe

5. Europe’s Latitude v. US

6. 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

7. 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?

8. European Geography Over Time
Homework Question:
Look at these maps. What can you learn about Europe’s history from looking at maps over time?

9. Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas?OR
A Peninsula of Asia?

10. Learn 360 Video

11. Europe: An Asian Peninsula?

12. P e n i n s u l a s Scandinavian Jutland Crimean Balkan Iberian
Italian
Anatolean
Peloponnesian

13. Bodies of Water in Europe… Are 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?

14. R i v e r s Volga Don Thames Vistula Oder Dnieper Elbe Rhine Seine
Loire
Danube
Garonne Po
Tagus
Rhone
Ebro
Tiber

15. 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

16. 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

17. Biking Along the Danube
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.

18. The Danube River
1770 miles

19. The longest river in Europe --> 2,300 miles.
The Volga River
The longest river in Europe --> 2,300 miles.

20. The Volga River
The river is so polluted that the sturgeon catch has been decreased by 60%.

21. Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers??

22. Capitals on the Rivers (1)
London on the Thames
Paris, right bank of the Seine
Prague on the Vltava
Budapest on the Danube

23. Capitals on the Rivers (2)
Moscow on the Moscow River
Berlin on the Spree
Rome on the Tiber
Vienna on the Danube

24. M o u t a i n s & P e a k s Ural Mts. Carpathian Mts. Alps Mts.
Caucasus Mts.
Pyrennes Mts.
Dinaric Alps
Apennines Mts.
Mt. Vesuvius ^
^ Mt. Olympus
Mt. Etna ^

25. The Alps
Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France.

26. Mt. Blanc in the Alps
Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feet

27. The Caucasus Mountains
The origin of the word Caucasian.

28. Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains
Home of Vlad Tepeš, the Drakul (“Count Dracula”)

29. The Ural Mountains

30. Norwegian Fjords
Glaciers cut deep valleys in the ocean during the Ice Age.

31. Earthquake Zones

32. Reykjavik, Iceland: “The Youngest Oldest Country”
Volcanoes
Hot Springs
Geysers

33. Mediterranean Islands
Generally rugged & mountainous.
Mediterranean Sea so polluted (will take years to clean up).
Sardinia
Cyprus
Malta

34. Mt. Etna, Sicily
An active volcano

35. Mt. Vesuvius, Italy Pompeii, 79 CE Herculaneum, 79 CE 1944 eruption
With HG and maybe my AG I am going to play the musical piece “Vesuvius”. This went over very well last year. Let me know if you’re interested in doing this also and I’ll make a copy of the piece for you.
1944 eruption