1. Instructions: Get a blue, red, green, yellow, brown, and orange colored pencil. Fill out the maps quietly. If you are finished, then complete the latitude & longitude assignment.
NORWAY
UNITED KINGDOM
London
Berlin
GERMANY
LUX
UKRAINE
Paris
FRANCE
SWITZ.
ITALY
SPAIN
Vatican City
Madrid
Rome
GREECE
Athens

2. ARCTIC OCEAN
ICELAND
Fjords
Fjords
Baltic Sea
Urals
North Sea
IRELAND
Low Countries
GREAT BRITAIN
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Rhine
Seine
Danube
Pyrenees
Alps
Black Sea
Adriatic Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean
SICILY

3. Physical Features
Every place on the earth’s surface has features that distinguish it from other places on earth.

4. Physical Features cont
Physical features include landforms, bodies of water, climate, natural vegetation and soil.

5. Europe’s Physical Features
Europe is a continent that is know for its long history and its magnificent beauty.
Europe has physical features that has affected and changed it history.
These physical features include: mountains rivers seas
islands fjords straits
low countries peninsulas

6. Mountains
There are several Mountain chains that are important to Europe:
The Alps, The Pyrenees, the Ural

7. The Alps
Found in several countries including Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and France.
Importance:
Economic – resources, tourist attraction
Human – travel, movement of people and ideas

8. The Alps Mountains

9. Pyrenees Location: in Spain and France.
Importance: Forms the border between Spain and France.

10. The Pyrenees Mountains

11. Ural Mountains Location: Russia.
Importance: the dividing line between Europe and Asia.
Asia
Europe

12. Ural Mountains

13. An island is a body of land surrounded by water
There are two major Island groups in Europe
Iceland
British Isles

14. Iceland & Sicily

16. Ireland & Great Britain

18. Label the countries using the word bank
France
Germany
Italy
Norway
Russia
Spain
Ukraine
United Kingdom 6 8 1 4 7 3 5 2

19. Rivers Rivers are a vital resource for Europe.
They provide means for transportation of goods and people, energy, and recreation.
4 important rivers in Europe are the Rhine, the Seine, the Danube, and the Volga.

20. Rhine River
Location: Western Germany; connected to other major rivers by canals.
Importance: Important to German manufacturing & industrial cities due to shipping & transportation (pollution)

22. Seine River Location: Northwestern France; travels through Paris
Importance: Known for beauty and as a commercial waterway;
Polluted

24. Danube River
Location: Flows through Central and Eastern Europe before emptying into the Black Sea
Importance: Transportation route as the main passage between Central and Eastern Europe; polluted

26. Volga River
Location: Northwestern Russia; Navigable for nearly its entire length and ice-free for more than half the year
Importance: One of Europe's busiest commercial waterways; carries most of Russia's river freight.

28. Seas
The seas around the European continent provide a way for countries to move their goods.
The Mediterranean, the Black, the Caspian, the Aegean, the Adriatic and the North Seas are key to the economy of Europe.

29. Mediterranean Sea Location: Separates Europe from Africa
Importance: Allows for trade & cultural exchange between people of Europe, Africa, & Middle East
It is still important for movement of products.

31. The Mediterranean Sea

32. The Atlantic Ocean

33. The Arctic Ocean

34. Baltic Sea Location: SE of the Scandinavian Peninsula
Importance: Travel, trade (oil), and tourism

35. The Baltic Sea

36. Black Sea
Location: SE Europe near Turkey, Russia, and Ukraine (Crimea)
Importance: Important to shipping and for tourism

37. The Black Sea

38. Adriatic & Aegean Seas
Aegean Sea
Adriatic Sea
Location: Northeast portion of the Mediterranean Sea dividing Greece & Turkey.
Importance: Trade & transportation
Location: separates the Italian and Balkan Peninsulas.
Importance: Fishing, tourism, and shipping

39. Adriatic & Aegean

40. North Sea Location: between Great Britain and Scandinavia
Importance: Shifted from fishing and shipping to drilling for oil

41. The North Sea

43. Strait of Gibraltar
Location: Separates Spain (Europe) from Morocco (Africa)
Importance: Connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean

44. Mediterranean Sea
Spain
Africa
Strait of Gibraltar

45. The Strait of Gibraltar

48. Fjords
Location: Along the coastal areas of Scandinavia (Norway & Sweden).
Importance: A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes.

51. Low-Countries Location: Belgium, Netherlands, & Luxembourg.
Also called BeNeLux
Importance: Land below sea level; reclaimed by the use of polders (windmills)

53. Label the physical features using the word bank
Alps
Danube River
Fjords
Pyrenees
Rhine River
Seine River
Strait of Gibraltar
Urals 8 6 3 4 7 5 2 1

55. A peninsula is a body of land surrounded on three sides by water.
Florida is a Peninsula

56. Europe is a peninsula. There are many peninsulas on the European peninsula
Can you find four peninsulas on this one large peninsula?

57. Peninsulas Scandinavia Iberian Italian Jutland Balkan Sweden & Norway
Location
Importance
Scandinavia
Iberian
Italian
Jutland
Balkan
Sweden & Norway
Spain & Portugal
Italy
Denmark
Countries SE of Italy

58. Scandinavian Peninsula

59. Iberian Peninsula

60. Italian Peninsula

61. Jutland Peninsula

62. Balkan (Region) Peninsula

63. Label the peninsulas using the word bank
Balkan
Iberian
Italian
Jutland
Scandinavian 4 3 5 1 2

64. Matching Separates Europe from Asia Fjords Low Countries
Separates Europe from Africa
Drained of water by windmills & polders
Flows through Paris, France
Deep water with steep slopes
Location of undersea oil
Fjords
Low Countries
North Sea
Seine River
Strait of Gibraltar
Ural Mountains