1. The Geography
& Peoples
of Europe

2. France is the upper chest
Europe as a Queen
Munster, 1588
Spain is the crown
France is the upper chest
Germany is the bosom
Italy is the right arm
Denmark is the left arm

3. Climate?, Size?, Agriculture?, Tourism?
Europe’s Latitude v. US
Climate?, Size?, Agriculture?, Tourism?

4. Former Soviet Region Compared in Latitude & Area with the United States

5. Satellite View of Europe

6. 3,800 square miles

7. R E G I O N S

8. 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

9. Topography

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

11. Europe: An Asian Peninsula?

12. Scandinavian Peninsula
Northern Peninsulas
Scandinavian Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula

13. Southern Peninsulas Crimean Peninsula Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
AnatoleanPeninsula

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

15. What’s the answer ??

16. B o d i e s of W a t e r Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean North Sea
Baltic Sea
English Channel
Caspian Sea
Bay of Biscay
Black Sea
Dardanelles Strait
Adriatic Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
AegeanSea
Strait of Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea

17. 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

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

19. The Danube River
1770 miles

20. The Danube River
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.

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

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

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

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

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

26. What’s the answer ??

27. They are Europe’s lifeline!
Answer:
They are Europe’s lifeline!

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

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

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

31. The Caucasus Mountains
Johann Frederich Blumenbach ( ), a German professor of natural history
He viewed mankind as an object of natural history--an animal like any other, although superior to the rest. He surveyed characteristics of human races, mapped their distribution, and invented comparative physiological anatomy.
While he observed many traits, he felt that the skull was the ultimate measure and indicator of race. Based on skull measurements, he classified five races: American, Caucasian, Ethiopian, Malayan, and Mongolian.
He selected a skull from Georgia (the one next to Russia) that he thought was the ideal of the Caucasian race, so named because of the Caucasus mountains that form Georgia's northern border. He thought that the Caucasus region was the home of a hypothetical race
hann Frederich Blumenbach ( ), a German professor of natural history.
The origin of the word Caucasian.

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

33. The Real Count Dracula Born 1441 Vlad III (The Impaler)
When he first began to rule he had a party and invited all his nobles. He feared they were against him so at the party he impaled all 500.

34. Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide”
1500 miles
Divides the European and Asian sections of Russia.

35. The Ural Mountains

36. Northern European Plain
Siberian Lowlands
P l a i n s
Northern European Plain
Steppes

37. The BENELUX Countries
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg

38. Holland’s Dikes

39. Amsterdam’s Canals

40. The Netherlands: The “Dagger” Pointing at the Heart of Britain!

41. 10,000 BCE – Ice Age

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

43. Earthquake Zones

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

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

46. Mt. Etna, Sicily
An active volcano

47. Mt. Vesuvius, Italy
Pompeii, CE
Herculaneum, 79 CE
1944 eruption

48. Eastern
Europe

49. Eastern Europe

50. Russia’s 10 Time Zones

51. Siberia --> Permafrost
Average temperatures of January vary from 0 to -50°C, and in July from 1 to 25°C
150,000,000 population.
A former “gulag” Soviet prison camp.

52. Lake Baikal, Siberia The oldest and deepest lake in the world.
20% of the world’s total unfrozen water supply.

53. Trans-Siberian Railroad
Completed in 1905.

54. Trans-Siberian Railroad
The main line runs 5,785 miles.

55. Climate

56. Europe’s Latitude v. US

57. Climate

58. Average Annual Precipitation

59. Vegetation

60. Europe’s Natural Regions

61. The North European Plain

62. The Northern European Plain --> An Invasion Route into Asia (& Vice Versa?)

63. Steppes: “Soviet” Breadbasket

64. The Steppes
25% of the old Soviet Union’s food supply.

65. Major Regional Divisions of the Former U. S. S. R.
Chernozen Soil

66. Germany’s Black Forest

67. Germany’s Black Forest

68. Tundra: The Not-So-Barren Land Below the Arctic Circle

69. L a n d
U s e

70. Agricultural Activity

71. Natural Resources

72. R E S O U R C E S

73. Major Industrial Resources

74. Oil Export Routes in the Caucasus Area

75. Geographic
Problems

76. Major Environmental Disasters & Pollution Problems

77. Acid Rain

78. Demographics

79. 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

80. 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
Italy
192.96
Canada
3.36
France
108.09
Russia
8.61

81. Population Distribution

82. Population Growth

83. Members of the Indo-European Language Family

84. Major Religious Groups in Europe

85. Arrivederci!
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