1. Europe
ESPN & Mapping
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2. Europe Economics Social Religion
Land use
Urban, commercial farming, forestry, ranching, herding
Resources
Natural gas, oil, zinc, aluminum, lead, iron, coal
European Union
Mediterranean
Economies struggle to become industrial
Infrastructure is still lacking
Western and Northern
Agriculture, industry and technology
Tourism
Eastern
Industrial but recovering from communist control
Religion
Catholicism
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Long history of art, music and literature
Languages
German, Flemish, French, Italian, Dutch, English
Distinct customs
Afternoon tea-England
Smorgasbord-Sweden
Saunas-Finland
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3. Europe Political Natural Environment Peninsulas
Mediterranean
Greece-birthplace of democracy
City-state
Roman empire-republic
Western Europe
Rome once ruled the area, conquered by Charlemagne
Reformation-religious movement
France-majority Catholic
Switzerland, Netherlands, and Germany-both Catholic and Protestant
Northern Europe
Representative government
Parliament
Conflict between England and Ireland
Protestant England controlled Catholic Ireland until 1921.
Eastern Europe
War-balkanization
Until recently (last 20 years or so) were ruled by Communist Russia
Peninsulas
Fjords-u-shaped, glacier-carved valleys
Mountain chains and Uplands
Many rivers
Plains
Marine west coast climate
Warm summers, cool winters
Humid continental climate
Hot summers, cold winters
Mediterranean climate
Hot dry summers, mild wet winter
Holland(Netherlands) reclaimed land from sea using polders
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4. Europe Political Physical Alps Pyrenees Mediterranean Sea Black Sea
Iceland
Ireland UK
Portugal
Spain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Yugoslavia
Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
Luxembourg
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Czech Rep.
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Croatia
Hungary
Macedonia
Albania
Monaco
Alps
Pyrenees
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Balkan Mts
Carpathian Mts
Strait of Gibraltar
Adriatic Sea
Baltic Sea
English Channel
Atlantic Ocean
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