1. United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, & Germany
EQ: Why do people choose to live in certain places?

2. United Kingdom Consists of 4 regions: England Scotland Wales
Northern Ireland

3. Location
UK’s location has helped the country become an international banking and insurance center
-more foreign bank branches than any country in the world
Location helps with US trade
-US is UK’s #1 trading partner!

4. Location UK’s location makes it HUB for trade Across the English
Channel is France, west is
Ireland, east is Scandinavian
Peninsula
10 major ports along the
coast

5. Climate
The UK has a mild (temperate)climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round.
-No section go without rain for more than two weeks
-Winter are mild and wet; summers are warmest in the south
The Gulf Stream crosses the Atlantic Ocean

6. Natural Resources Major export: manufactured goods
coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, slate, arable land
Major Industries: automobile production, steel manufacturing, shipbuilding

7. Natural Resources Fishing is a large and profitable industry in UK
Nearly 25% of country has arable land (suitable for faming)
-Over half of the land is used for farms

8. Population / Where People Live/Land Area
About 60 million people live in the United Kingdom.
Around 90% of the UK’s people live in cities.
London has over 7 million people.
Land Area – 243,610 sq. miles

9. Russia

10. Location

11. Location Spans two continents – Europe and Asia
Shares a border with 15 countries
At its closest point, Us and Russia are only 3 miles apart across the Bering Straight!
European Russia is mostly landlocked (surrounded by land on all sides)
Exceptions – Murmansk and St. Petersburg

12. Climate
Most of the western part of Russia has a humid continental climate. Summers are warm and rainy, while winters are cold and snowy.
Only two seasons: winter and summer. Eastern Russia experiences cool, short summers and long, snowy winters.
Asian Russia (Siberia) northern border is a tundra (nearly frozen, treeless plain).
73% of population lives in European Russia

13. Natural Resources Major export: petroleum
Bauxite, coal, copper, fishing, gold, iron ore, lead, natural gas, nickel, tin, & zinc
Volga River – hydroelectric power
Lots of forest with lumber have been cleared to build European cities
With Russia’s harsh climate and rugged terrain, natural resources and difficult to get to

14. Population/ Where People Live/ Land Area
Russia is one of the most populous countries in the world, with million people.
Most people live WEST of the Ural mountains, where the climate is mildest and the land is the most fertile.
Land Area – 17,098,242 sq. miles

15. Germany

16. Location

17. Location North Central Europe – European Plain
Southern region – mountainous
Central region – hilly and mountainous
Northern region – flat
Rhine River – most important commerical waterway in Europe

18. Climate
Because of its mountainous landscape, Germany has a cool climate.
West – winters are mild and summers are cool with rainfall year round
East – winters are very cold and summers are very hot with long dry periods

19. Natural Resources
An area in western Germany called the Ruhr ranks as one of the world’s most important industrial centers because of its rich deposits of coal and iron ore.
Germany imports about 1/3 of its food, although farmers grow grains, vegetables, and fruits.
Germany’s Black Forest is a huge producer of timber, although recently acid rain has severely damaged tree growth.

20. Natural Resources
Iron ore, coal, potash, uranium, nickel, natural gas, and copper
Timber is also a resource but most of it has been cut down
1/3 of land is arable

21. Population/Where People Live/Land Area
Germany’s population is 82.6 million people.
Because of its rivers and fertile land, Germany’s northern plain has many cities and towns.
One of Europe’s most important waterways flows through southern Germany.
85% of people live in cities (Berlin is the largest and the capital)
Land Area: 357, 022 sq. miles

22. Trade Rhine River is important for trade
Many German cities lie on the Rhine

23. Italy

24. Location

25. Location
Long, boot-shaped peninsula surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea
Alps form northern border
Apennine Mountains run from the Alps to the sea
2 small islands, Sardinia and Sicily, are part of Italy

26. Climate
Most of Italy has a mild climate of sunny summers and rainy winters. In spring and summer, hot dry winds called siroccos blow across Italy from North Africa.
Temperate (mild) climate with regional differences
Coast – mild winters, warm summers
Mountains – cold, wet, snowy winters and humid summers

27. Natural Resources Major export: metal
coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate,
26% arable land
Grapes and olives are important crops
More than 800 ports for fishing boats

28. Population/Where People Live/Land Area
Italy has 57.2 million people.
About 70% of the population live in towns and cities. (More than 90% of Italians work in manufacturing and service industries.)
7 out of 10 people live in urban areas (Rome, Naples, Milan, Turin)
Almost half of the people live in the northern 1/3 of the country
Land Area: 301,340 sq. miles

29. Trade Apennine Mtns. Are like a backbone across Italy
They affect where people live and how they transport goods and people
Location on Mediterranean Sea affects trade with other countries
Has a long history of shipping goods to Africa, Asia, and Europe