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1 World Regional Geography Europe C.J. Cox Instructor Week #12

2 Europe Ten Geographic Qualities Regions & States Physical Geography
Cultural Geography

3 Ten Geographic Qualities
1. Europe is a world cultural center that once controlled global culture 2. Heart of European Empires for 2000 years

4 Ten Geographic Qualities
3. Europe is a peninsula 4. Europe is roughly more than 1/2 the size of the US 5. Politically & culturally fragmented into over 30 countries

5 Ten Geographic Qualities
6. Good water supplies with a number of rivers & nine bodies of water surrounding Europe 7. Europe has some of the highest standards of living with varied resources, high levels of urbanization & industrialization. 8. Varied & complex landforms

6 Ten Geographic Qualities
9. Centrally located between North American & Asia 10. Diversity of Ethnic groups

7 Relative Location of Europe

8 Relative Location of Europe

9 Relative Location of Europe

10 Europe Ten Geographic Qualities Regions & States Physical Geography
Cultural Geography

11 Regions of Europe The British Isles Western Europe Nordic Europe
Mediterranean Europe Eastern Europe

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19 Europe Ten Geographic Qualities Regions & States Physical Geography
Cultural Geography

20 Physical Geography of Europe
Plate Tectonics Plateaus Deserts Mountains Rivers Lakes Climates

21 Plate Tectonics

22 Physical Geography of Europe
Rivers Rhine Rhone Thames Danube

23 Physical Geography of Europe
Lakes Geneva

24 Physical Geography of Europe
Landforms Central uplands Alpine Mountains Western Uplands North European Plains

25 Physical Geography of Europe
Mountain Ranges Alps Pyrenees Apennines Pennines Kjolian Highlands Carpathians

26 Physical Geography of Europe
Mountains Mt. Blanc Eiger Matterhorn

27 Physical Geography of Europe
Glacial Landforms

28 Physical Geography of Europe
Climates Europe is dominated by mid-attitude moderate temperature climates marine west-coast in the north Mediterranean in the south Snow Climates of Higher Elevations Ice Climates in highest mountain ranges

29 Climates of Europe

30 Vegetation Map

31 Europe Ten Geographic Qualities Regions & States Physical Geography
Cultural Geography

32 Cultural Geography of Europe
Population Languages Religion Agriculture Economics Historical Geography

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34 Population Concentrations

35 Population per square kilometer

36 Cartogram of World Population

37 Dot Density Map Showing World Population

38 Cultural Geography of Europe
Population One of world’s larger population concentrations 750 million in region concentrations on coasts & rivers and in cities

39 Europe Population Characteristics Birth rates 10/1000
Death rates 11/1000 Natural Increase -.1% Infant Mortality 10/1000 Doubling Time ----yrs Pop <15 19% Pop > 65 14%

40 Cultural Geography of Europe
Languages Indo European dominates the region

41 Religions

42 Religions

43 Cultural Geography of Europe
Religion Christianity Dominates the region Protestant Christianity in the north Catholic Christianity in the south Orthodox Christianity in the east

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45 Cultural Geography of Europe
Religion Religious landscapes

46 Koln Cathedral, Germany

47 Cultural Geography of Europe
Commercial Agriculture Commercial Ranching Commercial Dairying

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49 Cultural Geography of Europe
Economy resource devoid manufacturing of imported resources skilled & educated labor force

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52 Income levels

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54 Cities of Europe Munich, Germany
Cities are centers for manufacturing (secondary), services (tertiary) and information industries (quaternary) Munich, Germany

55 Paris, France

56 Paris, France

57 Amsterdam, Netherlands

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59 Brussels, Belguim

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61 Historical Geography

62 Historical Geography Greek & Roman Empires Middle Ages & Feudal Period
Crusades Protestant Reformation Age of Discovery & Renaissance Age of Exploration, & Colonization 20th Century World Wars 21 Century European Union

63 Europe Ten Geographic Qualities Regions & States Physical Geography
Cultural Geography

64 World Regional Geography Europe C.J. Cox Instructor Week #12

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