Transcript GHY 1020-107 World Regional Geography

Europe
Current News
 Finish Arab-Israeli Conflict
 Europe: Setting the Boundaries
 Landforms and Climate
 Environmental Issues
For Next Class: Read Chapter 8 (pp. 363-397)
Reminder: Response Paper Due on Friday!
Reminder: Exam III on April 7th!
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In-Class Writing Exercise
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Write for 5 minutes on BOTH of the following:
• If you were Israeli, how might you feel about the
two-state solution and the current issues in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
• If you were Palestinian, how might you feel about
the two-state solution and the current issues in
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Palestinian Perspective:
Israeli Occupation
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“The roots of the conflict go back to the birth
of Israel in 1948, but the major Palestinian
grievances arise from the 1967 war when
Israel occupied the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip.” (The Guardian, London)
Israeli Perspective:
Palestinian Terrorist Attacks,
Growth of Hamas, and
Iranian Threat
Europe
Arctic Norway
Figure 8.0
Figure 8.1
Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree,
Lewis, Price, and Wyckoff
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Figure 8.1
Europe
Wroclaw, Poland
Figure 8.0
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Relative Size and Location
Figure 8.3
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Landform Regions
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European Lowlands (Fig 8.4)
Alpine Mountain System
Central Uplands
Western Highlands
Figure 8.4
Figure 8.5
Fjord in Norway
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Climate
Although along the same
line of latitude as
northern Canada, Europe
has much milder climates.
1. What accounts for this
difference?
2. What are the
dominant influences
on European climates?
Figure 8.6
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Environmental Issues – Overview
• Pollution crosses
boundaries
• Intergovernmental
cooperation
• EU management
of environmental
problems
Figure 8.8
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Environmental Issues (cont’d)
Acid Rain:
Bohemia, Czech Republic
Figure 8.9
Toxic landscape:
Romania
Figure 8.10
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Environmental Issues (cont’d)
Landscape restoration:
England
Windfarm:
Denmark
Figure 8.1.1
Figure 8.12
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