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• 1 map needed to demonstrate 3 basic regions of Europe and peninsulas • A 2nd map with rivers and mountains already labeled, but students will have to label other bodies of water and memorize them… • 3rd map with political regions of 1500 and I might add notes on climate and language Created by Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Edited by Jesse Hansen Let’s Start With Some Basics Satellite View of Europe Europe as a Queen Munster, 1588 Political Divisions Today 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 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 Members of the Indo-European Language Family R E G I O N S B o d i e s Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean North Sea Baltic Sea of W a t e r Dardanelles Strait Strait of Gibraltar Aegean Sea Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Bosporus R i v e r s Thames R. Po R. Ebro R. Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers?? Capitals on the Rivers (1) London on the Thames Paris, right bank of the Seine Prague on the Vltava Budapest on the Danube Capitals on the Rivers (2) Moscow on the Moscow River Berlin on the Spree Rome on the Tiber Vienna on the Danube What’s the answer ?? Answer: They are Europe’s lifeline! M o u t a i n s & Alps Mts. P e a k s The Alps Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France. Mt. Blanc in the Alps Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feet Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains Home of Vlad Tepeš, the Drakul (“Count Dracula”) The BENELUX ‘Low’ Countries * Belgium * Netherlands * Luxembourg Holland’s Dikes Amsterdam’s Canals Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas Europe: An Asian Peninsula Northern Peninsulas Scandinavian Peninsula Jutland Peninsula Southern Peninsulas Iberian Peninsula Crimean Peninsula Italian Peninsula Balkan Anatolean Peninsula Peninsula P e n i n s u l a s Jutland Pen. Crimean Pen. Italian Pen. Balkan Pen. Iberian Pen. Anatolean Pen. Peloponnesian Pen. C o m p l e t e d Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Jutland North Pen. Sea Thames R. Bay of Biscay Tagus R. M a p Baltic Sea Iberian Pen. Ebro R. Strait of Gibraltar Alps Mts. Po R. Italian Pen. Caspian Caucasus Mts. Sea Crimean Pen. Balkan Pen. Dardanelles Strait Mt. Vesuvius ^ Mt. Olympus ^ Aegean Tyrrhenian Sea Sea Mt. Etna ^ Peloponnesian Pen. Black Sea Anatolean Pen. Mediterranean Islands Generally rugged & mountainous. Mediterranean Sea so polluted (will take 1000 years to clean up). Sardinia Cyprus Malta Mt. Etna, Sicily An active volcano Mt. Vesuvius, Italy Pompeii, 79 CE 1944 eruption Herculaneum, 79 CE Europe’s Latitude v. US Climate Europea Political Map from the Year 1500 AD Mr. Hansen’s Note- Ignore… Taken from Merriman pg. 28 • 1 map needed to demonstrate 3 basic regions of Europe and peninsulas • A 2nd map with rivers and mountains already labeled, but students will have to label other bodies of water and memorize them… • 3rd map with political regions of 1500 and I might add notes on climate and language Rivers and Mountains #2 Volga Elbe Pennines Rhine Seine Vistula Thames Oder Dnieper Carpathians Pyrenees Loire Ebro Alps Danube Po Apennines Tiber Europea Political Map from the Year 1500 AD (#3) Mr. Hansen’s Note- Ignore… Taken from Merriman pg. 28