Download Eastern Hemisphere Chapter 6 Notes (Co-Teaching)

Chapter Notes 6-1 (Northern Europe)
I. The United Kingdom (island separated by the English Channel)
A. The UK includes 4 regions: England, Wales, Scotland, and
N. Ireland
________________.
90 live in cities. ________
London is the capital and a center of business.
B. ___%
Manufacturing and machinery are its leading exports.
C. ____________
D. The UK has both a ____________
parliamentary democracy and a ____________
constitutional
monarchy.
E. Most are ____________
Christians and speak English.
Protestant
II. The Republic of Ireland (island that is Catholic country)
Emerald Isle
A. Its called the “_______________”
because its lush and green from
its regular rainfall.
peat which is dug up from bogs.
B. Much of the area is made up of ______
C. The “________
Potato
________”
Famine
caused many Irish to migrate to the U.S
Celts settle the island hundreds of years ago. Most speak
D. _______
Gaelic and ____________.
English
Catholics
E. _____________
in N. Ireland want to unite w/its southern neighbor.
conflict from the 1960’s to 1990’s. In 1998
F. This dispute led to __________
agreement was signed to end the violence.
Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
III. _____________
highest
A. Their standards of living are among the __________
in the world.
fjords
B. This region is made up of many landforms. Norway has _______,
geysers
Denmark has forests, and Iceland (island) have __________.
geothermal
C. Norway relies on oil and natural gas. Iceland uses _____________
energy, Finland uses hydroelectric power.
welfare
D. Most are constitutional monarchies and all are __________
states.
Chapter Notes 12-2 (Europe’s Heartland)
I.
France (lies in W. Europe and has a mild climate)
specialization such as wine
A. Their farms are known for their ______________
and cheese.
service
B. Both traditional and ____________
industries has allowed
economy to grow.
Tourism
C. ___________
is part of their economy and many tourists visit the
Paris
capital of __________.
(10 million)
Catholic Immigrants from
D. Most speak French and are Roman _________.
2nd largest religion.
Muslim countries has made Islam ______
republic headed by elected president and
E. Their government is a _________
minister
appointed prime ____________.
II. Germany
Alps
A. It has plains, highlands, and ________
to the south. Danube, Elbe,
rivers
and Rhine ________
are used to transport goods and materials.
B. In the early 1900’s, Germany’s attempt to control Europe led to
____
two world wars.
Reunification came about in 1990, when the 2 parts united into
C. _____________
one under a federal ___________.
republic
largest population in Europe and Berlin is its
D. Germany has the _________
capital.
Catholic
F. Most speak German and are ___________
or Protestant.
EU
G. Germany is a global economic power and a leader if the ________
because of its industry.
III. The Benelux Countries (have a low, flat landscape)
high standard of living, and
A. Most live in crowded cities, have _______
parliamentary democracies w/monarchs.
_____________
Flanders
B. Belgium has 3 distinct cultural regions: ____________
(Dutchspeaking), Wallonia (French-speaking), and Brussels (bilingual)
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C. Netherlands means “lowlands” because _____%
is below the sea.
The Dutch create ____________
polders
to drain land from the sea.
Amsterdam is the capital and largest city. (90% urban)
D. ____________
smallest
E. Luxembourg is one of Europe’s _____________
countries.
F. It’s the center of trade and commerce which is home to many
multinational companies. Many are mixed German and French.
_____________
IV. Switzerland and Austria (dominated by the Alps range)
Landlocked Switzerland has practiced _________due
neutrality
A. ___________
to location.
industrial nation w/a stable democracy.
B. Switzerland is a thriving __________
4 national languages: ___________,
German
C. Switzerland has ____
French,
Italian
____________,
and Romansch. Most speak more than one.
Austria
D. ___________
is a landlocked country east of Switzerland. The
mountains cover and provide timber and iron ore.
Catholic
E. Most live in cities, speak German, and practice Roman _________.
Danube
F. The capital is Vienna, located on the ___________,
and is the center
of their culture
Chapter Notes 12-3 (Southern Europe)
I. Spain and Portugal
Iberian
A. Both are located on the ____________
Peninsula. Spain is made
Pyrenees Mts. and the Meseta, a dry plateau.
up of the ____________
Dry
B. _______
farming is practiced since there is a lack of rain.
Spanish
C. Castilian ___________
is Spain’s official language though people
of different regions speak different languages.
D. Spain’s democratic government has given these regions a great
autonomy (self-rule).
deal of ___________
Madrid and most live in cities and are Catholic.
E. Spain’s capital is _______
F. ___________
is a small democratic country located west of Spain.
Portugal
G. Most live in small villages near the capital of _________
Lisbon and fish
for a living. Subsidies are used to support manufacturing.
II. Italy – boot-shaped peninsula center located on the Mediterranean.
Apennines run through the
A. The Alps dominate the north and the ___________
center. Sicily is a main island.
Po River Valley is rich in
B. It has an industrial economy and the _____
farming (grapes and olives).
Rome
C. 90% live in cities and __________
is the capital and once the center
of the Roman Empire.
Vatican City, located inside of Rome, is the headquarters of
D. The ________
the Catholic Church and is an independent country.
Balkan
III. Greece – extends from the ____________
Peninsula into the
Mediterranean Sea making up of 2,000 islands.
stony
A. Farming is limited due to poor, _________
soil.(olives and wheat)
shipping
B. Greece has one of the largest ____________
fleets in the world.
Tourism is also important. (Ancient Greece)
Chapter Notes 6-4 (Eastern Europe)
I.
Poland, Belarus, and the Baltic Republics
A. N. ________ Plain, Baltic Sea, and Carpathian Mts. make up Poland.
B. After WWII, the communist set up a _________ economy, but today
is a __________ economy. Warsaw is the capital.
C. Belarus, former Soviet Republic has a rigid government and a
command economy. Main resource is ___________.
D. The ________ Republics - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were under
the control of the Soviet Union until 1991.
E. All are ____________ and have strong economies based on dairy
farming, fishing, and shipbuilding.
II. Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary
A. All three are ___________ countries and democracies today.
B. The Czech Republic and Slovakia were ________ country under
communist rule.
C. The ______ have rolling hills, lowlands, and plains bordered by mts.
D. Czechs have the __________ standard of living in Eastern Europe.
E. __________, the capital, is the center of service industries, tourism,
and manufacturing.
G. The ____________ Mts. cover Slovakia. Bratislava is the capital and
located on the Danube R.
H. ___________ landscape is a lowland area w. fertile farmland.
I.
Its capital is Budapest located on the Danube River. They are
descendents of the ____________
III. Countries of Southeastern Europe
A. There are ______ countries on southeastern Europe located along
the Black Sea or Balkan Peninsula.
B. Ukraine is the ______ country in Europe divided by the Dnieper R.
C. Ukraine w/its rich soil for farming has the nickname “__________
of Europe”.
D. Russians living in the Ukraine want _______ ties which have led to
ethnic divisions.
E. Romania was once ruled by the __________ and its language is
based on Latin spoken in ancient Rome. Bucharest is the capital.
F. Moldova is a landlocked country and is Europe’s __________.
G. __________ is a mountainous country w/ fertile river valleys.
H. Most countries on the Balkan Peninsula were once part of the
Communist country called ____________.
I.
In the 1990’s, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
Macedonia declared their _____________.
J.
Serbia wanted to keep Yugoslavia under __________ rule and as a
result carried out ethnic cleansing.
K. Albania is unique that it’s the only European country w/a
___________ majority population.