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EuropePeninsula of
Peninsulas
Definite
differences
between
Western
Europe and
Eastern
Europe
Iberian, Italian,
Balkan, Jutland,
Scandinavian
Regions of Europe
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Northern Europe- (Chap 10)
Northwestern Europe (Chap 11)
Southern Europe (Chap 12)
Eastern Europe (Chap 13)
The Russian Core (Chap 14—we will not
cover in this unit)
Northern Europe
– Scandinavian countries: Norway, Sweden, and
Denmark (includes Greenland)
– Finland
– Iceland (formerly part of Denmark)
Northwestern Europe
• British Isles--United Kingdom (England, Scotland,
Wales & Northern Ireland) & Ireland
• France
• Benelux-Belguim, The Netherlands
(Holland/Dutch), Luxembourg
• Microstates: Lichtenstein & Monaco
• Germanic states: Germany,
Switzerland, Austria
Southern Europe
(Mediterranean)
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Iberian Peninsula-Spain and Portugal
Italian Peninsula-Italy
Balkan Peninsula-Greece
Microstate: Andorra, Vatican City, San
Marino
Eastern Europe
• Former Yugoslavia: Slovenia, Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro,
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
• Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
• Czech Republic and Slovakia
• Poland
• Hungary & Romania
• Bulgaria, Moldova, Albania
-Europeans use their location as an advantage
-uses seas-for food, trade and exploration
-many diff cultures and languages
-conflicts b/w competing nations has caused
destruction (esp in Eastern Europe)
-recent years-formed coalition--EU.
Rivers (there’s a bunch)
Rhine-flows 820 miles
Danube (longest)- used for trade
•passes through 5 Eastern European countries
•empties into the Black Sea
•the capital cities of Belgrade, Budapest, and Vienna line the banks
•highway for trade- “river of destiny,”
“dustless road,”
“lifeline”
Mountains and Uplands
*Most famous Mountain Chain: The Alps (arc
across Germany, Switzerland, Austria)
*Alps cut Italy off from Europe
*Pyrenees restrict mov’t to Iberian Peninsula
*Balkan Mts. Block the Peninsula
*Meseta and Massif Central are big Upland
areas in Spain and France, respectively.
Fertile Plains:
Most Fertile agricultural region: Northern European
Plain –covers parts of France, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Poland
*Most of the continent is Marine West Coast.
*Nearby Ocean and winds create a mild Climate. Specifically, the North
Atlantic Drift moderates Europe’s west coast
*Harsher conditions the further inland you move, further North
*Milder climate in the South–Mediterranean Climate extends from S.
Spain and France through Italy to Greece and the Balkans