Download World Geography Europe Learning Targets Last Updated—1/14

World Geography
Europe Learning Targets
Last Updated—1/14/2013
Topic
Physical Geography
Learning Targets
Academic Vocabulary
 I can identify physical factors that constitute a region. (WG.9.A)
Physical Geography of Europe PPT
Ch12
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Nordic countries
British Isles/Great Britain/The United Kingdom
 I can describe different landforms and the physical processes that
cause their development. (WG.4.B)
Physical Geography of Europe PPT
Ch12
General pattern of European landforms
"Peninsula of peninsulas"
-Scandinavian Peninsula
-Iberian Peninsula
-Italian Peninsula
-Balkan Peninsula
fjords
Mountain chains
-Alps
-Pyrenees Mountains
-Balkan Mountains
Rivers (and their importance)
-Danube
-Rhine
Bodies of Water
-North Sea/oil
-Black Sea
-Mediterranean Sea
-Strait of Gibraltar
-English Channel
Tectonic Forces that Shape Europe
 I can explain how elevation, latitude, wind systems, ocean
currents, position on a continent, and mountain barriers influence
temperature, precipitation, and distribution of climate regions.
(WG.4.A)
Physical Geography of Europe PPT
Ch12
General pattern of climate in Europe
Factors influencing climate in Europe
Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Drift
Topic
Learning Targets
HumanEnvironment
Interaction
 I can examine the environmental, economic, and social impacts of
technology on agriculture and natural resources. (WG.19.C)
HEI Activity/ Polders – Venice PPT
ch12
ch14
polders (Netherlands land reclamation)
Canals
Pollution on the Rhine/Danube River
acid rain
 I can describe the interaction between humans and the physical
environment and analyze the consequences of extreme weather and
other natural disasters. (WG.8.B)
ch12
Venice
subsidence
Topic
Culture and
Population
Learning Targets
Academic Vocabulary
Academic Vocabulary
 I can analyze the effects of physical and human geographic
patterns and processes on the past and describe their impact on the
present, including significant physical features that have shaped the
distribution of culture groups today. (WG.1.A)
 Analyze cultural changes in specific regions caused by migration,
war, trade, innovations, and diffusion. (WG.18.A)
Regions of Europe PPT
Ch12
ch13
Importance of North European Plain
Roman Empire
-Influence on patterns of language
-Influence on patterns of religion
(Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Eastern Orthodox)
Irish potato famine and Irish out-migration
Mountain chains as barriers to cultural diffusion
Distribution of Islam in Europe
I can describe distinctive cultural patterns and landscapes
associated with Europe and their distribution.
Visual Literacy PPT
ch13
Roma
Sami (Laplanders)
Basques (Basque separatism)
Stateless Nations I Europe
Visual Literacy PPT
 I can explain factors and that affect the routes and flows of human
migration. (WG.7.B)
ch13
Migration in Europe PPT
Colonialism and its influences on European Cultural
Diversity
Guest workers
 I can analyze population pyramids and use other data, graphics,
and maps to describe the population characteristics of different
societies and predict future population trends. (WG.7.A)
Compare Europe to other parts of the world.
Issues of an aging population
Topic
Political
Geography
Learning Targets
 I can evaluate the spread of democratic ideas in Europe.
(WG.18.D)
Ch13
Collapse of Communism PPT
Fall of communism in Eastern Europe
(economic, social, political issues)
satellite nations
Berlin Wall
 I can analyze the factors that influence the power to control
territory and resources, create conflict/war, and impact international
political relations. (WG.14.C)
Century of Geopolitical Change WS
Slovakia Case Study
Ch13
A Lasting Peace in Northern Ireland WS
Changing European boundaries in the 20th century
Importance of Britain's island location
Slovakia Case Study
"Velvet Divorce"
causes of unrest in Ireland
 Assess causes, effects, and perceptions of conflicts between
groups of people. (WG.18.B)
Crisis in the Balkans PPT
ch14
Topic
Urban
Geography
Academic Vocabulary
Learning Targets
 I can locate and describe human and physical features that
influence the size and distribution of settlements. (WG.6.A)
Urban Geography PPT
Breakup of Yugoslavia
Balkanization
Josip Broz Tito
Serbs/Croats/Bosnians
Language, Religion, History of Conflict
"Greater Serbia"
Nationalism vs. Ethno-nationalism
nation states
irredentism
Kosovo
Ethnic Albanians
ethnic cleansing
genocide
Academic Vocabulary
Patterns of population density in Europe
Geographic Influences on settlement patterns
Coal Fields/ Industrial Revolution
Physical Landforms
Topic
Economic
Geography
Learning Targets
Academic Vocabulary
 I can analyze indicators to determine the level of development in
European countries. (WG.5.B)
Regions of Europe PPT
Regional differences in economic indicators
 I can compare global trade patterns over time and examine the
implications of globalization, including outsourcing and free trade
zones. (WG.10.D)
EU Group Activity
EU PPT
ch14
The Maastricht Treaty
The European Union
-goals (economic and political)
-membership
-current issues
-EU Group Activity
EU enlargement
-status of Turkey
 I can compare the ways people satisfy their basic needs through
the production of goods and services such as subsistence agriculture
and commercial agriculture or cottage industries versus commercial
industries. (WG.10.C)
Iceland Case Study
Andalucia Case Study
Iceland Case Study
- How does Iceland's unique geography promote its major
economic activities?
-What advantages and disadvantages do Iceland get from
tectonic activity?
-sustainable harvest
Andalucia Case Study
-what factors explain Andalucia's lagging economic
development?
 I can describe the forces that affect the distribution of goods and
services in free-enterprise, socialist, and communist economic
systems.
Economic Systems Review PPT
socialism and mixed economies in Europe
transition economies in Eastern Europe
(from communism to capitalism)