Transcript chapter 13 human geography of europe

CHAPTER 13
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
SECTION 1
MEDITERRANEAN
EUROPE
GREECE IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF
DEMOCRACY.
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IT WAS SEPARATED INTO CITY-STATES.
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WHAT IS A CITY-STATE?
IT WAS ALSO A CULTURAL HEARTH FOR
WESTERN EUROPE, BECAUSE OF ITS
DRAMA, PHILOSOPHY, LANGUAGE,
ART, AND SCIENCE.
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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AFTER GREECE LOST POWER AND
INFLUENCE, DUE TO WARS AND
CONQUERERS, ROME BECAME THE NEW
POWER
THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT WAS A REPUBLIC
IT STRETCHED FROM THE BRITISH ISLES
TO NORTHERN AFRICA AT ITS HEIGHT.
MOVING TOWARD MODERN TIMES
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The Crusades began when the Muslims
invaded the Holy Lands and prevented
Christians from worshipping there.
A series of wars and pilgrimages had
Christians from Europe passing through Italy
and southern Europe on their way to
Jerusalem.
This caused the Italian city-states to grow
rich.
THE RENAISSANCE
THE RENAISSANCE,
OR “REBIRTH,”
WAS A REVIVAL OF THE ARTS,
LITERATURE AND LEARNING
FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF
THE GREEKS.
IT BEGAN IN ITALY AND
SPREAD THROUGH
MOST OF EUROPE
BUBONIC PLAGUE, THE “BALCK
DEATH”
OUTBREAKS OF THE
BUBONIC PLAGUE,
CARRIED BY THE
FLEAS OF RATS,
KILLED NEARLY ONE
THIRD OF EUROPE’S
POPULATION
IN SEVERAL
OUTBREAKS.
SPAIN’S EMPIRES
MUSLIMS INVADED SPAIN FROM
NORTHERN AFRICA IN THE 700’S
SPAIN’S QUEEN ISABELLA AND KING
FERDINAND UNITED SPAIN
AND BEGAN
SUPPORTING EXPLORATIONS TO THE
NEW WORLD IN THE LATE 1400’S
EUROPE’S CULTURE
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LANGUAGES EVOLVED FROM THE ROMAN
LANGUAGE , LATIN
LANGUAGES WERE CIRCULATED BY THE
PUBLISHING OF RELIGIOUS WORKS
DURING THE REFORMATION, THE
FORMATION OF THE PROTESTANT
CHURCHES, SUCH AS THE LUTHERAN,
METHODIST, ANGLICAN, AND OTHERS
ART
ART FLOURISHED
IN ITALY, FRANCE,
AND THE
NETHERLANDS
THE ROMAN
CONSTRUCTIONS
LIKE THE
AQUEDUCTS AND
PANTHEON
REMAIN AS RUINS
TODAY
THE PANTHEON IN ROME
BY DUTCH PAINTER
VERMEER
THE PIETA
BY
MICHANGELO
A ROMAN AQUEDUCT
ECONOMICS
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THROUGH THE YEARS, EUROPE HAS MOVED
FROM AGRICULTURE TO INDUSTRY
THE EUROPEAN UNION, FORMED IN THE LATE
20TH CENTURY
– INCREASED MANUFACTURING
– STANDARDIZED THE MONEY SYSTEM
WITH THE EURO
– INCREASED TRADE WITHIN THE
CONTINENT