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Geography of Western Europe
Terms and Places
Population density describes
how crowded an area is.
Tributaries are rivers that
flow into other rivers.
A waterway that is navigable
can be traveled by ships.
High population density
Hydroelectric power is
electricity made from in dams.
The Gulf Stream brings warm
water from the south to
northern Europe.
Low population density
Objectives
• Identify two landforms that give Western Europe a
lot of shoreline.
• Explain how lots of shoreline affected Western
Europe’s history and culture.
• Name the four regions of Western Europe.
• Explain how both climate and terrain affects
population in each of the four regions of Western
Europe.
• Explain why the plains of Western Europe are
warmer than the plains of Eastern Europe, even
though they are at the same latitude.
Physical Geography of Europe
Part 1:
Location and Borders
The Arctic Ocean
Where are
Where is Europe?
Europe’s borders?
The
CaucasusCaspian
The Black
Sea
Africa
Mts.
Sea
Part 2:
Natural Features
Europe has many
peninsulas.
Cornwall
Normandy
Brittany
Iberian
Peninsula
Jutland
What are Europe’s
Outstanding
Features?
Crimean
Peninsula
The Balkan Peninsula
Iceland
Faroe
Shetlands
Hebrides
Ireland
Europe
has many
Islands
Great
Britain
Corsica
Madeira
Sardinia
Sicily
The
Greek
Islands
Crete
Many islands and many
peninsulas mean lots of
coastline. This affects the
people in many ways.
Economy
Diet
Military History
Part 3:
The Four Regions and
Their Climates
The Far North
Northern Plains
Alpine
Mediterranean
The Far North Region
It has the least population. It is very cold up here.
The population is low.
The land is rugged.
pasture
Unlike the
rest of
Europe, the
tundra Far North is
mostly
forest.
tundra
pasture
tundra
tundra
tundra
forest
forest
forest
pasture
cropland
cropland
cropland
pasture
cropland
forest
pasture
pasture
cropland
pasture
cropland
These provide
recreation such as
skiing and hiking,
but fewer people
live here.
High mountains cut
across Europe.
This is called the Alpine region.
This is called the Mediterranean region.
South of the mountains is
warm, because warm, dry
air comes from Africa.
Instead, the
northerners get
cool moist wind
from the arctic!
This makes
their winters
cold.
However, the mountains
stop the warm air from
reaching northern Europe.
The eastern part isn’t
warmed by the Gulf
Stream.
The western parts of
northern Europe get
warmth from the
Gulf Stream waters.
Note that the
northern plains
also have more
rivers.
What do the colors and
patterns on this map mean?
Plains
Highlands
Mountains
Which region
has the most
land for
producing food?
If much of the south
looks rocky to you –
you’re right!
So even though the
south is warmer,
more people live in
the north.
Review
Northern Plains
Alpine
Mediterranean
What
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the most
warmfertile
region
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and
the
mountainous
south
of the
Alps?on
populated
region
region
that
separates
other
side
of the
thethe
north
and
south
of
Alps?
mainland
Europe?
The Far North Region
Northern Plains
Alpine
Mediterranean
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Which
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Which European
European region
region is
has
to
thepeople?
most food?
warmest?
thegrow
fewest
Alpine
Alpine
Far
Far North
North
Northern
Northern European
European Plain
Plain
The
The Mediterranean
Mediterranean
What landforms make Western
Europe different from other areas?
Vast deserts make travel through
Europe difficult.
What does it mean that
Europe’s rivers are navigable?
Boats can move up
and down on them.
Many islands and peninsulas
increase the amount of Europe’s
shoreline.
Europe has few rivers to
transport goods and water crops
Why is Western Europe warmer in
the north than Eastern Europe is?
Western Europe is further south
than Eastern Europe is.
Desert winds travel from Africa to
Western Europe, but not Eastern.
The Gulf stream brings warmth
from the south.
What are some reasons a
river might not be navigable?
Shallowness, ice, sand
bars, bridges.
In recent years, many
European countries are giving
up the currency they have
used for centuries and are
now using the Euro.
European believe that if they
all use the same currency
[type of money], then their
economies will do better.
Please read
“The European Union”. World
Studies: Europe and Russia.
Pearson-Prentice-Hall, 2005.
pgs. 70-74. About 3½-4 pages.
Please read
"Land and Water." pgs. 11-12.
& "Major Rivers" pg. 15.
and
"Climate and Vegetation." pgs.
17-23.
and
"Resources of Western
Europe." pgs. 26-28.
World Studies: Europe
and Russia. PearsonPrentice-Hall, 2005.
and
“Cultures of Western Europe.”
World Studies: Europe and
Russia. Pearson-Prentice-Hall,
2005. pg. 84-90.
About 6 pages
Terms and Places
The European Union is a
Single market is
A foreign minister is
Urbanization is
An immigrant is
The Euro is the money used by
most of Western Europe.
Objectives
• Describe the main goals of the European Union.
• What is a Euro?
This is a
population
map.
On this map,
the darker an
area is, the
more people
live there.