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Geography of Europe. Ch. 9.1 Study the geography of the Europe and the Eurasian land mass, including its location, topography, waterways, vegetation, and climate and their relationship to ways of life in Medieval Europe. I. Location. Europe: Asia. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Geography of Europe
Ch. 9.1Study the geography of the Europe and the Eurasian
land mass, including its location, topography, waterways, vegetation, and climate and their
relationship to ways of life in Medieval Europe.
Europe:Europe: Asia Asia
Eurasia is the large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia.
Label EURASIA in LARGE CAPITAL BLUE LETTERS
over your map
Ural Mountains: “The Great Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide”Divide”
The Ural Mountains are the boundary between the two continents.
1500
mile
s
The Ural MountainsThe Ural Mountains
Label the Ural Mountainsand draw mountains
Topography is the shape and elevation of land in a region.
AlpsCarpathians
Caucasus
Pyrennes
Apennines
Southern Europe is covered mainly by mountain ranges.
The Alps cover most of The Alps cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts Switzerland, Austria, and parts
of Italy and France.of Italy and France.
Some peaks in the Alps reach higher than 15,000 feet!
Mt. Blanc in the AlpsMt. Blanc in the Alps
Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feetfeet
Label the Alps and draw mountains
The Caucasus MountainsThe Caucasus Mountains
The origin of The origin of thethe word word CaucasianCaucasian..
TransylvaniaTransylvania in the Carpathian in the Carpathian MountainsMountains
Home of Home of Vlad TepešVlad Tepeš, , thethe Drakul Drakul (“Count (“Count Dracula”)Dracula”)
Northern Europe is much flatter and is called the Northern European Plain
Stretches from Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Ural Mountains in the east
Northern Europe is covered with thick forests and many types of trees.
Scandinavian Peninsula
Northern British Isles and Scandanavia
Many peninsulas that give Europe a very long, jagged coastline
Southern Europe: largely warm and sunny climate allows shrubs and trees that don’t need a lot of water.
Northwestern Europe: mild and cooler, wetter climate bring freezing weather in the winter where few plants can survive
1. Label Southern Europe with a sun
2. Label Northern Europe with snowflakes
RRiivveerrss Danube R.
Seine R.Rhine R.
Loire R.
Po R.Tiber R.
Tagus R.
Thames R.
Elbe R.Oder R.
Vistula R.
Dnieper R.
Volga R.
Don R.
Ebro R.
A. Many of Europe’s rivers are in the Northern European Plain
1. Some important rivers are the Danube, Thames, Rhine, Rhone, Ural, Volga, Ebro
B. The snow in the southern mountains melts and flows out over the plain on its way to the northward sea.
The Danube RiverThe Danube River
1770 miles1770 miles
The Danube RiverThe Danube River
Flows through the Flows through the 12 countries12 countries of Germany, Austria, of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Ukraine. Ukraine.
Where Buda Where Buda & Pest Meet& Pest MeetBiking Biking
Along the Along the DanubeDanube
The Volga RiverThe Volga River
The longest river in Europe --> 2,300 miles.The longest river in Europe --> 2,300 miles.
The Volga RiverThe Volga River
Label these rivers and trace them in blue.
• Danube• Thames• Volga
Vegetation: How geography shapes life
A. Southern Europe: Most people lived on coastal plains (similar to Japan) or in river valleys (like Africa) where the land was flat enough to farm i. Grapes and olives were grown that could survive the
region’s dry summers ii. People raise sheep and goats iii. Many people became traders and seafarers
Southern Europe
1. Draw grapes and olives along the Southern coast
2. Add goats and sheep
3. Now, draw boats to represent the traders and seafarers
Northern Europe: Most people lived farther from the sea and most towns grew along the river.
Paris, right bank of the SeineParis, right bank of the SeineLondon on the ThamesLondon on the Thames
Prague on the VltavaPrague on the Vltava Budapest on the DanubeBudapest on the Danube
Northern Europe
• Draw small houses near the river to represent where people lived.
VI. The Big Idea
A. The river provides transportation and protectionB. Farmers grew many crops C. No mountains surrounded northern Europe
making it easy to invade
Checking for Understanding
What is the boundary between Europe and Asia?
Where are most of Europe’s rivers located? How is the topography of southern Europe different
from that of the Northern European Plain?
What part of Europe do you think was open to more invasions? Why?