Introduction to Europe

Political map of Europe

Physical Map

Atlantic Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

English Channel

Black Sea

Baltic Sea

Alps Mountains

Pyrenees Mountains

Danube River

Rhine River

Loire River

Balkan Mountains

North Sea

Regions of Europe

Fjords

• Fjords – steep U-shaped valleys that connect to the sea and that filled with seawater after the glaciers melted

• Often found in Norway and Sweden

Climate of Europe

Land of peninsulas

• Peninsula – a point of land extending into an ocean or lake

• Scandinavian Peninsula – Norway and Sweden

• Iberian Peninsula – Spain and Portugal

• Italian Peninsula – Italy

• Balkan Peninsula – mulitple countries – Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, etc.

Islands

• A body of land surrounded by water

• Islands in Europe – Great Britain and Ireland, Iceland

• Many countries have island off of them – ex. Greece, Italy, France

Great Britain and Ireland

Mountains

• Most famous mountain chain in Europe is the Alps Mountains that stretches across France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the northern Balkan Peninsula

Study websites

• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/European_Geography.htm

• Includes country and landscapes games

• http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/euroquiz.html