Physical Geography
You might find these long, steep-sided glacial valleys on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Fjords
Using Relative location, and giving 3 examples: Where is Europe?
Possible Answers:
-West of Asia
-North of the Mediterranean Sea, East of the Atlantic Ocean, South of the North Sea
-North of Africa
This form of government, where people vote on their leaders, originated in Greece.
Democracy
In the last 10 years, Europe has had large influx of these people fleeing their homes for safety.
Refugees
A series of religious wars (AD 1100-1300) in which European Catholics tried to retake Palestine from Muslim rule.
The Crusades
The narrow waterway between the British Isles and France
The English Channel
REGION: What makes Europe a Region? Give at least 5 examples.
-Christianity is the predominate religion
-Physical Geography: It is a Peninsula of Peninsulas
-Political, Military, and Economic Ties: Most of the Nations share a currency (the Euro) are part of a political body (The European Union) and have military alliances (NATO)
-Population Density: Europe is about the same size as the US, but has more than double the population.
-Types of Governments: Almost all are democratic
-Types of Economies: Almost all are mixed (free-market combined with regulations)
-Birthrate: Most of Europe's "native" populations have a low or declining birthrate.
The expelling from a country or killing of a rival ethnic group.
Ethnic Cleansing
Most countries in Europe are a part of this organization, whose stated goal is to unite Europe so that goods, services, and workers can move freely among member countries.
The European Union (EU)
A conflict in Europe that spread around the globe between the Allies and Axis powers from 1939-1945.
World War II
These mountains are generally considered to be the eastern boundary of Europe
Ural Mountains
Movement: Give three examples of migration in Europe.
Possible Answers
-People leaving Europe to settle in the Americas
-People fleeing the Nazis in World War II
-People migrating into Europe from the Middle East/North Africa for safety and better economic opportunities.
-Russians moving into Eastern Europe
-Urbanization: People moving from farms into cities
An economic-political philosophy invented by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the late 1800s that was adopted by Russia and many Eastern European nations.
Communism (or Marxism)
(2 parts)
Name the country that recently left the EU.
What word do people use to describe this leaving?
-The United Kingdom
-Brexit (Britain + Exit)
In Europe, a period of renewed interest in classical learning and the arts, beginning in the 1300s.
The Renaissance
The highest mountain range in Europe
The Alps
Human-Environment Interactions: Give 5 examples of Human-Environment interactions in Europe
-Clearing forests for fuel and farmland
-Polders - Draining low lying areas so they can be used for farmland
-Peat- Burned in Ireland for fuel
-Using the seas for food
-Geothermal Heating - Used in Iceland as a way to heat homes
-Using rivers and seas to transport goods.
The struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War 2.
The Cold War
Most countries in Europe are part of this military alliance that includes the United States. This alliance agrees to mutually defend each other if any member nation is attacked.
NATO
Bonus: What does NATO stand for?
A religious movement, started by Martin Luther in Germany, that lead people to question the Catholic Church and form Protestant Churches.
The Reformation
The large sea that forms the boundary between Europe and Africa
The Mediterranean Sea
PLACE:
Name at least 2 countries in each of these European Places:
1. Iberian Peninsula
2. British Isles
3. Scandinavian Peninsula
1. Spain, Portugal
2. The UK, Ireland
3. Sweden, Norway, Finland
The mass killings of millions of Jews by the German Nazis in World War 2.
The Holocaust
This treaty, signed in 1992, set up the European Union.
The Maastricht Treaty
During the time of the Cold War, this was the name given to the physical boundary between the free democracies of Western Europe and the Communist Countries of Eastern Europe.
The Iron Curtain
Bonus: Who coined that phrase, and where were they when they first said it?