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Europe. Current News and Weather Finish Arab-Israeli Conflict Europe : Setting the Boundaries Landforms and Climate Environmental Issues For Next Class: Read Chapter 8 (pp. 352-385) Reminder: Response Paper Due on Monday! Reminder: Exam III on April 7th!. In-Class Writing Exercise.
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Europe • Current News and Weather • Finish Arab-Israeli Conflict • Europe: Setting the Boundaries • Landforms and Climate • Environmental Issues For Next Class: Read Chapter 8 (pp. 352-385) Reminder: Response Paper Due on Monday! Reminder: Exam III on April 7th!
In-Class Writing Exercise • Write for 5 minutes on BOTH of the following: • If you were Israeli, why might you think you should live on the land that is now Israel? • If you were Palestinian, why might you think you should live on the land that is now Israel?
Europe Arctic Norway Figure 8.0 Figure 8.1 Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, and Wyckoff
Figure 8.1 Europe Wroclaw, Poland Figure 8.0
Relative Size and Location Figure 8.3
European Lowlands (Fig 8.4) • Alpine Mountain System • Central Uplands • Western Highlands Landform Regions Figure 8.4 Figure 8.5 Fjord in Norway
Climate Although along the same line of latitude as northern Canada, Europe has much milder climates. What accounts for this difference? What are the dominant influences on European climates? Figure 8.6
Pollution crosses boundaries • Intergovernmental cooperation • EU management of environmental problems Environmental Issues – Overview Figure 8.8
Environmental Issues (cont’d) Acid Rain: Bohemia, Czech Republic Figure 8.9 Toxic landscape: Romania Figure 8.10
Environmental Issues (cont’d) Landscape restoration: England Windfarm: Denmark Figure 8.12 Figure 8.1.1