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EUROPE

EUROPE. Europe is the 2 nd largest continent in the world BOUNDARIES. WEST – ATLANTIC OCEAN SOUTH – MEDITERRANEAN SEA NORTH – ARCTIC OCEAN EAST – URAL MOUNTAINS AND CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS. GEOGRAPHY. 1. ALPS 2. PYRENEES 3. CAUCASUS 4. URALS IRREGULAR COASTLINE

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EUROPE

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  1. EUROPE

  2. Europe is the 2ndlargest continent in the worldBOUNDARIES • WEST – ATLANTIC OCEAN • SOUTH – MEDITERRANEAN SEA • NORTH – ARCTIC OCEAN • EAST – URAL MOUNTAINS AND CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS

  3. GEOGRAPHY • 1. ALPS • 2. PYRENEES • 3. CAUCASUS • 4. URALS IRREGULAR COASTLINE HUNDREDS OF HARBORS/INLETS TRADE&TRANSPORTATION

  4. RIVERS & SEAS • 1. DANUBE • 2. RHINE • 3. VOLGA • SOUTH - MEDITERRANEAN • NORTH - NORTH • NORTH - BALTIC • EAST - BLACK

  5. Two main parts of Europe: Eastern & WesternWESTERN EUROPE: • West reached out to rest of the world for: TRADE & CONQUEST • This exchange of ideas with people of the world:CULTURAL DIFFUSION

  6. NORTHWESTERN EUROPE • 1. BELGIUM • 2.FRANCE • 3. IRELAND • 4. NETHERLANDS • 5. UNITED KINGDOM • 6. LUXEMBOURG

  7. SOUTHERN EUROPE • 1. SPAIN • 2. ITALY • 3. PORTUGAL • 4. GREECE

  8. MIDDLE EUROPE • 1. GERMANY • 2. AUSTRIA • 3. SWITZERLAND • 4. LIECHTENSTEIN

  9. SCANDINAVIA • 1. NORWAY • 2. SWEDEN • 3. FINLAND • 4. DENMARK • 5. GREENLAND • 6. ICELAND

  10. WESTERN EUROPE • INDUSTRIALIZED • HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING • MODERN HEALTH CARE • LESS OF A PROBLEM: OVERPOPULATION & OVERCROWDING

  11. EASTERN EUROPE • No “Official” Eastern & Western Europe • Eastern Europe – countries had been ruled by: • COMMUNISM • “IRON CURTAIN” separated West & East • Soviet Union dominated Eastern Europe during the COLD WAR (after WORLD WAR II)

  12. EASTERN EUROPE • 1. BELARUS • 2. BULGARIA • 3. HUNGARY • 4. POLAND • 5. RUSSIA • 6. UKRAINE • 7. ROMANIA • 8. SLOVAKIA • 9. CZECH REPUBLIC

  13. “OTHER”EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES • LATVIA, LITHUANIA, ESTONIA MOLDOVA, BOSNIA, SERBIA, MACEDONIA, CROATIA, SLOVENIA, MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA, GEORGIA,AZERBAIJAN

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