Europe

You will need to take notes on your own paper.

Label it “Europe: Borders and Boundaries” and number it “3” in the upper right-hand corner.

When the slide says “Question Time” you will respond on the white board.

Natural Boundaries: follow a feature of the landscape Examples: mountains, rivers, deserts,

lakes, oceans

Find a natural boundary in Europe.

Write the name of the natural feature.

For which countries does it serve as a border?

Geometric Boundaries: follow regular, geometric patterns Usually straight lines;

often based on lines of latitude or longitude

What part of the United States has the most geometric boundaries?

Where can you find geometric boundaries in Africa?

Cultural Boundaries: borders based on culture traits, such as religion, language, or ethnicity

Why would the border between Spain and Portugal be a cultural boundary?

The British Isles are made up of two countries:

The Republic of Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The UK has four political units:

Scotland

Northern Ireland

England

Wales

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/britain/britain.htm

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Key:

United Kingdom

1. Catherine Zeta Jones is from Wales. What island is she from?

2. Is she English?

3. Is she British?

4. Since she is from Wales, what do you think she calls herself?

Find the area labeled “Yugoslavia”. Watch the map below. What has

happened to Yugoslavia since 1989?

What type of boundary separates the countries of the former Yugoslavia?

True or False: Greenland is a country.

Find the little piece of Russia next to the Baltic Sea. This area is known as an “exclave”. What do you think “exclave” means?

Exclave – an area separated from the rest of a country by the territory of other countries

Fill in the blanks:

Europe is a ___________________,not a ___________________!

Change of boundaries over time:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

u1sjHGODFHg

Write down this question:How has the map of Europe

changed over time?

Now watch the following clip to answer your question…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YocaDgs29M

Look at the current map of Europe on page 29. Now compare it to Europe during World War I on page 92, Europe after WWI on 94, and Europe after WWII on 97.

Answer on warm-up sheet: How has the map of Europe changed over time?