GeographySeptember 24, 2018. Monday.

Today’s Learning Goals:

• Learn the importance of the physical geography of Europe.

• Learn the influence of the physical geography of Europe on its human geography.

Other mountain ranges in Europe

• The Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Carpathians divide Europe’s southern Alpine region from the hilly central uplands.

The Pyrenees

Let’s tour the Pyrenees mountains!

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX_xyZ5pUmk

The Great Pyrenees!

The Alps

Let’s tour the famous Swiss Alps

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ru9JguLrY

The Carpathian Mountains

Let’s see what fall looks like in the Carpathian Mountains.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gojqWy5EFBg

It’s also where Dracula lives.

Europe’s Waterways

• Europe has a large number of navigable waterways, and most places in Europe are relatively short distances from the sea.

Europe’s Waterways

• This has contributed to numerous historical trading links across the region and allowed for Europe to dominate maritime travel.

Europe’s largest river.

• The Danube, is the European region’s largest river and winds its way along 2,860 km and 10 countries from Germany to Ukraine.

Cruising the Danube

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-dDov_cLw

Europe’s temperate climate

• The Gulf Stream brings warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean to Europe’s coastal region and warms the winds that blow across the continent.

A video explaining the Gulf Stream

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NthIpxsxvjI

So…in January, Amsterdam in the Netherlands looks like this…

• …with 33.4 degrees F.

While Saskatoon in Canada, at the same latitude, looks like this…

• …at -5.3 degrees F.

Next, the Human Geography of Europe.

• How has Europe’s Geography shaped its history?

Early humans…

• …likely migrated through the Caucasus Mountains of Southwest Asia and across the Bosporus Strait from what is now Turkey into Greece.

The ancient Greeks…

• …provided much of the cultural and political foundations for modern European society.

The ancient Greeks.

• Greek ideals of democracy, humanism, and rationalism reemerged in Europe during the Age of Enlightenment.

What was their greatest contribution?

• Watch the video and decide for yourself. What was the greatest contribution of the ancient Greeks?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bDrYTXQLu8