natural vegetation north sea--there is a lot of oil there fjords--jagged cliffy drops to the sea on...
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Natural Vegetation
North Sea--there is a lot of oil there
Fjords--jagged cliffy drops to the Sea on the Scandinavian Peninsula
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More Fjords
• Polders--land reclaimed from the sea in the Netherlands, through dams, etc.
• Rivers and Canals—major transportation links
• black earth--Chernozem
Traffic on the Danube
Planning a polder
Another polder?
• effects of North Atlantic Drift & prevailing westerlies--warmer than the latitude would indicate in England, France, and near the coast
• coal and iron ore--a resource of Europe which contributed to the industrial revolution
ClimatesChp. 11 sec. 2
• their demographics--high GDP, high life expectancy, low population growth rate, low infant mortality rate, low percentage of population under age 15, high literacy rate
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• Greece and Rome--birthplace of western democracy
• exploration, colonization, imperialism-- led to the spread of European culture to much of the world
• population patterns--highly urbanized
• population density--one of worlds most densely populated areas
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• Ruhr Valley--industrial center near a mineral deposit of coal and iron ore
• Po Valley--another industrial center near mineral deposits
• Mountain Regions—tourism
• educated workforce--one of the resources of Europe
• the Industrial revolution--began in England, spread to Germany, etc.ethnic groups--many different languages, religions, customs, etc...this in turn, has led to periodic wars and conflicts--such as WWI & II and the trouble in Yugoslavia today.
• NATO--North Atlantic Treaty Organization--formed years ago to protect against communism, now an organization in search of a mission
• interdependence--trade is very important to these nations, particularly to island nations such as the U.K.
• Socialism--the government plays a large role in some of their economies, and a larger role than in the U.S. in almost all of them, the government owns the major industries, they have government health care, etc.
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Land Use
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a village in the Alps
Ruhr Valley
• industrial development in Eastern and Western Europe--Eastern Europe is far behind, - cause they used to be Communists
• European Union--grew out of the European Common Market
• Farming--advanced techniques--high yields, fertile soil,
• infrastructure--communication, transportation, electronics, etc. in place
• the Chunnel-- runs between the U.K. and France, a tunnel under the English Channel
• Change in Easter Europe--they have gone to capitalism from communism in the past 15 years.
• Areas threatened by pollution--Forests (Black Forest), cities (Venice), Rivers (Rhine, Danube, Seine)
Black Forest
The Cultural Landscape
Eiffel Tower--Paris
Arc de Triumph--Paris
Louvre - Paris
Notra Dame--Paris
Colosseum - Rome
Leaning Tower - Pisa --Italy
St. Peter’s Basilica -Rome
Parthenon
Westminster Abbey
Big Ben - London
Windmills - Netherlands
Castles—throughout Eruope