EUROPE

Europe is the 2nd largest continent in the worldBOUNDARIES

WEST – ATLANTIC OCEANSOUTH – MEDITERRANEAN SEANORTH – ARCTIC OCEANEAST – URAL MOUNTAINS AND CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS

GEOGRAPHY1. ALPS2. PYRENEES3. CAUCASUS4. URALSIRREGULAR COASTLINEHUNDREDS OF HARBORS/INLETSTRADE & TRANSPORTATION

RIVERS & SEAS1. DANUBE2. RHINE3. VOLGASOUTH - MEDITERRANEANNORTH - NORTHNORTH - BALTICEAST - BLACK

Two main parts of Europe: Eastern & WesternWESTERN EUROPE:

West reached out to rest of the world for:

TRADE & CONQUESTThis exchange of ideas with people of

the world: CULTURAL DIFFUSION

NORTHWESTERN EUROPE1. BELGIUM2.FRANCE3. IRELAND4. NETHERLANDS5. UNITED KINGDOM6. LUXEMBOURG

SOUTHERN EUROPE1. SPAIN2. ITALY3. PORTUGAL4. GREECE

MIDDLE EUROPE1. GERMANY2. AUSTRIA3. SWITZERLAND4. LIECHTENSTEIN

SCANDINAVIA1. NORWAY2. SWEDEN3. FINLAND4. DENMARK5. GREENLAND6. ICELAND

WESTERN EUROPEINDUSTRIALIZEDHIGH STANDARD OF LIVINGMODERN HEALTH CARELESS OF A PROBLEM: OVERPOPULATION & OVERCROWDING

EASTERN EUROPENo “Official” Eastern & Western EuropeEastern Europe – countries had been ruled

by:COMMUNISM“IRON CURTAIN” separated West & EastSoviet Union dominated Eastern Europe

during the COLD WAR (after WORLD WAR II)

EASTERN EUROPE1. BELARUS2. BULGARIA3. HUNGARY4. POLAND5. RUSSIA6. UKRAINE7. ROMANIA8. SLOVAKIA9. CZECH REPUBLIC

“OTHER”EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIESLATVIA, LITHUANIA, ESTONIA MOLDOVA, BOSNIA, SERBIA, MACEDONIA, CROATIA, SLOVENIA, MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA, GEORGIA,AZERBAIJAN