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What European Country would you want to live in? WHY?

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Open: Unit 1

1- Introduction

Syllabus & Classroom Norms/Rules

Schoology

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Q&A: What is something you want to know about Europe? Culture, Language, History, Geography, etc.

Europe’s Regions

Peninsula

a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.

Continent:

any of the world's main continuous expanses of land

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How does Europe rank in terms of size versus the other continents?

Is Europe a Continent or Peninsula?

Poll

WORK TIME

1. Complete Europe Capital Map
1. Google the country or use a map
2. Let me know if you need a hint

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Open ‘2 - Physical Geo’

Can you identify these locations?

Countries, Seas, and Ocean.

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Pyrenees - Border of Spain & France

Ural Mountains

1600 miles long

Average height 1300 feet

Highest Peak: Mount Narodnaya

6217 ft

The Alps

125 miles long

Covers 115,000 sq. miles

Average height: 5,500 ft

48 peaks at 13,000 ft.

Highest Peak: Mont Blanc

15,404’

Carpathians

Balkans

Covers 10 countries

Almost the area equal to Colorado

(100,000 sq miles)

Caucasus Mountains

Highest: 18,510 ft

750 miles long

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Rhine

Danube

Volga

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Volga

Longest & Largest Waterflow River in Europe. 2,294 miles

(Mississippi = 2320 mi)

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Danube

1777 miles

From Germany through Eastern Europe to the Black Sea

Rhine River

766 miles

Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria

From the Alps to the North Sea

WORK TIME

1. Finish yesterday’s Document - Introduction
2. Missing “Something Interesting”?
3. Will finish this Thursday & practice mapping
4. Map Quiz Friday

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Re Open your 2 - Physical Geo Document �we will finish today.

Complete the Think, Hypothesize & Write

Why is every major European City & Capital on a River or Coast?

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Peninsula

a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.

Mediterranean Sea

Black Sea

Caspian Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Strait of Gibraltar

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Sea

Baltic Sea

English Channel

Mediterranean

Mediterranean Climate

Dry summers

Wet winters

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Strait of Gibraltar - British

English Channel

Only 20 miles across at its shortest. Takes 35 minutes by Chunnel.

FJORD

North Sea

Arctic Ocean

Black Sea

Baltic Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Caspian Sea

Fjord

a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Scandinavia, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.

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Alps Pyrenees Kjolen Carpathians

Balkans Caucasus Mts Ural Volga Rhine Danube Atlantic North Sea Mediterranean Strait of Gibraltar Black Sea Arctic Ocean Baltic Sea Caspian English Channel

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British Isles Northern Europe Southern Europe

Eastern Europe Western Europe

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What is a….?

Peninsula Fjord

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Can you locate…?

Scandinavian Peninsula Iberian Peninsula

Jutland Peninsula Balkans

Italian Peninsula

WORK TIME

Open 3 - Atlas Physical Geo

Read directions carefully

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Quiz Tomorrow

Quiz 1 Today

Are you done with Assignments #1-3?

Backpacking Trip!

1. Choose 5 countries from Western Europe: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Greece
2. Choose 3 places/landmarks in your 5 countries that you’d like to visit. Include a picture of each.
3. In each of your 5 countries, choose a famous cultural celebration/event. Include a picture.
4. Indicate what language is spoken in each of your 5 countries and choose 3 basic phrases to include on your slide. (School appropriate!)
5. Include a meal/cuisine that each of your 5 countries is famous for, include pictures.

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