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Region Groups

Northern A

England
Ireland
Iceland
Norway

Northern B

Sweden
Finland
Denmark

Southern A

Italy
Spain
Andorra

Southern B

Greece
Portugal

Eastern A

Serbia
Montenegro
Bosnia
Croatia

Eastern B

Slovenia
Slovakia
Moldova

Western A

France
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium

Western B

Switzerland
Austria
Luxembourg

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Northern Europe

Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom

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Population

There are about 730 million people in Europe
The United Kingdom

is the most densely

populated country

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Battle of Hastings

Fought in 1066 - The Middle Ages

After this, feudalism was established

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Reformation

The Reformation introduced an alternative to Catholicism in the 1500s

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A Bill of Rights

Parliament, the English lawmaking body passed this.

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Industrial Revolution

Began in England in the 1700s

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European Union

Northern European countries belong to the EU

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Western Europe

Austria
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Germany
Switzerland
Belgium

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Population

Germany

is the most

populated

country

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Major cities

Paris

Berlin

Brussels

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Crusades

In the 1000s, Christians in Western Europe fought against the Moors (Muslims)

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French Revolution

In the 1700s the French overthrew the French monarchy

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German unification

Under Otto von Bismarck, the states of Prussia became a unified Germany

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World War I (WWI)

Europe suffered many losses
Treaty of Versailles made Germany pay reparations - big time

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World War II (WWII)

German aggression led by Adolf Hitler led to WWII

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Post-World War II

Germany was divided into two countries

Democratic West Germany
Communist East Germany

This division lasted until 1991

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Most common languages..

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Southern Europe

Spain
Portugal
Italy
Greece
Andorra

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Major Cities

Rome

Madrid

Lisbon

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Population

Italy is the most

populated country

BUT Vatican City

is the least.

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Greece

One of the first civilizations in Southern Europe

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Romans

After the Greeks came the Romans
Their official state religion was Christianity

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Moor invasion

In 711 Spain was invaded by Moors

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Renaissance

Beginning in the 1300s, Southern Europe was the home of artistic and intellectual advancement

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Independence

In the 1800s and 1900s many southern European nations gained independence

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Today in Southern Europe...

All nations have democratic governments
Members of the EU
Most languages are romance languages like Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

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Eastern Europe

Serbia
Montenegro
Bosnia
Croatia
Slovenia
Slovakia
Moldova

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Stats

Most in Eastern Europe are ethnically Slavic
Ukraine is the largest country in Eastern Europe

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Slavic people

Probably migrated from Asia thousands of years ago

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Ottoman Empire

Given the name Balkan meaning mountain

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Ethnic divisions - Balkanization

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Communism

After WWII, eastern Europe fell under communist control from the USSR

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After communism...

Fell in the early 1990's
Some have joined the European Union

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