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Europe Review
What do you remember
• What can you tell me about Southern Europe?
• What can you tell me about West-Central Europe?
• What can you tell me about Northern Europe?
• What can you tell me about Eastern Europe?
Southern Europe
• Most of Southern Europe is made up of peninsulas and island.
• Southern Europe has what’s known as a Mediterranean climate.
• Two major religions; Catholic, and Orthodox (Greece)
West-Central Europe
• Most of the region has a marine west coast climate with mild summers, cold winters, and frequent rain.
• West-Central Europe’s mild climate and resources support agriculture, energy production, and tourism.
• Physical features are the Alps, and Northern European Plains.
Northern Europe
• British Isles—a group of islands located across the English Channel from the rest of Europe– Marine west coast climate
• Scandinavia—a region of islands and peninsulas in far northern Europe, including Iceland to the west– Artic climate
Eastern Europe
• Not economically as strong as the west.
• Under Soviet control for most of the 20th century.– This means that they were communist
• Primary religion is Orthodox
• Ethnic Cleansing in Balkans over race and religion.
• Climate- Humid continental (four seasons, cold winters)
• Cold War (1946-1991)
• USSR (Russia) occupied countries of E Europe to create a buffer zone (region to protect Russia from further European invasion)
• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) in Western Europe (U.S.), and Warsaw Pact in E Europe (U.S.S.R.)
• Both sides stockpiled weapons, waged propaganda war, raised fears
Urbanization:
• Concentration of populations in towns and cities.
• 75% of Europeans live in cities.
• Paris, France Stockholm, Sweden• London, England Budapest, Hungary• Rome, Italy Athens, Greece• Madrid, Spain• Berlin, Germany