• Friday will be a returned work/review day

• There were 25 questions on the test, these are possible scores– 1: 96 - 6: 76– 2: 92 - 7: 72– 3: 88– 4: 84– 5: 80

MAP SKILLS: TEST UPDATE

PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL FEATURES OF EUROPE

AKS 49 – THE STUDENT WILL LOCATE SELECTED FEATURES OF EUROPE

Locate on world and regional political-physical map: Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, Iberian Peninsula, and Scandinavian peninsula

Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom

EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY – 2 TRUTHS AND A LIEStudents around the room will share information on certain features of Europe. 2 of the facts are true, one is a lie! It’s up to you to figure out which fact is a lie and which fact is true

DAY 1 – POLITICAL FEATURES OF EUROPE

SPAIN Global Learner Fact

a.Italy is twice the size of Georgia but it has 7 times as many people

b. most of Italy’s farms grow grains that are used to make pizza crust

c.Italy has a long history of trade with countries in Europe and Asia

ITALY 2 truths and a lie

Global Learner Fact

POLAND

• A. Germany is the size of South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama combined • B. Like Russia,

Germany has a very cold climate • C. Germany’s

Berlin Wall was a symbol of the Cold War

GERMANY 2 truths and a lie

BELGIUM Global Learner Fact

PORTUGAL

Global Learner Fact

A. The United Kingdom is the only European country that is ruled by a Queen B. The United Kingdom is made of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales C. London’s Heathrow airport is the busiest airport in the World

THE UNITED KINGDOM 2 truths and a

lie

FRANCE

RUSSIA a. Russia is the

largest country in the world, covering parts of Asia and Europe

b. Russia has one of the coldest climates in the world

c. Russia has a lot of easy to reach natural resources 2 truths and a

lie

UKRAINE Global Learner Fact

DAY 2 – PHYSICAL FEATURES OF EUROPE

Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas?

ORA Peninsula of Asia?Peninsula: A piece of land with water on 3 sides

Europe: An Asian Peninsula?

Most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers

The Volga River

It’s the longest river in Europe --> 2,300 miles.

Capitals on the Rivers

Paris, right bank of the Seine

London on the Thames

Prague on the Vltava Budapest on the Danube

Why are most capitalso on rivers?They are Europe’s lifeline!

Europe is also a continent of mountains

Alps Carpathians

Caucasus

Urals

Pyrennes

Apennines

The Alps

The Alps cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France.

THE RHINE RIVER

THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide”

It divides the European and Asian sections of Russia.

1500

m

iles

The Ural Mountains

Plains

Great European Plain

Steppes

Siberian Lowlands

Northern Peninsulas

Jutland Peninsula

Scandinavian Peninsula

Southern Peninsulas

Iberian Peninsula

Italian Peninsula

Balkan Peninsula

CrimeanPeninsula

The Danube River

1770 miles

The Second Longest River in Europe Flows through the 12 countries of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Ukraine.

The Danube River

Biking along the Danube

The Mediterranean Sea

World’s largest inland sea: 2,400 miles long & 1,000 miles wide“Crossroads of 3 Continents” – Europe, Africa, Asia

THE PYRENEES MOUNTAINS