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Take a look at the pictures on pages 334-335. You can say that
after the fall of Rome, Europe experienced a period of tremendous change, made distinct by peace and war, and a new founding
of religious change, learning, and classical art.
Europe
Europe is the second-smallest continent
with 4,063,000 sq. mi. of land.
Europe has 47 countries.
Russia is the largest country.
A lot of Russia is in Asia (6.6. million sq. mi).
The smallest
country is Vatican City (not even a full sq. mi.)
*More than 2oo languages are spoken in Europe.
European
Geography
Europe, in general, has a mild climate.
Europe is surrounded by H20 so it is extremely
navigable.
Some of Europe's first cities developed along rivers because transportation would be easier. Rivers
also powered waterwheels for grinding wheat.
Culture
Europe's mountain chains encouraged the
development of distinctive cultural regions because they made it difficult to travel, separated Europe into different geographic
regions, thereby creating distinctive cultural regions.
Europe's Natural Resources
*Coal and iron were very helpful in supplying fuel esp. during
the Industrial Revolution.
*Now most iron ore is gone but coal is still around in great quantities.
Learn more about iron ore-> http://www.mii.org/Minerals/photoiron.html
Learn more about coal->
http://www.mii.org/Minerals/photocoal.html
Over time, silver, gold, zinc, lead, and copper have been mined.
Europe has plenty of potash and bauxite.
*EC->What is potash and bauxite?
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We listened
to "Blue Danube Waltz" by Johann Strauss on this page. What do you think Strauss was thinking about when he
wrote this song? What were some of the sights he saw? What was he inspired by?
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