Reviewing Places & Terms Main Ideas

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
Mediterranean Europe
• The influence of ancient Greece,
ancient Rome, and Renaissance Italy
on art, philosophy, religion, and
language shaped modern life.
• In the late 1900s, Mediterranean
Europe began to have more manufacturing
and service industries.
Western Europe
• Germany and France developed very
different cultures, and throughout
history, conflicts between them
involved much of Europe.
• Western Europe has a highly
developed economy. It is a leader in
the economic and political alliance
known as the European Union.
Northern Europe
• This region was a leader in the
Industrial Revolution and the rise of
representative government.
• The region has a history of seafaring
conquerors. Great Britain established
an empire that spread British culture
and the English language worldwide.
Eastern Europe
• Because it is a cultural crossroads,
Eastern Europe has a diverse culture
with many ethnic groups.
• Domination by outside powers, most
recently the Soviet Union, has
characterized the region’s history.
Reviewing Places & Terms
A. Briefly explain the importance of each of the following.
1. city-state 6. Nordic countries
2. republic 7. euro
3. Benelux 8. cultural crossroads
4. nationalism 9. balkanization
5. Berlin Wall 10. satellite nation
B. Answer the questions about vocabulary in complete sentences.
11. Which of the terms above are the names of regions?
12. Would a supporter of nationalism want to adopt the euro? Explain.
13. Which of the terms above have to do with conflict?
14. In which part of Europe did the countries become satellite
nations of the Soviet Union?
15. How does the geographic theme of movement relate to a cultural
crossroads?
16. Which ancient civilization was organized into city-states and
which was a republic?
17. In what part of Europe is Benelux found?
18. What is the origin of the term balkanization?
19. Which of the terms above can also be applied to the United
States? Explain.
20. Which two major peninsulas are found in the Nordic countries?
Main Ideas
Mediterranean Europe (pp. 289–295)
1. What legacy did ancient Athens leave for modern governments?
2. What effect did the empires of Spain and Portugal have on the rest
of the world?
3. Why does Spain have a conflict with the Basque people?
Western Europe (pp. 296–301)
4. How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?
5. How did nationalism lead to conflicts?
6. For what artistic legacy are Germany and Austria famous?
Northern Europe (pp. 302–309)
7. Who were the Vikings, and what did they do?
8. What geographic advantages helped Great Britain build its empire?
Eastern Europe (pp. 310–315)
9. Why did independent nation-states develop later in Eastern Europe
than in Western Europe?
10. What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under
Communist rule?
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Critical Thinking
1. Using Your Notes
Use your completed chart to answer these questions.
Western
Northern
Europe
Eastern
Mediterranean
a. What similarities exist between the ways the Roman
Empire and the British Empire influenced other
regions of the world?
b. In what ways are Eastern Europe and Northern
Europe different?
2. Geographic Themes
a. LOCATION Do you think the location of France and
Germany relative to the rest of Europe is a
geographic advantage or disadvantage? Explain.
b. MOVEMENT What geographic reason might
account for the fact that Spain and Great Britain
colonized much of the Americas?
Geographic Skills: Interpreting Maps
3. Identifying Themes
Explain which countries were the first to develop industry
and which developed industry later. If you identify those
countries on a map, what spatial patterns do you see?
Which geographic themes relate to your answer?
4. Seeing Patterns
How did ancient migrations affect the pattern of where
certain languages are spoken in Europe today? Give
examples.
5. Making Inferences
Millions of Europeans have migrated to other parts of the
world. What are some geographic factors that you think
might have encouraged this?
Additional Test Practice,
pp. S1–S37
TEST PRACTICE
CLASSZONE.COM
EUROPE
A Divided Germany
Use the map to answer the following
questions.
1. PLACE How did the size of West Germany
compare with that of East Germany?
2. LOCATION In which of the two countries
was the city of Berlin located?
3. LOCATION Which of the two Germanys
was closer to the Soviet Union?
West Germany was divided into
several zones after World War II. Use
a history book or historical atlas to
learn which three countries controlled
those zones. Create a historical map
showing the zones.
FRANCE
BELGIUM
LUXEMBOURG
North
Sea
NETHERLANDS
Bern
Hamburg
Amsterdam
WEST
GERMANY
Bonn
SWITZERLAND
DENMARK
0° 10°E
20°E
0 100 200 miles
0 100 200 kilometers
Azimuthal Equidistant Projection
LIECHTENSTEIN
ITALY
EAST
GERMANY
Berlin
Prague
POLAND
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
AUSTRIA
B altic
Sea
50°N
Border between East
and West Germany, 1949
National capital
Use the links at classzone.com to do research about the
population of a single European country. Look for such
information as age distribution, religions, ethnic or
minority groups, and literacy rates.
Creating a Multimedia Presentation Plan a presentation
to share your findings with the class. Include a
population pyramid, pie graphs, and other graphs. List the
Web sites that were your sources.
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