Bellwork: January 3rd Objective: Label and memorize major

landforms and countries of Europe

What are these and in what country are located?

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4. 5.

Textbook page 273

Look at the image and read the captions titled “The Alps” and “Northern European Plain.”

Which place probably has more people living there?

Why?

Europe Intro

Page 275 – Compare the size of US to Europe…think about the size of European countries compared to our states.

Page 276 – What is the smallest country you see? Page 278 – Compare the populations of the

Northern European Plain (northern Germany especially) to the United States (page 110)

Page 283 – Compare the world’s highest GDPs and highest population densities

Countries and major landforms of Europe

Textbook page R53

On the back of your map…

Western European Countries

1. Portugal - blue

2. Spain - yellow

3. France - purple

4. Ireland - green

5. United Kingdom – (*United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) - red

6. Iceland - yellow

7. Norway - green

8. Sweden - yellow9. Finland – blue10. Belgium - yellow11. Netherlands - green12. Denmark - purple13. Germany - orange14. Switzerland - white15.Italy - red16. Austria - green

Major European Landforms (and a latitude and longitude line)

A. Thames RiverA. (Pronounced like Temz River)

B. Seine RiverA. (Pronounced: Sen River. Rhymes with ten)

C. Rhine RiverD. Danube RiverE. North SeaF. Baltic SeaG. Mediterranean SeaH. Adriatic SeaI. Black Sea

A. (“Dan Black”)

J. Volga RiverK. Caspian Sea

“Volga meets Prince Caspian”

L. Alps MountainsM. Ural Mountains

**Divide Europe from Asia

N. Prime MeridianO. Atlantic OceanP. Arctic CircleQ. Strait of GibraltarR. Aegean Sea

Eastern European Countries

17. Czech Republic - red18. Poland - blue19. Slovakia - orange20. Hungary - yellow21. Slovenia - purple22. Croatia - orange23. Bosnia Herzegovina - blue24. Montenegro - yellow25. Serbia - red26. Kosovo *not in textbook - orange27. Albania - green

28. Macedonia - orange29. Greece - purple30. Bulgaria - yellow31. Romania - green32. Moldova - purple33. Ukraine - red34. Belarus - yellow35. Lithuania - purple36. Latvia - green37. Estonia - red38. Russia - orange