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Europe Current News Finish Arab-Israeli Conflict Europe: Setting the Boundaries Landforms and Climate Environmental Issues For Next Class: Read Chapter 8 (pp. 363-397) Reminder: Response Paper Due on Friday! Reminder: Exam III on April 7th!
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Europe. Current News and Weather Finish Arab-Israeli Conflict Europe : Setting the Boundaries Landforms and Climate Environmental Issues For Next Class: Read Chapter 8 (pp. 352-385) Reminder: Response Paper Due on Monday! Reminder: Exam III on April 7th!. In-Class Writing Exercise. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Europe
Current News Finish Arab-Israeli Conflict Europe: Setting the Boundaries Landforms and Climate Environmental IssuesFor Next Class: Read Chapter 8 (pp. 363-397)Reminder: Response Paper Due on Friday!Reminder: Exam III on April 7th!
In-Class Writing Exercise
Write for 5 minutes on BOTH of the following:• If you were Israeli, how might you feel about the
two-state solution and the current issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
• If you were Palestinian, how might you feel about the two-state solution and the current issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Palestinian Perspective: Israeli Occupation
“The roots of the conflict go back to the birth of Israel in 1948, but the major Palestinian grievances arise from the 1967 war when Israel occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.” (The Guardian, London)
Israeli Perspective:Palestinian Terrorist Attacks,
Growth of Hamas, and Iranian Threat
Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, and Wyckoff
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Europe
Figure 8.1
Arctic Norway Figure 8.0
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EuropeFigure 8.1
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Wroclaw, Poland
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Relative Size and Location
Figure 8.3
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Landform Regions
• European Lowlands (Fig 8.4)• Alpine Mountain System• Central Uplands• Western Highlands
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Fjord in NorwayFigure 8.5
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Climate
Figure 8.6
Although along the same line of latitude as northern Canada, Europe has much milder climates. 1. What accounts for
this difference?2. What are the
dominant influences on European climates?
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Environmental Issues – Overview
• Pollution crosses boundaries
• Intergovernmental cooperation
• EU management of environmental problems
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Environmental Issues (cont’d)
Figure 8.9
Acid Rain:Bohemia, Czech Republic
Toxic landscape: Romania
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Environmental Issues (cont’d)
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Landscape restoration:England
Windfarm: Denmark
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