Europe World Geography

Danube

2nd longest river in Europe, starting from the Black Forest mountains (Germany) and ending in the Black Sea, spanning 12 countries.

North Atlantic Drift

A current of warm water from the tropics

Northern Peninsulas

Jutland and Scandinavia

Southern Peninsulas

Iberia, Italian, Balkan

Mountains serperating europe from asia

Ural mountains

uplands

scottish highlands, meseta

Climates

Mostly Marine West Coast and Mediterranean

Humid Continental

Sweden, Finland, east Poland, Slovakia, Hungary

Dutch Human Environment Interaction - Polder

Land reclaimed by draining water

Dutch Human Environment Interaction - Seaworks

Structures used to control the sea’s destructive impact on life

Dutch Human Environment Interaction - Terpen

Sea works such as high earthen platforms

Acid rain is

stripping european forests

European Union

Promotes trade among European nations and provides financial aid

Western Europe

Resources

coal, iron-ore

Western Europe Top Nations

France, Germany, Netherlands

Western Europe Service industry

technology

Western Europe Luxury Goods

cars, watches

Western Europe Economic Problem

Higher standard of living in the west than the east

Eastern Europe Nations

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine

Representative Democracy

monarchy with a parliament

1878

 Serbia broke free of the Ottoman Empire

1918

Kingdom of Croats, Serbs, slovens formed

1946

A new Constitution organizing Yugoslavia into 6 republics

1991

both republics invaded, Serbia blocks Croatian president

1992

Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independence

1999

NATO started bombing Serbia to force a stop to violence

2002

Agreement signed pledging cooperation between former Yugoslavian republics

1948

Soviet Union promotes industry 

1989

most of Europe moves towards a market economy 

1989 (2)

Anti-Communist reforms in Europe