ENVSOCTY 2RW3-Europe Lecture 9/10

Europe geographical extent

western tip of eurosians + greenplan

how many cotunries and terroties

49 countries and terrioties

urbanization %

64

what country wants to be in the Eu but is excluded

turkey

climate varation is influenced by

marine

-gloval circulation (Warm air from the Sahara and warm water from the Gulf Stream bring heat to Europe.)

climate regions of europe

1)temperate

2)contiental

medttierian weather:

dry and warm

marine coastal

wet and warm

what is paris cimate agreement

need to reduce greenhouse emissions

severe weather

4x in flodding events

topographuc subregions

-uplands

-plateous

-alpine

-lowlands

what are the two major mountain complexes

-northa highlands

-southern alpine

what is southern alpine region

A mountain barrier between Northern and Southern Europe, with long tunnels that make passenger and freight travel faster and more reliable.

what type of energy does europe rely on

nuclear and renwable energy

where does oil and natural gas come from

north sea

when was human settlment in euope

50,000 BCE

Merchant Capitalism:

An economic system based on trading goods and using banking, credit, and insurance.

europe 15th century: economy

captialism traded by trade

Exploitation resulted in a european

“golden age”:standard of living increase

The european industrial empire:

Europe developed technology to produce goods at a new industrial scale 

bad events

-WW1

-WW2

-pandemic

-ecnomic deprression

A post WW2:

cold war, east vs west and fuled a poltical,economic, and cultural unity in the west

European Union

A group of European countries that work together economically and politically

• Started with 6 members

• Now has 27 members

Secessionist Movements

: Groups that want to separate from their country and become independent

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

: EU rules that support and protect European farmers through subsidies and price controls.

Language: EUROPE

indo-europe (romance, salvic)

european diaspora

Long history of european emigration:the

what is the golden triangle of europe

Budapest, Prague and Bratislava