Geography Europe

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Iberian Peninsula

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Spain and Portugal

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Scandinavian Peninsula

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Norway and Sweden

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Balkan Peninsula

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Greece

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Northern European Lowland

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Plain

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Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathian

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Mountains

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Major Rivers

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Thames, Rhine, Danube, Rhone, Po, Dnieper

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Mild Mid-Latitude

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western and southern Europe
(moderated by North Atlantic Drift-current)winters are warm for latitude

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Sever Mid-Latitude-"snowy winters"

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central and northern Scandinavia, Finland, central and eastern Europe

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Boreal Forests

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coniferous forests dominated by Spruce, Fir, Pine
(Scandinavian Peninsula, eastern and northeastern Europe)

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Broadleaf Deciduous Forests

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British lies and western Europe

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Maquis

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short, gnarled, broadleaf, evergreen vegetation near Mediterranean Sea

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Earthquakes

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Balkan Peninsula and Italy

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Volcanoes

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Italy, Iceland, and Mediterranean Sea

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Tsunamis

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Iberian Peninsula, Italy, & Balkan Peninsula

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Roman Catholic

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southern and central Europe
(Ireland, Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, & Croatia

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Protestant

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Northern Europe
(Britain, Scandinavian Peninsula, & Germany)

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Eastern Orthodox

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eastern Europe
(Greece, Serbia, Ukraine, Belarus, & Romania)

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*Note1

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Europe is very secular region

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*Note2

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North African Arabs in France and Turks in Germany constitute an Islamic minority

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Ethnicity

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Generally defined by nationality or region

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Language-Germanic

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northern Europe
(Scandinavian Peninsula, Germany, & UK

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Language-Romance

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southern Europe
(Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy, & Romania

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Language-Slavic

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central & eastern Europe
(Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia , Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belarus, & Ukraine)

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Language Baltic (Balto-Slavic)

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Lithuania & Latvia

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Language Uralian (Uralic)

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Finland, Estonia, & Hungary

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Language Greek (Hellenic)

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Greece

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Language Albanian

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Albania

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39 Countries

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nation states

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Conflict: northern Ireland-cultural and political

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British Protestants and Irish Catholics struggling for political control of Northern Ireland,
Power sharing government proposed in 1998_ "Good Friday Peace Accord"

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conflict-France-cultural and political

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ethnic riots due to racial discrimination & unemployment

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conflict-Terrorism "The secret organization of al-Queda in Europe"

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claims responsibility for bombings in central London (July 7, 2005)

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conflict-Former Yugoslavia

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(Croatia, Bosnia, & Kosovo in Serbia)cultural and political

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Potential conflict-

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U.k. (england, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) cultural and political

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potential conflict Belgium-

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Flemish in north (Flanders) & Walloons in south (Wallonia)cultural and political

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potential conflict Spain

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(Basques & Catalonia)cultural and political

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potential conflict France

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(Corsica) cultural and political

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potential conflict Italy

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Sardinia-political
"Ancona Line" (northern and southern Italy) cultural and economic

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Potential conflict Devolution of Serbia

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break-away movement in Albanian dominate Kosovo-cultural and political

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Relict Boundaries-"Iron Curtain"

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capitalist western Europe and communist eastern Europe
Germany-east & west
U.K.- England and Scotland

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Maastricht Treaty or Treaty on European Union (1992)

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created European Union (EU) and led to creation of Euro

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Schengen Agreement (1995)

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eliminates most intercontinental immigration controls and lets a citizen of any member country (EU) travel, live, and study in most of western Europe without a passport or visa

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Political & Military Alliances

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NATO, UN

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Major Industrial Centers

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Midlands(central Britain)
Ruhr(western Germany)
Saar(southwestern Germany)
Saxony(eastern Germany)
North Italy (Po River Valley)
Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Silesia (southern Poland)
DONBAS (Donetsk Basin)- Ukraine

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GDP per capita

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$25,000

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Unemployment

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10%

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Urban

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71%

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Southern and eastern Europe is more urbanized than...

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northern and western Europe

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100B.C.-500 A.D.

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Roman Empire

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1800

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Agricultural Revolution

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1850

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Industrial Revolution

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1914-18

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World War I

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1939-45

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World War II

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1944

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Benelux (Belgium-Netherlands-Luxembourg--first economic alliance)

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1957

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Treaty of Rome

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1967

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EC (European Community)

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1991

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Devolution Of Yogoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, & Macedonia declare Independence

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1992

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Maastricht Treaty or Treaty of European Union (EU)- created European Union and led to creation of Euro

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1992-95

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Civil war in Bosnia

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1995

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Schengen Agreement-passage between EU countries without passports and other border restrictions

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1999

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conflict in Kosovo-NATO aerial bombing of Serbian Army in Kosovo

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2006

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Montenegro becomes independent state (county) Joint Union between Serbia & Montenego is peacefully dissolved

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2008

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Kosovo declares independence from Serbia

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population

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600 million

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Infant mortality rate

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6

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Life expectancy

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75

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Fertility rate

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2