CLIMATE, LOCATION, RESOURCES, WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND HOW THEY TRADE

RUSSIAUNITED KINGDOM

ITALYGERMANY

A

BC

D

E FG H

I

• A – Spain• B – France • C – Italy • D - United Kingdom• E – Belgium• F – Germany• G – Poland• H – Ukraine• I – Russia

Class Agenda

• Review day Thursday – all handed back, chance to make up work over the weekend

• Test Friday: Geography of Europe

RUSSIA

RUSSIA

• Very cold climate, small amounts of rain• Near the Arctic ocean and European Plain • Resources: coal, natural gas, oil, massive

forests• Most people live in western Russia• Goods transported by railroad

THE UNITED KINGDOM

United Kingdom

• Moist climate, mild temperatures• England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland • Coal, oil, natural gas• Most people in urban areas• London as a center for trade• Imports 1/3 of food

ITALY

Italy

• Moderate climate• Beautiful weather • Grapes as major natural resource• Few mineral resources – tourism • 2/3 people in northern part of country • Industrial cities easy to trade with

GERMANY

Germany

• Moderate climate – warm summers, cool winters

• Close to the Rhine River and North Sea• Manufacturing, deposits of coal and iron • ½ land agricultural • Ruhr valley – cities and towns in West• Great trade routes

Climate, Location, Resources, Where people live and how they trade

CLIMATE LOCATION RESOURCES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, HOW THEY TRADE

Temperature

Rainfall

Weather

Know locations on a map

Is it north, south, central Europe?

Is it close to any European physical features?

Natural resources?

Mineral resources?

Farming or manufacturing?

What part of the country do people live in?

Is the area urban or rural?

Is it easy to trade? What kind of things do people trade?