European Geography Assignment
Objectives:
Locate the major countries and physical features in Europe.
Examine some significant and/or interesting elements of European geography; see how geography is a product of perspective, and understand how
geography helps shape the way that people live.
Part I: Maps
Fill in the country names on one map. Fill in the physical features on another map. For the physical features, you will
need to draw in rivers (~~~~) and mountains (^ ^ ^). You do not need to color the maps or be particularly neat, except
that your writing must be legible and the physical features must be in roughly the right locations.
United Kingdom
Ireland
Spain
Portugal
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Iceland
Denmark
Bodies of Water
Atlantic Ocean
Baltic Sea
North Sea
English Channel
Bay of Biscay
Strait of Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
Aegean Sea
Black Sea
Adriatic Sea
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Poland
Hungary
Rivers
Po
Tiber
Ebro
Loire
Seine
Rhine
Elbe
Oder
Danube
Volga
Thames
Vistula
Countries
Greece
Slovenia
Croatia
Macedonia
Albania
Kosovo
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Serbia
Montenegro
Mountains
Pyrenees
Apennines
Alps
Caucasus
Carpathians
Urals
Balkans
Bulgaria
Romania
Turkey
Ukraine
Belarus
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Russia
Other Features
Crete
Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Iberian Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
Part II: Questions
Consult section 29.1 in your textbook and the atlas to answer the questions below.
1. Does Europe deserve to be called a continent? Explain why or why not.
2. (a) Which physical barriers have been designated as the dividing lines between Europe and Asia?
(b) Which countries are in both Europe and Asia?
3. What are the 2 major subregions of Europe, and what is the major historical event that contributed to this distinction?
4. Describe 2 ways in which the geography of the North European Plain has affected the people who live there.
5. (a) Why are so many of Europe’s major cities located along rivers?
(b) Provide a list of 5 cities, from any part of Europe (you are not limited to western Europe), and identify the rivers
on which they are located.
6. List the types of the following resources that Europe possesses (check out p. 642-643 in your textbook AND look to
see if the atlas can provide additional information).
(a) agricultural
(b) mineral
(c) energy
7. Making inferences about human society from maps: Geography has an impact on how people live. For this question,
you need to examine the various maps in the atlas. Choose 3 maps. Identify something that the map indicates. Then
make a hypothesis about European society, based on the geography.
Map Name
What the map indicates – be
Hypotheses about the society that resides there
specific
Annual precipitation
In most parts of Europe, rainfall is
This is probably sufficient rainfall for crops to grow.
at least 20-40 in./year
The societies might have (or currently might) farm.
Europe