Unit 3 social

1. UNIT 3: GEOGRAPHY OF
EUROPE
UNIT 6 (book)

2. HOW MANY CONTINENTS?
North America
South America
Antarctica
Australia
Asia
Africa
Europe
WHERE IS EUROPE?
Northern Hemisphere?
Southern Hemisphere?
EQUATOR
WHICH BODIES OF
WATER?
Artic ocean
Atlantic
ocean
Pacific
ocean
Indic
ocean
Pacific
ocean
Antarctic
ocean

3. CURRENTLY 200 MILLION YEARS AGO
THERE WAS ONLY A
CONTINENT CALLED …
PANGEA

4. EUROPE-ASIA
• Europe BORDERS Asia to the East and Africa to the South
• Turkey and Russia are shared between both continents

5. LARGEST COUNTRIES:
-Russia
-Ukraine
-France
-Spain
SMALLEST COUNTRY:
-Vatican City
TALKING ABOUT
AREA…..
TALKING ABOUT
POPULATION…..
MOST POPULATED:
-Russia
-Germany
-United Kingdom
-France
LEAST POPULATED:
-Vatican City
-San Marino
-Monaco

6. UNIT VOCABULARY
• An area of land that is controlled by its own government
•Continent
•Europe
•Capital City
•Peninsula
•Country
•Citizen
•Border
•Flow into
•Source of river
•Course of a river
•Mouth of a river
•Watershed
•Body of water
•Water flow
•Landform/relief
•The second smallest continent, it is located in the northern hemisphere
and border Africa to the south and Asia to the west.
•The line that divides two territories
•The most important city in a country or territory
• A person who lives in a place and has the rights and responsibilities
of that place
• It’s a piece of land surrounded by water except for one part
•Piece of water such as oceans, lakes...
• It’s the amount of water carried by a river
• Body of water where some rivers flow into (Atlantic, Mediterranean...)
•The end of a river.
•Tajo river flows into (finishes) Atlantic Ocean.
•It’s the path of a river from its source to its mouth.
•The beginning of a river.
• Any natural feature of the earth's surface, such as valleys and mountains
• It’s a huge landmass commonly separated from other continents by water

7. EUROPEAN POLITICAL MAP
50 COUNTRIES AND 730 MILLION
PEOPLE

8. EUROPEAN flags
1. SWEDEN
2. ITALY
3. TURKEY
4. FRANCE
5. FINLAND
GAL
7. UNITED
KINGDOM
8. SWITZERLAND
9. DENMARK
10. SPAIN
11.GERMANY
12. IRELAND
13. RUSSIA
14. GREECE15. CROATIA

9. STRAITS AND CHANNELS
English
Channel/
Canal de
la
Mancha
Strait of
Gibraltar
Strait of
Bosphorus/Bósforo

10. SEAS AND OCEANS
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Mediterranean Sea
Adriatic Sea/
Mar Adriático
North
Sea
Black
Sea
Caspian
Sea
Baltic Sea/
Mar Báltico
Norwegian
Sea
Aegean Sea/Mar EgeoIonian Sea/Mar Jónico
White Sea/
Mar Blanco

11. EUROPEAN PENINSULAS
IBERIAN
PENINSULA
SCANDINAVIAN
PENINSULA
ITALIAN
PENINSULA
BALKAN
PENINSULA
CRIMEA
PENINSULA
LAPLAND
(LAPONIA)
PELOPONNESE PENINSULA
(península del Peloponeso)

12. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL MAP:
MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS
EUROPEAN LANDFORMS
HIGH MOUNTAINS
(Young Mountains)
(central-south Europe)
PYRENEES
ALPS
APENNINES
BALKAN Mountains
(Balcanes)
CARPATHIAN Mountains
(Cárpatos)
CAUCASUS Mountain
(Cáucaso)
THE URAL Mountains
(Montes Urales)
OLD MOUNTAINS
(north Europe)
SCANDINAVIAN Mountains
(Montes Escandinavos)
HIGHLANDS

13. HIGHEST MOUNTAINS
Elbrús (5.642 m) Russia•Mont Blanc (4.810 m) (France, Italy)
•Cervino (4.478 m) (Italy, Switzerland)
•Mulhacén(3.479m)(Spain)

14. THE GREAT EUROPEAN PLAIN
(from the west (Atlantic Ocean) to
the east (The Ural Mountains))
EUROPEAN LANDFORMS

15. EUROPEAN RIVERS
ATLANTIC WATERHED:
(RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN)
SEINE (SENA)
GUADALQUIVIR
LOIRE (LOIRA)
DUERO
TAJO
RHINE (RIN)
ELBE
(ELBA)
ODER
VÍSTULA
THAMES (TÁMESIS)
ATLANTIC WATERHED:
THEY ARE SHORT WITH A HIGH VOLUME OF WATER

16. EUROPEAN RIVERS
MEDITERRANEAN WATERHED:
(RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA)
EBRO PO
TIBER
RHÔNE (RÓDANO)
MEDITERRANEAN WATERHED:
(THEY ARE SHORT WITH AN IRREGULAR FLOW)

17. EUROPEAN RIVERS
BLACK SEA WATERHED:
(RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO THE BLACK SEA)
DANUBE (DANUBIO)
DON
DNIESTER
DNIEPER
BLACK SEA WATERHED:
THEY ARE LONG AND REGULAR

18. EUROPEAN RIVERS
URAL
VOLGA
CASPIAN SEA WATERHED:
THEY ARE LONG AND REGULAR
CASPIAN SEA WATERHED:
(RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO THE CASPIAN SEA)

19. VOLGA RIVER (3.531 KM)
DANUBE RIVER (2.860 KM)
URAL RIVER (2.428 KM)
DNIEPER RIVER (2.201 KM)
RHINE RIVER (1360 KM)
TAJO RIVER (1000 KM)
LONGEST RIVERS

20. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOti8U_-
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