1. United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, &
Germany
EQ: Why do people choose to live in
certain places?

2. United Kingdom
 Consists of 4 regions:
 England
 Scotland
 Wales
 Northern Ireland

3. Location
 UK’s location has helped the country become
an international banking and insurance center
-more foreign bank branches than any country in
the world
 Location helps with US trade
-US is UK’s #1 trading partner!

4. Location
 UK’s location makes it
HUB for trade
 Across the English
Channel is France, west is
Ireland, east is Scandinavian
Peninsula
 10 major ports along the
coast

5. Climate
 The UK has a mild (temperate)climate, with
plentiful rainfall all year round.
-No section go without rain for more than two
weeks
-Winter are mild and wet; summers are warmest
in the south
 The Gulf Stream crosses the Atlantic Ocean

6. Natural Resources
 Major export: manufactured goods
 coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead,
zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, slate,
arable land
 Major Industries: automobile production, steel
manufacturing, shipbuilding

7. Natural Resources
 Fishing is a large and profitable industry in UK
 Nearly 25% of country has arable land
(suitable for faming)
-Over half of the land is used for farms

8. Population / Where People
Live/Land Area
 About 60 million people live in the United
Kingdom.
 Around 90% of the UK’s people live in cities.
 London has over 7 million people.
 Land Area – 243,610 sq. miles

9. Russia

10. Location

11. Location
 Spans two continents – Europe and Asia
 Shares a border with 15 countries
 At its closest point, Us and Russia are only 3
miles apart across the Bering Straight!
 European Russia is mostly landlocked
(surrounded by land on all sides)
 Exceptions – Murmansk and St. Petersburg

12. Climate
 Most of the western part of Russia has a humid
continental climate. Summers are warm and
rainy, while winters are cold and snowy.
 Only two seasons: winter and summer. Eastern
Russia experiences cool, short summers and
long, snowy winters.
 Asian Russia (Siberia) northern border is a
tundra (nearly frozen, treeless plain).
 73% of population lives in European Russia

13. Natural Resources
 Major export: petroleum
 Bauxite, coal, copper, fishing, gold, iron ore,
lead, natural gas, nickel, tin, & zinc
 Volga River – hydroelectric power
 Lots of forest with lumber have been cleared to
build European cities
 With Russia’s harsh climate and rugged
terrain, natural resources and difficult to get to

14. Population/ Where People Live/
Land Area
 Russia is one of the most populous countries in
the world, with 145.5 million people.
 Most people live WEST of the Ural mountains,
where the climate is mildest and the land is the
most fertile.
 Land Area – 17,098,242 sq. miles

15. Germany

16. Location

17. Location
 North Central Europe – European Plain
 Southern region – mountainous
 Central region – hilly and mountainous
 Northern region – flat
 Rhine River – most important commerical
waterway in Europe

18. Climate
 Because of its mountainous landscape,
Germany has a cool climate.
 West – winters are mild and summers are cool
with rainfall year round
 East – winters are very cold and summers are
very hot with long dry periods

19. Natural Resources
 An area in western Germany called the Ruhr
ranks as one of the world’s most important
industrial centers because of its rich deposits
of coal and iron ore.
 Germany imports about 1/3 of its food,
although farmers grow grains, vegetables, and
fruits.
 Germany’s Black Forest is a huge producer of
timber, although recently acid rain has severely
damaged tree growth.

20. Natural Resources
 Iron ore, coal, potash, uranium, nickel, natural
gas, and copper
 Timber is also a resource but most of it has
been cut down
 1/3 of land is arable

21. Population/Where People Live/Land
Area
 Germany’s population is 82.6 million people.
 Because of its rivers and fertile land,
Germany’s northern plain has many cities and
towns.
 One of Europe’s most important waterways
flows through southern Germany.
 85% of people live in cities (Berlin is the largest
and the capital)
 Land Area: 357, 022 sq. miles

22. Trade
 Rhine River is important for trade
 Many German cities lie on the Rhine

23. Italy

24. Location

25. Location
 Long, boot-shaped peninsula surrounded by
the Mediterranean Sea
 Alps form northern border
 Apennine Mountains run from the Alps to the
sea
 2 small islands, Sardinia and Sicily, are part of
Italy

26. Climate
 Most of Italy has a mild climate of sunny
summers and rainy winters. In spring and
summer, hot dry winds called siroccos blow
across Italy from North Africa.
 Temperate (mild) climate with regional
differences
 Coast – mild winters, warm summers
 Mountains – cold, wet, snowy winters and
humid summers

27. Natural Resources
 Major export: metal
 coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead,
zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk,
gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate,
 26% arable land
 Grapes and olives are important crops
 More than 800 ports for fishing boats

28. Population/Where People Live/Land
Area
 Italy has 57.2 million people.
 About 70% of the population live in towns and
cities. (More than 90% of Italians work in
manufacturing and service industries.)
 7 out of 10 people live in urban areas (Rome,
Naples, Milan, Turin)
 Almost half of the people live in the northern
1/3 of the country
 Land Area: 301,340 sq. miles

29. Trade
 Apennine Mtns. Are like a backbone across
Italy
 They affect where people live and how they
transport goods and people
 Location on Mediterranean Sea affects trade
with other countries
 Has a long history of shipping goods to Africa,
Asia, and Europe