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Europe and Russia:

Physical Features

/ Name ______
Date ______Core ______

Chapter 14 sec. 1 pgs. 261-264

Setting the Scene

______What larger landmass is the continent of Europe a part of?

  1. North America
  2. Eurasia
  3. South America
  4. Antarctica

How many countries are in Europe and Russia? ______

______What physical feature (lake, mountain, river, etc.) separates the European part of Russia

from the Asian part of Russia?

  1. the Nile River
  2. the Rhine River
  3. the Alpine Mountain System
  4. the Ural Mountains

What is the Asian (eastern) part of Russia called? E______

The Physical Features of Europe and Russia

List the four major land regions of Europe.

N______H______

N______E______P______

C______U______

A______M______S______

The Northwestern Highlands

What countries and regions are part of the Northwestern Highlands?

 F______

 G______B______

 S______which includes Norway and Sweden.

Plains and Uplands

______Why is the population density so high in the North European Plain?

  1. There are large deserts in the rest of Europe.
  2. Most people like plain M&Ms, not peanut.
  3. The plains have good weather and fertile soil.
  4. All of the rest of the land is mountains.

What are the Central Uplands made up of?

M______and P______

The land in the Central Uplands is too rocky for farming, but you can find H______animals there.

Alpine Mountain System

_____ Why do many people visit Switzerland and the Alps for a vacation?

  1. to use their Swiss army knife.
  2. because they like Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate.
  3. to ski and hike in the mountains.
  4. to get their Swiss watches fixed.

Siberia

_____ What physical geography problems does Siberia have that prevent many people from

living there?

  1. In the west there is a desert and in the east there is an ocean.
  2. In the west it is low and marshy and in the east it is cold and mountainous.
  3. In the north it is too hot and in the south it is too cold.
  4. In the west there is scattered population and in the south it is overcrowded.

River Resources and Transportation Corridors

Name three of Europe’s major rivers.

 R______

 D______

 V______

What are tributaries? (define)

______

Draw an example of tributaries.

_____ What word does navigable MOST seem like?

  1. vegetable
  2. navigate
  3. negative
  4. believable

_____ What does navigable mean?

  1. to be part natural and part vegetable
  2. to be able to travel or navigate on
  3. to be less than zero
  4. to seem true or honest

Why is the Volga river NOT navigable for at least 3 month a year?

______

Ocean Patterns and Processes

Because the continent of Europe is surrounded by water on three sides,

it is called a P______.

_____ What is the name of the warm air and water current that greatly affects Europe?

  1. a peninsula
  2. the Alpine Mountain System
  3. the Gulf of Mexico
  4. the Gulf Stream

Where does this warm air current start?

LAND REGIONS – circle and shade lightly

Northwestern Highlands, North European Plains, Central Uplands, Alpine Mountain System

RIVERS – trace and label in blue

Thames, Seine, Rhine, Elbe, Danube, Volga

MOUNTAINS – trace and label in brown

Pyrenees, Alps, Carpathians, Balkans, Caucasus

SEAS AND OCEANS – label in pencil or black

Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea