Europe Geography-Week 1

What is tundra?

• heavy tree coverage

• treeless frozen land

• foothills to the Alpine Mountain Region

• coniferous forests of high latitude

Name the supercontinent?

• Superiorasia

• Eurasia

• Europa

• Asirope

Name the land features that separate the supercontinent.

• Ural River, Ural Mountains, Black Sea

• Caspian Sea, Ural Mountains, Ural River

• Black Sea, Ural Mountains, Caspian Sea

• Ural River, Apennines Mountains, Baltic Sea

Describe the location of the western uplands/northern highlands.

• includes ranges in peninsulas & Spain & France

• Runs East-west across central part

• curves up western edge to arctic

• runs across southern UK to Russia

Describe the location of the central uplands.

• includes ranges in peninsulas & Spain & France

• Runs East-west across central part

• curves up western edge to arctic

• runs across southern UK to Russia

Describe the location of the Alpine Mountains Region.

• includes ranges in peninsulas & Spain & France

• Runs East-west across central part

• curves up western edge to arctic

• runs across southern UK to Russia

Describe the location of the Northern Plains/Lowlands.

• includes ranges in peninsulas & Spain & France

• Runs East-west across central part

• curves up western edge to arctic

• runs across southern UK to Russia

What is taiga?

• heavy tree coverage

• treeless frozen land

• foothills to the Alpine Mountain Region

• coniferous forests of high latitude

The region that includes: Denmark, Sweden, & Norway.

• Caucasus

• Alpine

• Scandinavia

• Crimean

Scandinavian, Jutland, Iberian, Italian, & Balkan are all.....

• seas

• peninsulas

• mountain ranges

• rivers