1. European Geography Review
Physical Features
 Scandinavian
Peninsula
 Ural Mountains
 European Plain
 Rhine River
 Danube River
 Alps Mountains
 English Channel
 Pyrenees Mountains
 Iberian Peninsula
 Mediterranean Sea

2. European Geography Review
Physical Features Quiz
______________
Iberian Peninsula
1.
2. ______________
European Plain
3. ______________
Scandinavian Peninsula
4. ______________
Mediterranean Sea
5. ______________
English Channel
6. ______________
Not GPS (Aegean Sea)
7. ______________
Ural Mountains
8. ______________
Pyrenees Mountains
9. ______________
Rhine River
10. ______________
Danube River
11. ______________
Alps Mountains

3. European Geography Review
Political Features
 Russia
Russia
 Poland
 Ukraine
 Germany
 Belgium
 United Kingdom
 France
 Spain
 Italy

4. European Geography Review
Political Features Quiz
1. ______________
United Kingdom
2. ______________
France
3. ______________
Spain
4. ______________
Italy
5. ______________
Germany
6. ______________
Poland
7. ______________
Ukraine
8. ______________
Russia
9. ______________
Belgium

5. Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Disaster
 A major human
accident at nuclear
plant near a city in
Ukraine called
Chernobyl. (1986)

6. Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster
 The spread of radiation
caused:
 Hundreds of deaths
 High rates of birth defects
and cancer
 Contamination to the
environment
 Drinking water was
unsafe to drink for
months
 Fishing was unsafe for
years

7. Acid Rain in Germany’s Black Forest
 Germany has an important natural resource called the
Black Forest
 Yet acid rain caused by sulfur from coal plants has
destroyed 50% of the forest.
 Germany is using more solar, wind and water energy.

9. Air Pollution In the United Kingdom
 United Kingdom faces
the problem of air
pollution.
 Air pollution creates
environmental & health
problems.
 Air pollution goes back
to the Industrial
Revolution.

10. Air Pollution In the United Kingdom
 Great Smog Of 1952
 In1952, London experienced four days were
people couldn’t see in front of them due to smog:
when water mixes with smoke from coal factories
 Government Solution to the Great Smog
 The United Kingdom created London smokeless
zones that restricted the use of burning dirty fossil
fuels

11. European Languages
Most European languages fit into one of three
categories
 Germanic Language Group
 English and German
 Romance Language Group
 French, Italian and Spanish
 Slavic Language Group
1. Russian

12. European Religion
 Judaism
 Christianity
 Name of founder:  Name of founder:
Jesus Abraham
 Sacred Text: Bible  Sacred Text: Torah
 Name of followers:
 Name of followers:
Christians
Jews
 Islam
 Name of founder:
Muhammad
 Sacred Text: Koran
 Name of followers:
Muslims

13. Latin America Geography Review
Physical Features
 Sierra Madre
Mountains
 Gulf of Mexico
 Caribbean Sea
 Atlantic Ocean
 Pacific Ocean
 Atacama Desert
 Amazon River
 Panama Canal
 Andes
Mountains

14. Latin America Geography Review
Physical Features Quiz
1. ______________
Sierra Madre Mountains
2. ______________
Gulf of Mexico
3. ______________
Caribbean Sea
4. ______________
Atlantic Ocean
5. ______________
Pacific Ocean
6. ______________
Atacama Desert
7. ______________
Amazon River
8. ______________
Panama Canal
9. ______________
Andes Mountains

15. Latin America Geography Review
Political Features
 Mexico
 Cuba
 Haiti
 Panama
 Venezuela
 Columbia
 Brazil
 Bolivia

16. Latin America Geography Review
Political Features Quiz
1. ______________
Mexico
2. ______________
Columbia
3. ______________
Brazil
4. ______________
Bolivia
5. ______________
Cuba
6. ______________
Haiti
7. ______________
Panama
8. ______________
Venezuela

17. Mexico City Environmental Problem
 Mexico City
 Environmental problem: Air Pollution
 Causes: Factories, Cars, Overcrowding,
Mountains
 Effects: Lung problems, Damage to
atmosphere and vegetation, and acid rain
damaging monuments

18. Amazon Rainforest Environmental Problem
 Amazon Rainforest
 Environmental problem: Deforestation
 Causes: Logging, mining, farming, growing
cities, cattle ranching
 Effects: Global Warming, natives and animals
are forced to move

19. Venezuela Environmental Problem
 Venezuela
 Environmental problem: Oil Pollution
 Causes: Oil tanker spills, Digging for oil by Lake
Maracaibo
 Effects: Lung problems, unemployed fisherman
and floods

20. Geography of Canada
Many Canadians live
in the southern part
of Canada because the
climate is better.
Northern Canada
can be described as a tundra,
which is why not many people live there.

21. Resources of Canada
The Canadian Shield is
home to many valuable
resources in Canada such
as gold and timber.

22. Language and Religion
The official languages
of Canada is English
and French.
The most common
religion in Quebec is
Catholic.

23. Canadian Geography Review
Physical Features
 Atlantic Ocean
 Pacific Ocean
 Arctic Ocean
 Hudson Bay
G
 Great Lakes
H  St. Lawrence River
 Canadian Shield
F
 Rocky Mountains
E

24. Canadian Geography Review
Physical Features
A.
Rocky Mountains
__________________________
Hudson Bay
B. __________________________
Great Lakes
C. __________________________
Arctic Ocean
D. __________________________
Atlantic Ocean
E. __________________________
St. Lawrence River
F. __________________________
Canadian Shield
G. __________________________
Pacific Ocean
H. __________________________

25. Label the following on your
physical map
G.V.D

26. Ayers Rock and Great Victoria
Desert
 Ayers Rock: is a huge reddish
rock towering out of the
flatlands. It is a granite rock
that was gray until the iron
surface turned into rust.
 It’s like Stone Mountain.
 Great Victoria Desert: Only
receives 8 to 10 inches of water
a year. It has some grasslands
and salt lakes. Very few
Australians live in the G.V.D.
because it is too hot and dry.

27. Australian Trade
 Australia exports many
natural resources to
China
 Australia imports many
finished goods such as
cars and dishwashers
from China
 Because Australia is in a
remote location most

28. Australian Climate
 Climate:
 Northern Australia
 Tropical climate: warm to hot all year long
 Central Australia (Interior)
 Desert: Largest part of Australia, gets less
than 10 inches of rain a year
 Southeast/Southwest:
 temperate climate
 Not too cold winters and not too hot
summers, which is why most Australians live