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The major bodies of water surrounding Europe are the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. These bodies of water can have both positive and negative effects on the region. Positively, they allow for fishing but negatively they can cause natural disasters. The major mountain ranges like the Alps and Pyrenees formed from plate tectonics and provide advantages like height and controlling wind patterns and weather. Major rivers like the Rhine and Danube allow for transportation but their water is not drinkable. The physical geography of Europe has impacted its development by providing protection and creating jobs.

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Land and Water Forms: Questions Notes

The major bodies of water surrounding Europe are the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. These bodies of water can have both positive and negative effects on the region. Positively, they allow for fishing but negatively they can cause natural disasters. The major mountain ranges like the Alps and Pyrenees formed from plate tectonics and provide advantages like height and controlling wind patterns and weather. Major rivers like the Rhine and Danube allow for transportation but their water is not drinkable. The physical geography of Europe has impacted its development by providing protection and creating jobs.

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Land and Water Forms

Questions Notes
1. What are the major boundaries of water Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean sea
that surround Europe?

2. What effects (positive and negative) may


Positive is they could fish.
these bodies of water have on people in
Negative is natural disasters.
this region?

3. What impact do you think these bodies of The type of weather they will have can be from
water have on Europe’s climate? tropical to cool depending on location and latitude.

4. What are the major mountain ranges and Plate tectonics crash and create mountains as a
what physical process led to the result. Major mountains are the alps and Pyrenees
development of these mountain ranges? Mountains.

5. What advantages do mountains provide They provide heights and controls wind as well as
well as weather. Once upon a time they provided
for people?
protection.
6. What are some of the major rivers in Rhine and Danube river.
Europe?

7. What positive effect would long, navigable Positive is that it makes Transportation much easier
rivers have on the development of a Negative is that the water is not drinkable.
country? What negative effects might
these rivers have?

8. What are other physical features in Europe? Black forest and lots of flat areas.

The people fish and are involved in trading.


9. What type of economic activities might be
common for people that live on peninsulas?

10. What type of economic activities might be Farming and harvesting


common for people living on plains? Why
does this make sense?

11. What are some of the impacts the physical Provides protection and creates jobs
geography of Europe has had on the
development of Europe?

12. What negative effect might these rivers


have?

HISD Social Studies Curriculum 2019 World Geography Studies


Land and Water Forms

13. What are the advantages and One disadvantages is that they have limited
disadvantages of island nations? Which resources.
European countries have enjoyed these Another disadvantages is that it is prone to attacks.
One advantage is that it is isolated.
advantages and disadvantages?
They only trade in specific seasons because of the
14. What challenges of the physical frozen water.
environment would the Scandinavian
Peninsula have to overcome?

15. What are some of the impacts the physical


geography of Europe has had on the
development of Europe?

Summary

HISD Social Studies Curriculum 2019 World Geography Studies

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