Physical Geography

Europe= Peninsula of Peninsulas

Climate Regions-

Semidesert

Mediterranean- warm dry summers

Humid Subtropical

Marine west coast- influenced by prevailing westerly wind off the antlantic

Subarctic

Highlands

Human Enviroment interaction

Polders- used by the Netherlands to reclaim land forom the sea

Desalination-removal of salt water to make clean drinking water

High Speed Rail

-for people to be transported in and out of capital cities

-tourism

-EU for work and trade

Religion / Language / Culture

Languages

-many different languages in Eastern Europe; has made it difficult to unify nations.

Maintaining cultural identity

-main reason for countries breaking up into smaller ethnic states

-ethnicity is the factor that has contributed the most to reorganization of boundaries scince 1990.

religion

-Roman Catholicism or related christain religions dominate europe