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EUROPE Continental Flair
Part IV
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Europe – an Introduction Magnet for tourists History, art Sports & recreation Culture & cuisine Education VFR Sightsee & life-see
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Western Europe
Maritime – longer coastline for size Outward orientated
Discovery, colonization, exploration Economically advanced
Manufacturing, trade and commerce Transportation
Urbanized Densely populated Highly efficient tourism industry
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Eastern Europe
Inner oriented Slower to modernize Internal and regional affairs Tremendous political and social changes
BOTH – Competition among ethnic groups and nations for
limited land space
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Grouping of Nations
Scandinavian Norway Sweden Finland Denmark Iceland
Baltic Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
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Groupings of Nations
British Isles Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
Benelux Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
France
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Groupings of Nations (cont.)
Heartland, Alpine Europe Germany Switzerland Austria
Iberian Spain Portugal
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Groupings of Nations (cont.)
Mediterranean Italy Greece Turkey ( also in Asia)
Micro countries Andorra, Vatican Liechtenstein, Luxemburg Gibraltar, Monaco Malta, San Marino Cyprus
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Groupings of Nations (cont.)
Eastern Poland, Czech, Slovak Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Serbia
Russia and C.I.S. Commonwealth of Independent States
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Bodies of Water
Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea North Sea Irish Sea English Channel
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Bodies of Water (cont.)
Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea Ionian Sea Aegean Sea Black Sea
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Bodies of Water (cont.)
Lakes Fjords
Particularly Norway Lochs
Scottish lakes Canals
Popular barge cruises
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Landforms - Rivers Thames
LON
Seine PAR
Rhine, Rhone, Danube Popular cruise rivers
Volga, Ob
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Landforms - mountains
Pyrenees Spain & France
Alps France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria
Urals 2500km - Russia
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Climate Varies
Latitude Altitude Season
Summer most popular Winter – Skiing Spring & Fall – shoulder season
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Languages
Germanic languages predominate in Western Europe – north
Romance languages Southern
Greek Switzerland – 4, Belgium -2 English predominate business
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Religion
Northern Predominately Christian- protestant
Mediterranean Roman catholic and Orthodox
Central - blend
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Transportation Transatlantic crossing – air & ship Rail transportation within Airlines Canals and rivers
Cruises Road systems
REMEMBER distances and travel time may have NO correlation!
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Currency European Union
Euro € is currency in 12 countries Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain
1.00 EUR = www.xe.com
Sweden, Denmark, UK, are in union but retain own currency