Essential Questions

Where are the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, and Iberian Peninsula located in Europe?

Where are the countries of France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom located in Europe?

What are the environmental issues in Europe?

What is the impact of location, climate, natural resources, and population distribution on Europe?

What are the major religions in Europe?

How did German reunification contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union and lead to the end of the Cold War?

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Standards

SS6G7 Locate selected features of Europe.

a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, and Iberian Peninsula.

b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.

SS6G8 Explain environmental issues in Europe.

a. Explain the causes and effects of acid rain in Germany. b. Explain the causes and effects of air pollution in the United Kingdom.

c. Explain the causes and effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

SS6G9 Explain the impact of location, climate, natural resources, and population distribution on Europe.

a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Germany, the United Kingdom and Russia impact trade and affect where people live.

SS6G10 Describe selected cultural characteristics of Europe.

a. Describe the diversity of languages spoken within Europe.

b. Identify the major religions in Europe: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

SS6H3 Explain conflict and change in Europe.

a. Describe the aftermath of World War I: the rise of communism, the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Nazism, and worldwide depression.

b. Explain the rise of Nazism including preexisting prejudices, the use of propaganda, and events which resulted in the Holocaust.

c. Explain how German reunification contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union and led to the end of the Cold War.