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UNIDAD 3: EUROPA, AMÉRICA Y ASIA
ACTIVITY 10: EUROPE
Map: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe.html
1. This is a map of Europe. Copy ten names of european countries into your notebook.
Europe
is one of the five continents
of the Earth.
The term continent here refers to a cultural
and political
distinction rather than a physiographic
one. Physically and geologically,
Europe is the westernmost peninsula
of Eurasia,
west of Asia.
Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic
Ocean,
to the west by the Atlantic
Ocean,
to the south by the Mediterranean
Sea. On the east, Europe is divided from Asia by the Ural
Mountains
and by the Caspian
Sea.
Europe
is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area,
covering about 10 400 000 square
kilometres
(4,010,000 sq
mi)
or 2.0% of the Earth's
surface. The only continent smaller than Europe is Australia.
In terms of population,
it is the third-largest continent (after Asia and Africa)
with a population of some 710,000,000, or about 11% of the world's population.
The European
Union –
comprising 27 member states,
with two countries acceding in 2007 (Bulgaria
and Romania)
and two candidates in accession negotiations (Turkey
and Croatia)
– is the largest political and economic entity covering the European
continent, while Russia
(excluding portions in Asia) is the second largest entity and Europe's largest
state in area and population.
Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
3. Read the following text.
Write down the most important european mountains in your notebook.
Some of
Europe's major mountain ranges are:
4. Click in five blue words and copy three sentences about it into your notebook.
5. Open your book and look up in a world map where are those mountains.
6. Here is a list of the more important rivers in Europe:
Important
rivers of Europe with approximate length:
Information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
Copy this list into your notebook. Open your book and look up where are these rivers.
7. Put the names of the mountains and rivers in this map.
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