Understanding Europe

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Pair work

On the map in front of you, draw as many things mentioned in the list on the following slide. Use your iPad to help you find the things on the list. 

Group work (groups of 4)

Compare your maps, make one big map of the things you have found! Use a key to clearly show what you have found. 

THIS NEEDS TO BE NEAT AS IT IS FOR AN ASSIGNMENT ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM

The highest mountain

The highest mountain in Europe is Mount Elbrus, in the Caucasus Mountains, on the border between Russia and Georgia. Its highest peak is 5 642 metres above sea level.

The highest mountain in western Europe is Mont Blanc, in the Alps, on the
border between France and Italy. Its summit is over 4 800 metres above sea level.

Lakes

Also in the Alps is Lake Geneva, the largest freshwater lake in western
Europe. It lies between France and Switzerland, goes as deep as 310 metres and holds about 89 trillion litres of water. 

The largest lake in central Europe is Balaton, in Hungary. It is 77 kilometres long and covers an area of about 600 square kilometres.  Northern Europe has even bigger lakes, including Saimaa in Finland (1 147 km²) and Vänern in Sweden (more than 5 500 km²). The largest lake in Europe as a whole is Lake Ladoga. It is located in north-western Russia and it is the 14th largest lake in the world. Its surface covers an area of 17 700 square kilometres. 

Rivers

One of Europe’s longest rivers is the Danube.

It rises in the Black Forest region of Germany

and flows eastwards through Austria, Slovakia,

Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova and
Ukraine to Romania, where it forms a delta on the Black Sea coast. In all, it covers a distance of about 2 850 km.

Rivers

Other big rivers include the Rhine (about 1 320 km long) and the Elbe (about 1 170 km), as well as the Loire and the Vistula (both more than 1 000 km).

Transport

Big rivers are very useful for transporting things.

All kinds of goods are loaded onto barges that carry them up and down the rivers, between Europe’s sea ports and cities far inland.

Now.....

1. Choose four countries IN EUROPE that you would like to visit.
2. Write, ( in a word doc) in a few sentences, why you'd like to visit each country. 

Take a photo of both of your map  and your word document, load them up on to Google Classroom - Assignment 9: Understanding Europe.