3httoa 1.4 Europe:winners and losers

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Starter (5 minutes)

Brainstorm as many internal and external reasons for differences in development as you can.

Which part(s) of Europe do you think are the "losers"?

Inequality 

in Europe

Study the picture carefully...

The poorest parts of Europe are in the...

1. Northwest of Europe
2. North of Europe
3. middle and southeast of Europe
4. Southwest and east of Europe

Differences...

After 1900 many areas in Europe experience problems 

Areas with heavy industry (coal, iron and steel) are labour intensive 

These areas are forced to restructure: the Ruhr region is a good example of this.

video...what do you remember?

South Germany

- capital intensive industries

- strongly focussed on exports to EU, China and the US

- network of supporting companies - agglomeration advantages

what is meant by agglomeration advantages?

1. companies grow quickly
2. restructuring goes faster
3. companies benefit from being close together
4. companies compete with each other

Time to work!

wb. pg 20-21

ex. 1,2 and 3

ex. 1,2,3 and 4

ex. 1,2,3,4 and 6