Land and Water Forms

Questions Notes
1. What are the major boundaries of water Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean sea
that surround Europe?

2. What effects (positive and negative) may

Positive is they could fish.
these bodies of water have on people in
Negative is natural disasters.
this region?

3. What impact do you think these bodies of The type of weather they will have can be from
water have on Europe’s climate? tropical to cool depending on location and latitude.

4. What are the major mountain ranges and Plate tectonics crash and create mountains as a
what physical process led to the result. Major mountains are the alps and Pyrenees
development of these mountain ranges? Mountains.

5. What advantages do mountains provide
for people?
6. What are some of the major rivers in
Europe?
They provide heights and controls wind as well as
well as weather. Once upon a time they provided
protection.
Rhine and Danube river.

7. What positive effect would long, navigable Positive is that it makes Transportation much easier
rivers have on the development of a Negative is that the water is not drinkable.
country? What negative effects might
these rivers have?

8. What are other physical features in Europe? Black forest and lots of flat areas.

The people fish and are involved in trading.

9. What type of economic activities might be
common for people that live on peninsulas?

10. What type of economic activities might be Farming and harvesting

common for people living on plains? Why
does this make sense?

11. What are some of the impacts the physical Provides protection and creates jobs
geography of Europe has had on the
development of Europe?

12. What negative effect might these rivers

have?

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13. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of island nations? Which
European countries have enjoyed these
advantages and disadvantages?
14. What challenges of the physical
environment would the Scandinavian
Peninsula have to overcome?
One disadvantages is that they have limited
resources.
Another disadvantages is that it is prone to attacks.
One advantage is that it is isolated.
They only trade in specific seasons because of the
frozen water.

15. What are some of the impacts the physical

geography of Europe has had on the
development of Europe?

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HISD Social Studies Curriculum 2019 World Geography Studies