HIS102 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture I Syllabus Review Outline of Current Lecture I Key Facts About Europe II Countries and Capitals to Know for Map Quiz III Places to Know IV Rivers and Bodies of Water to Know V Mountain Ranges to Know Current Lecture Key Facts About Europe 2nd smallest continent Home to 730 plus million people Very densely populated 12 4 of the world s population live in Europe An extensive peninsula of the Eurasian landmass Bound by the Artic Sea the Mediterranean Sea the Atlantic Ocean and the Ural Mountains Has three broad climate zones Northern Europe Central Europe Southern Europe Countries and Capitals to Know for Map Quiz Portugal Lisbon Spain Madrid France Paris Italy Rome Great Britain London Ireland Dublin Belgium Brussels Netherlands Amsterdam Luxembourg Luxembourg Germany Berlin Austria Vienna Switzerland Berne These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Greece Athens Poland Warsaw Lithuania Vilnius Latvia Riga Estonia Tallinn Russia Moscow Belarus Minsk Ukraine Kiev Turkey Ankara Hungary Budapest Romania Bucharest Moldova Chisinau Bulgaria Sofia Czech Republic Prague Slovakia Bratislava Slovenia Ljubljana Serbia Belgrade Macedonia Skopje Albania Tirana Norway Oslo Sweden Stockholm Finland Helsinki Denmark Copenhagen Places to Know It does not hurt to know the whereabouts of Frankfurt Main Florence Gdansk known in German as Danzig Zurich Munich Marseille Naples Rivers and Bodies of Water Thames Seine Rhone Rhine Elbe Danube Po Oder Vistula Dnjeper and Volga Atlantic Ocean Adriatic Sea Bay of Biscay English Channel North Sea Baltic Sea Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea Black Sea and the Straits Straits of Gibraltar Mountain Ranges The Pyrenees The Alps The Carpathian Mountains The Urals