HIS102 1st Edition Lecture 1Outline of Last Lecture I. Syllabus ReviewOutline of Current Lecture I. Key Facts About EuropeII. Countries and Capitals to Know for Map QuizIII. Places to KnowIV. Rivers and Bodies of Water to KnowV. Mountain Ranges to KnowCurrent LectureKey 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 CopenhagenPlaces to KnowIt does not hurt to know the whereabouts of • Frankfurt/Main• Florence• Gdansk (known in German as Danzig)• Zurich• Munich• Marseille• NaplesRivers 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 GibraltarMountain Ranges• The Pyrenees• The Alps• The Carpathian Mountains• The
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