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Europe

Europes Boundaries

Europes Boundaries
Ural Mountains

Europes Boundaries
Caucasus Mountains

Europes Boundaries
Bosporus Strait (Turkey)

Europes Boundaries
Bosporus Strait (Turkey)

Europes Boundaries
Mediterranean Sea

Iberian Peninsula

Iberian Peninsula
(Spain)
Greek Hesperia Latin Hispania Spanish Espaa English - Spain Hesperia means? Land of the Setting Sun Madrid but Spanish say it like Madreese Is the capital of Spain, and in the very center

Iberian Peninsula
(Portugal)
Western tip of the Iberian Peninsula Capital - Lisbon

Iberian Peninsula
(Pyrenees Mountains)
Why is Spain a different country than France?
Sometimes Geography just makes sense

British Isles
(United Kingdom)
Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland NOT Republic of Ireland London Capital of England Dublin Capital of Republic of Ireland Belfast Capital of Northern Ireland

British Isles
(England and Scotland)

Hadrians Wall (above)

British Isles
(Hadrians Wall)
Built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in 122 AD (about 1,900 years ago) Goal was to keep out those savage people they couldnt conquer to the north Sometimes geography just makes sense.

Scandinavian Peninsula

Scandinavia
(5 Countries)
Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark Why Iceland?

VIKINGS

Scandinavia (Baltic Sea)


Frozen Wasteland
Why is Sweden and Finland a different country? Why is Norway and Sweden a different country?

Mountainous Region

Sometimes geography just makes sense

Big Picture
Why does almost everybody in North and South America speak English, Spanish, or Portuguese? Sometimes Its like geography just makes sense

To the New World

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